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No, UFOs still aren't any more real than Santa Claus.
racocn8 comments on May 19, 2021:
For decades, Debunkers have been carrying water for the Military-Industrial Complex, although their role has been more like useful idiots. It's true the UFO community is consistent in being composed of lunatics, but that does not mean that what they say doesn't have some truth behind it. That ...
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@Druvius Maybe we'll know more then the DNI/Pentagon report comes out.
racocn8 comments on May 19, 2021:
For decades, Debunkers have been carrying water for the Military-Industrial Complex, although their role has been more like useful idiots. It's true the UFO community is consistent in being composed of lunatics, but that does not mean that what they say doesn't have some truth behind it. That ...
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@Druvius Maybe we'll know more then the DNI/Pentagon report comes out.
A perspective. [ukcolumn.org]
FearlessFly comments on May 19, 2021:
"Overall, we rate the UK Column a strong right-wing biased conspiracy website that frequently promotes false or misleading information."
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/uk-column/
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@BDair quoting:
1. The vaccines are unnecessary
2. In most countries, most people will now have immunity to SARS-CoV-2
6. In those susceptible to severe infection, Covid-19 is a treatable illness. (Tell that to the dead)
FearlessFly comments on May 19, 2021:
"Overall, we rate the UK Column a strong right-wing biased conspiracy website that frequently promotes false or misleading information."
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/uk-column/
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@BDair quoting:
1. The vaccines are unnecessary
2. In most countries, most people will now have immunity to SARS-CoV-2
6. In those susceptible to severe infection, Covid-19 is a treatable illness. (Tell that to the dead)
No, UFOs still aren't any more real than Santa Claus.
phxbillcee comments on May 18, 2021:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@AnneWimsey The Pentagon has vouched as authentic five videos that leaked. Only two were generated under the AATIP program, and the program manager has said that 49 full reports were generated (as I recall the number). Ex-Sen. Harry Reid said that even those reports are only the tip of the iceberg and that a great deal more information remains classified. Even Obama has said that he can't say what he knows, and he probably wasn't even briefed. AND, while AATIP has been outed, the program under the auspices of Navel Intelligence remains fully secret.
phxbillcee comments on May 18, 2021:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
racocn8 replies on May 19, 2021:
@AnneWimsey The Pentagon has vouched as authentic five videos that leaked. Only two were generated under the AATIP program, and the program manager has said that 49 full reports were generated (as I recall the number). Ex-Sen. Harry Reid said that even those reports are only the tip of the iceberg and that a great deal more information remains classified. Even Obama has said that he can't say what he knows, and he probably wasn't even briefed. AND, while AATIP has been outed, the program under the auspices of Navel Intelligence remains fully secret.
No, UFOs still aren't any more real than Santa Claus.
phxbillcee comments on May 18, 2021:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
It would appear that the evidence is too extraordinary to release to the public. What happens when the government of, by and for the people, decides that the people can't handle the truth?
phxbillcee comments on May 18, 2021:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
It would appear that the evidence is too extraordinary to release to the public. What happens when the government of, by and for the people, decides that the people can't handle the truth?
So called- environmentally friendly companies that have sold out to industries.
racocn8 comments on May 18, 2021:
There are some fine monopolies listed there. Surely you're not suggesting that capitalism is corrupt? Buying the competition may be predatory, but it pays off...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@JackPedigo My personal opinion is that capitalism could work if it were to be practiced within a framework enforcing fair competition and (a modicum of social) responsibility. However, those that conduct business have framed the debate away from these issues and thus enable cruel business as usual.
The tragedy is that by not addressing this corruption, business as usual is inefficient as usual. Allowing inefficiency retards growth and decreases both prosperity and competitiveness. Eventually, even China has a chance to compete even though it is hamstrung by its overpