The GOP isn't even pretending we live in a democracy anymore.

racocn8 comments on Nov 16, 2023:

The GOP has made it clear that election results remain up for grabs unless they win.

We keep reading and hearing that Donald Trump could be elected again even if he is convicted.

racocn8 comments on Nov 16, 2023:

A foreign agent plotting an insurrection while being paid in rubles seems like behavior that should be addressed by a military court. Mainly, the DOJ has shown its bias and/or incompetence. Garland should be replaced yesterday by someone with balls. Patriotism and honor seem to be lacking in Washington. U.S. Democracy is already dead. And the coup is ongoing...

As many pointed tried to point out in 2001 and since, militaries historically are spectacularly ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

Israel has already notched a number of military technology accomplishments. They have developed innovations in past wars, so they are on track. That is a big part of their economy. Perhaps they are seeding their own commercial future? Just as Hamas is a proxy for Iran, Israel is a proxy for the US, although this time, US 'advisors' may observe up-close... A multitude of robot types may well get tested in the tunnels of Hamas. Sounds like a promising video game...

A friend indeed

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

Yiou cannot petition the Lord with prayuhhh!!!! (Jim Morrison)

I suppose I am a killer.

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

I don't like killing anything, but I get it. Rarely will I show mercy to spiders. Occasionally, I'll try to catch them in tissue and them flush them, not knowing what that does. My companion will put out poison and I'll drown rats caught in live traps. They've done serious damage and I'm not worried about endangering their survival. 50 years ago, I built special rockets (powered by Estes engines) that would take them up. One time, though, the top was too heavy and the the delay on the 2nd stage too long. It went up, but came back fast and hard. Cerebral hemorrhage I think... I switched to giant cockroaches and, well, accidents happen (A defective engine blew the smoke charge through the crew compartment...)

Just once in my life...

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

Try the Magic Castle...

US extremists exploit Israeli-Palestinian tensions with calls for violence, hate: Experts -- ABC ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

The extremely strong level of anti-Jewish bigotry reinforces how most people are easily swayed by propaganda. The pervasiveness of anti-Israel animus explains why Israel feels empowered to disregard the UN, the US and pretty much everyone else. The Palestinians, oops, Hamas (nah, they ARE the same) plead, once again, for someone, anyone, to step in to save them from the destruction THEY invited and continue to invite. That hasn't happened in a long time and they seem to forget that while outsiders may send thoughts and prayers, they still detest the Palestinians and secretly prefer to watch them twist in the wind. It reminds me of a Star Trek TOS episode where a time traveler battled his twin mercilessly, only to get locked in another dimension where they fought each other for eternity...

Unintentional MAGATS.

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

That might be true if they weren't all getting their money from Putin...

Protect virginity at all costs.

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

Very fashionable...

[facebook.com] Is Donald Trump a fascist ?. Robert Reich thinks so.

racocn8 comments on Nov 15, 2023:

Yes, at least insofar as being on Putin's payroll, with Putin being a fascist oligarch dictator.

Ladies eat free!

racocn8 comments on Nov 14, 2023:

I used to keep a Praying Mantis as a pet. I'd catch Fiery Skippers that she'd grab and chow down. She'd leave the wings and maybe a leg or two. I made a little flying saucer from clay for her to pop out of after it landed. She looked so cool... I'm really sorry that I used butterflies for food though...

Ex-Senior Trump Official: He’s A ‘Traitor’ And ‘A Clear And Present Danger’ “He lacks...

racocn8 comments on Nov 14, 2023:

The problem is that the MAGA's know all that and more... and don't care. They are hypnotized by their own avarice and hatred of liberals.

The goal is to make it human-like.

racocn8 comments on Nov 14, 2023:

I'd never have guessed it was female...

Texas Tinder

racocn8 comments on Nov 14, 2023:

You wouldn't believe the horror stories I've become privy to about the Pentecostal Church Members. Utterly, completely psychopathic and sociopathic. If that kind of hate is what is needed to bolster self-esteem, they should just suicide and be done with it.

That's anti-semitic Fuhrer.

racocn8 comments on Nov 14, 2023:

One of the main issues with Jews is their arrogance, and as a result they paint a bulls-eye on their backs. By standing out, way, way out, they inflict their spiritual repudiation of the Christians, who eventually respond with pogroms. How is it they never learned the wisdom of humility? Oh, yes, the Chosen People; chosen to believe bullshit about their spirituality (or lack thereof), chosen to espouse an exclusionary and patriarchal value system, and ultimately chosen to invite genocide, repeatedly.

You Westerners stole everything Hindus had invented everything thousands of years ago

racocn8 comments on Nov 13, 2023:

Sounds like Star Trek TOS Chekov...

A Florida church refused to rent space to a mom who conceived her kids through IVF -- Friendly ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 13, 2023:

It's all about the cruelty. The Church encourages its members to act out against 'others' both to exclude those others but also to corral the faithful. Those who hurt the others then have the guilt of their cruelty that the church manipulates claiming they are compassionately forgiven. Sick. And Effed up.

Jabbing at my computer like a confused monkey with a cell phone.

racocn8 comments on Nov 12, 2023:

Being a monopoly, Microsoft's applications should have been nationalized many years ago under Eminent Domain and a national security need for standards.

In light of the recent decision Ohio voters made last week…well said Dr Timothy Johnson ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 12, 2023:

Pro-lifers have no interest in compromise and they use the abortion issue (which is entirely without religious or scriptural foundation) for virtue signaling. The abortion issue originated with racists concerned solely with the aborting by white women, and the perceived change in racial demographics. Trying to reason with bigoted Christian fascists is a fools errand. But networks need content...

The same ole quality food and restrooms.

racocn8 comments on Nov 5, 2023:

Republican owned. Don't patronize.

Hitting that trump pinata!!! I didn't capitalize trump on purpose!

racocn8 comments on Nov 5, 2023:

Looking at the comments on the Israel-Gaza war articles, the right wing strongly supports Israel and opposes anti-Jewish acts. This is wholly contrary to my experience wherein anti-Jewish attitude prevail among the right-wing in along with their Christian Nationalism. Perhaps it isn't on the surface, but one rarely has to dig deeply. The other notable feature is how the right-wing is using the war as a cudgel to claim all democrats are terrorist sympathizers, and bring up BLM, Tlaib, etc. Whatever...

Didn't Israel already kill the hostages?

racocn8 comments on Nov 3, 2023:

Has Hamas issued demands or requests to free the hostages? They had threatened to kill them if Israel didn't warn residents before directing attacks and that has probably happened. So has Hamas killed them? Has Israel killed them as collateral damage? Probably. Hamas did ask for a swap with Israeli prisoners, but the last time, it was 2000 prisoners for one hostage, and those ex-prisoners are almost certainly among the Hamas members Israel seeks to kill. Per Reuters: "More than half the estimated 220 hostages held by Palestinian group Hamas have foreign passports from 25 different countries, including 54 Thai nationals, the Israeli government said on Wednesday." Per CBS, more that 20 are under 18 and more than 10 are over 80. At least 9 are Americans per Axios. Per Doctors Without Borders: "International humanitarian law prohibits taking and executing hostages. Such acts are considered war crimes (GCI–IV Common Art. 3; GCIV Arts. 34, 147; API Art. 75) and can be tried before any national court, under the principle of universal jurisdiction. This is possible as long as the State in question has incorporated this obligation (derived from the Geneva Conventions) into its domestic laws." That last part may or may not apply to Hamas if they haven't signed onto the Geneva Conventions. Also: "•Rule 113 states that “Each party to the conflict must take all possible measures to prevent the dead from being despoiled. Mutilation of dead bodies is prohibited.” This rule is applicable in both international and non-international armed conflicts."

I am born too late, Zsa Zsa Gabor is dead too.

racocn8 comments on Nov 3, 2023:

Worst than a bb-gun... Good thing he was wearing glasses...

The Johnson guy is a prick with ears, isn't he?

racocn8 comments on Nov 3, 2023:

Another Christian fascist for Putin...

Mental illness is an issue not to be taken lightly.

racocn8 comments on Nov 3, 2023:

Fox provides an endless stream of xenophobia, fear-mongering and frustration. The content brainwashes its audience into self-absorbed complaining 'victims' who have had their white fragility so badly broken as to become raging sociopaths. Unable to sustain friendships or even cordial relationships, these people endless stew over the Great Replacement Theory or how liberals are the communists under their bed. Ultimately, yes, they become fully deranged and delusional, unfit to live outside a lunatic asylum. Fentanyl is the only relief...

Saw this on Twitter; Have to share it with my people! Here's his bio; ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 3, 2023:

And what would comprise the "...ridiculous myths of science and progress."? Perhaps he respects nothing and I can relate to that...

Sweet.

racocn8 comments on Nov 2, 2023:

Not so funny was my ex-wife who would be dramatizing her depression to me. The phone would ring from one of her friends and she instantly transformed into a cheerful bubbly gal... After the call, back to hand-wringing woe-is-me...

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 2, 2023:

Maybe not blessed, but secretly thanked by everyone in earshot.

Quality Assurance MIA

racocn8 comments on Nov 1, 2023:

I hope that isn't ratatouille.

We’re baby sitting my coworkers chihuahua.

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2023:

I never thought I'd have any interest in a Chihuahua, but my neighbor got one and leaves it with me sometimes and it really is a heart-warmer. Very cute and sweet. And she plays with the mini-poodle mix like an athlete.

I just came across a word I've NEVER encountered before and I'm wondering if anyone here has ever ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2023:

A book discussed in college was "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch". I'd still recommend it. It advanced some avant guard ideas for its time...

Amazing how many of these phrases we use all the time.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

I like "Res Ipsa Loquitur" = the thing speaks for itself.

Mike Pence Ends His Campaign By Claiming 'This is Not My Time’ After months of struggling to ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

It takes quite a megalomaniac to have hope to "convincing the very folks who wanted him “hanged ..." How far away is one who imagines they hear God speaking to them, from the psychopath who hears voices telling them they need to kill as many people as possible.

Mike Pence Aborts Campaign in Second Trimester!

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

Pence may be a hero for not giving in to Trump, but he is a Traitor for not doing anything to stop it.

Why did the Christian chicken go to the other side of the road? To get a Cross.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

It must have gotten tired of being swung over the head of Jews...

When people with kids say "they are an investment!" (as if it's a positive thing), this is what ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

Kids after 18 are stranded assets. You wasted your time and money and now you have to spend still more to deal with your history... A couple is wondering whether to get a dog or have kids. Do we want to ruin the carpet or our lives?

Donald trump

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

It would be better for the country if he 'sacrificed' his life due to the stress.

By: Derice A.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

The drawing reminds me of the Portrait of Dorian Grey, in the old movie of the same name.

Israel and Gaza Government News [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

Good people on both sides...

The major contributor of the ills in the world is our constant growth economic system.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

The Palestinians the article references never mentions how all the concrete used to build schools and hospitals gets diverted to build the Hamas tunnel networks, nor the difficulty in allowing Gazans to participate in Israel's economy when they periodically use that trust to map out their next attack or use suicide bombers to kill civilians. The article is an excellent example of the agitprop Iran has been buying for decades.

Racoon 8 keeps saying Palestine as if all Palestinians want to kill Jewish people.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2023:

It is Hamas that intentionally brought all this about by their psychopathic murderous barbarism, this in furtherance of their stated goal of genocide. Hamas and the Gazans continue to hold wholly innocent people hostage. They are the ones doing this as collective punishment for the acts of the Israeli govt. Pleading sympathy for terrorists and those that kept them as leaders means you endorse genocide and terrorism. Worse, it is blind naivete not to admit that the Gazans are and continute to be willing stooges providing Iran with a proxy army. Do you recall how Iran previously held Americans hostage? Radical militant Islamism has been and continues to be a religious form of insanity that results in the cruelest repression and intolerance. But these folks have learned how to use modern propaganda to control the weak-minded who lack curiosity to know history. Other simply claim amnesia in order to justify their bigoted virtue-signaling.

Should the voting age be lowered to 16?

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2023:

My first reaction is no, no way. But then I remember that most voters are immature idiots and assholes, so what difference would it make? Sure, take it down to 10 years old.

Curious if any of you agree with my take on prayer.

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2023:

Praying means buying into self-delusion, which is hugely seductive and very hard to escape. If you can't stop praying, at least try to hold onto some shred of reality by acknowledging it is BS.

This is actually a real book...

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2023:

Godzilla has nothing on Trump...

Yeah, the new GOP House Speaker has religious mush for brains.

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2023:

I contend that that degree of religious fanaticism means that such a person cannot honestly take the oath to support and abide by the Constitution. Thus, lying to get 'into' government (where they are unfit ethically and morally for office) should be a crime or otherwise society/government must be able to readily remove such psychopaths.

This post is undoubtedly selfish.

racocn8 comments on Oct 26, 2023:

A huge part of the problem rests with people having different notions of god according to their life experience and their internal dialogs. However, the definitions of god do narrow within the beliefs and practices of specific sects. Some definitions run into trouble when it comes to evidence, and both lack of evidence or evidence for how things came to be, can argue against those definitions. The notion of 'proof' certainly requires a much higher standard of information. Usually, proof is reserved for mathematics or those physical tests that can be done to the point of extinguishing doubt. The BIG question is how certain features of reality do challenge the notion of strictly natural origins. The claims of fine tuning, elegant physical equations, and material symmetries pose challenges to the mind. Along with the latter is how some aspects of reality challenge our comprehension(wave-particle duality, the nature of the mind, higher dimensions of geometry). However wonderful our minds are, they remain decidedly limited in many respects, and we resign ourselves to having no prospect of gaining ultimate truth.

Palestine has been under attack by the Israeli government for decades with countless innocent people...

racocn8 comments on Oct 26, 2023:

Hamas has genocide in its charter and has sought to enact it repeatedly over the decades. It's not an open air prison, it's an insane asylum. Try thinking critically. You have been brainwashed. It must be troubling to be sympathetic to the Gazan Palestinians because then you have to take responsibility for the psychopathic mass murder of Israelis. And not just murder, but rape, pillaging, dismemberment and beheading. Desecrating the dead, stabbing kids in front of their parents and then setting fire to them?! Even beheading of babies. And then just shooting kids at a rock concert? Or kidnapping children and babies to hold the hostage. Sick. Targeting civilians for atrocities is precisely why the Gazans are where they are. Other Arab countries refusing to take them in keeps them there. They're the ones practicing Apartheid. And slavery, and murder of non-Muslims or LBGTQ or women being 3rd class property.

I hated my job until now

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2023:

On par with the next part, artificially inseminating the mare by manually delivering the semen to the uterus. I remember trying to help geld a young bull which is done by holding the thing down while slipping a rubber band around its balls. It was shitting in fear and everyone got some...

Oh, so, they do know that their claim is fake. 😆

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2023:

Like so many in this era, their behavior is performative rather than demonstrating what they actually believe.

True or not?

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2023:

False. Just like all cops are bad or all atheists are bad or all agnostics are bad. Not even clickbait.

New Rule: Don't Go to College | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2023:

Maher's bullshit is equivalent to click-bait. Empty nonsense demonstrating Maher's lazy thinking and unwillingness to research the problem he's addressing. Asshole.

Hi.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2023:

I just finished this article yesterday: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625827/ Natural Ingredients from Medicine Food Homology as Chemopreventive Reagents against Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Modulating Gut Microbiota Homoeostasis I see that you're Type 1 vs the article being about Type 2. Type 1 looks to be an autoimmune condition? You might benefit from CBD or CBDA if it's not too late. I think the article mentions some insulin stand-ins...

The same menu every day.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2023:

Tell me a Catholic teaching that isn't bogus contrived BS with no real basis in the Bible nor in real-world logic, truth and honor. The Catholics also believe they are God's chosen people and has never developed to be more than an overgrown cult. Plus their morality remains only a slight step above Isis.

Congratulations to Sidney Powell for contesting Rudy Giuliani for the title of America's Dumbest ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2023:

That is certainly what should happen, but I'm not about to get my hopes up. She should suffer a significant penalty for her treason.

What an offal joke.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2023:

(Great tits though...)

There is a solution for every problem

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2023:

If 'God' was so jealous and concerned about being 'worshipped' in the right way, we wouldn't have 10,000's of religions, and/or the false priests would disappear as shown.

New and improved - for humidity and hygiene

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2023:

How about a douche? (And an enema while she's at it). (In microbiology, they showed a film where a doctor examines a supposedly infected vagina oozing fluid and the doctor dramatically pinched his nose in revulsion. Okay...)

Still a loser.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

An X window popped up and the subject was how supposed new information proved the election was stolen. I was surprised at how the MAGA's still go on about it and imagine everyone believes their delusion too.

And that is the question. 😁 If Yes, please explain why. If No, also please explain why.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

Wetness is a sensory description; a feeling of higher lubrication or loss of friction against the skin.

World's oldest dog ever dies in Portugal | AP News

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

The short lifespan of dogs is very sad. We pour our hearts out for a decade or so and then get to see death up close. I count my own life by the dogs I've had.

Most people don't want to think but as Richard Dawkins understanding this world, the evolution and ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

How do rivers evolve?

Trump’s callous alleged comments about military veterans vs.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

Friggen paywall... (Got a decent excerpt?)

“Everything that can be counted doesn’t count; everything that counts can’t be counted.”

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

Google: Sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein, but in fact originating with sociologist William Bruce Cameron, it addresses the notion that anything that cannot be readily quantified is valueless.

Human needs and deficiencies 
 Before you thing about eliminating bullying you should think ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

How likely are we to persuade people to give up on the hate that serves as the foundation to their belief systems? How would that be done? How do we persuade people not to want pleasure and leisure when it inflicts pain or death on others? How likely are we to persuade people not to have children?

Good morning, I may never post here again but decided to add this little vignette of my fall from ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

I'm not sure people have that much 'potential' even without religion. That being said, not only does religion suppress potential, but it actually damages the creativity and curiosity that drives productivity.

A religion has as its roots a group of statements agreed and controlled by elders through the ages.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2023:

Can you provide an example and show how your definition applies? I consider a meme to be a unit of transmittable information that can be memorized. Also, a meme can be a collection of memes unified by an over-arching meme that connects them. Here, the base memes would be god, inscribed stone tablets, burning bush, a man named Moses. The over-arching meme is the story that describes them in sequence along with the interactions of Moses, God, the bush and the tablets.

Sidney Powell Flips on Trump, Pleads Guilty and Cooperates with Prosecutors: A Closer Look - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 22, 2023:

Once they got Chesbro to flip, the prosecution should have reneged on her deal.

I have not got anything against Jews.

racocn8 comments on Oct 22, 2023:

Haughty arrogance may have started it, but the anti-Jewish hatred by Christians got written into the Bible and then the Koran.

I just saw this and I felt I should share it for all to verify. Should I blame their gods?

racocn8 comments on Oct 22, 2023:

Another horseshit prophecy from a lying non-entity.

I like my doctor.

racocn8 comments on Oct 22, 2023:

Finding it without the baby laxative is the trick...

Sorry isn't the word I'd use to describe such hateful ignorance.

racocn8 comments on Oct 21, 2023:

"He said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children." Another liar for Jesus. Who the hell did he think carved them? He needs to go live anywhere else.

Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 21, 2023:

He had better have dirt on Trump that takes him down. Otherwise, it wasn't worth it. He is a traitor and deserves a lot more than 7 felonies...

How do you view this opinion piece from yesterday’s Guardian…..agree or disagree?

racocn8 comments on Oct 21, 2023:

Agree for the most part. Both sides have engaged in war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing. However, Egypt's blockade against Palestinians who want to leave is at least as evil as the active combatants. They don't mention that Israel has sought to destroy Palestinian militants on the Egyptian side, which Egypt doesn't like, but secretly welcomes. Egypt has no desire to take on Hamas. King Abdullah of Jordan (which is mostly Palestinian) won't let in more Palestinians, calling such a prospect a 'Red Line' that Israel must not cross. Except that Abdullah is a dictator in a line of dictators that have stopped Palestinian self-determination in Jordan, but no one talks about that because he is a fellow Muslim.

I read the conditions that aren't allowed on here.

racocn8 comments on Oct 20, 2023:

I miss the nude pictures and would welcome their return.

History made simple for kids

racocn8 comments on Oct 20, 2023:

Jojo grown up?

Everyone in the civilized world has roughly agreed, including the majority of Arabs and Jews and the...

racocn8 comments on Oct 20, 2023:

Why do people like to watch boxing matches?

"I am a father.

racocn8 comments on Oct 20, 2023:

It is curious how the Palestinians accuse the Israelis of seeking genocide when that is THEIR charter and stated objective. The Palestinians accuse the Israelis of collective punishment, but the Palestinians target Israeli civilians. So when do the Palestinians accuse the Israelis of rape, pillaging and desecration of the dead?

An explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza is reported to have caused 400-500 casualties.

racocn8 comments on Oct 20, 2023:

@Switchcraft @Robecology One newscast examined the video in detail and it seemed obvious that it was the misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad. I went back a day later to try to find that or a similarly clean video and this was the best I could find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kaRHeJzIr8&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLBJsUrNRbo

You need to knock him out

racocn8 comments on Oct 19, 2023:

When my father was dying, they put a bag over his head to ensure he was getting oxygen. I could see the thing was hugely uncomfortable and he kept trying to mess with it. OK, so they're keeping him alive so he can be tortured? That's certainly one of the shittiest medical innovations I've heard of. Looking back at the way it went down, I should have removed it so he could die peacefully. Would that be murder?

Weed Snorter!!! 😂😂😂😂

racocn8 comments on Oct 19, 2023:

Is the crochet leather-face's honey? Love the beach photo...

Found this on Twitter this morning.. The "Lemon" test...ambiguous?

racocn8 comments on Oct 19, 2023:

Except that teaching evolution plainly inhibits Christianity by disproving it's central dogma.

How can parents foster religious tolerance and respect within their families?

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Maybe take them to services (or watch videos) given by different religions... Introduce them to good science fiction books. Provide as much education as possible on both aberrant behavior as well as ethical instruction. Expose them to history that they might not get in school.

A GOOD HEART

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Where is the path to a good heart underlain by lies?

Never surrender, you douchebag.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

I absolutely love the second one.

I realize that many might not even listen to what Israel or the US has to say about the hospital ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

The Palestinians/Hamas (and I intentionally conflate the two) believe their plight justifies engaging in war crimes. Said war crimes include targeting civilians or using schools and hospitals to launch rockets (using human shields). "Hamas" undertake genocide and collective punishment and then accuse Israel of those crimes. Israel then serves the US Military Industrial Complex using Gaza as it's test bed for new weapons and strategies. They deserve each other. Their behavior denotes both sides as lacking basic human values, even if they are not good people on both sides. Better to look away and pick up a good book instead. Postscript: The King of Jordan says that Israelis must not cross the "Red Line" , which turns out said red line is relieving Gaza by letting refugees go to Egypt or Jordan. (Even though Jordan is majority Palestinian) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-monarch-reminds-israel-he-pointed-out-the-red-line/ar-AA1iqN89?ocid=msedgntp=3bb260349d4941ba8ae37cd5a190edb0&ei=7

Classified U.S. intelligence is out.... as good as before the Iraq war.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

I'd have sworn they were being hidden in their mountains...

What a difference science makes

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

The difference is that the answers religion 'looks for' don't need to be true. Any lie will suffice. For them, the real question is whether the dupe put enough money in the collection basket.

The basic cause of the present and past wars in Israel that seems to be ignored by everyone, ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Naturally those authors will see everything through the lens of overpopulation. What percent would I assign to that being a factor in the conflict? I'd give it at most, 15%. The actual history suggests that nationalism might be 50 % for the Israelis, bigotry maybe 20%, religion the rest (15%). For the Palestinians, religion would be more like 50% and bigotry 35%. Actual Palestinian nationalism would be less than 5%; they are not serious about it and it is nothing more than a talking point, a figurative flag to wave. This is because no 'country' is or has been envisioned.

Why wouldn't the Vatican acknowledge this? A follower grabbed Jesus' dick.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Note the guy on the left pointing to the grab. Also note that it's an X rather than a 'T' cross, and all the other differences from the contemporary depictions.

He could've been more sweet, polite.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Did she sign the Pre-nup in disappearing ink?

He could've been more sweet, polite.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Seriously. I have a coworker who has become singularly un-supportive of the company mission. She is critically important, but I am getting fed up with her obstruction, lack of focus, poor work, and insensitivity (lack of professionalism). I'm really feeling vexed. Grrrrrr...

A solution for Middle East Peace.

racocn8 comments on Oct 18, 2023:

Out of the box thinking seems necessary for what seems to be an otherwise intractable problem. Sometimes a solution may be obtained by restating the problem. Here the problem seems to be a need to moderate the thought processes of a population of people who have been conditioned, or brainwashed if you will, to signal allegiance to a group or set of memes. The issue revolves around information and the effect of using information to manipulate sociopathic people into psychopathic behavior. (And yes, this description could well apply to both/all sides) (I recall an intense conversation with a philosopher I had as a child where he cleanly noted that conflict often came from features about which individuals had little or no control: race, religion and nationality. And how all three had no significant bearing on what sort of person emanated from within.)

This gang violence has gotten way out of control...

racocn8 comments on Oct 17, 2023:

Are you referring to the House GOP?

What is AMC management software?

racocn8 comments on Oct 17, 2023:

Asshole

How can I speak with Turkish Airlines? | +1-800-971-7347

racocn8 comments on Oct 17, 2023:

So that's like the Midnight Express? What is this fondness for torture?

New captcha, can you get all of them

racocn8 comments on Oct 17, 2023:

Looks like all of them...

Finally, archaeologists have solved this ancient mystery

racocn8 comments on Oct 16, 2023:

I wouldn't think a dress lends itself to bowling...

I've shared Oscar Wilde's "Freethoughts" before; here's another; And here's his bio;I ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 16, 2023:

When he says 'record', does he mean epitaph or what?

A handy field guide to current trump supporters.

racocn8 comments on Oct 15, 2023:

Or all of the above. I believe a lot are dedicated to hating the left and to parroting whataboutism memes, (these work only because they are superficial and require explanation to debunk). And, either overt or covert Christian Nationalist fascists.

Having nuances.

racocn8 comments on Oct 15, 2023:

That's just Hamas building goodwill. Very effective.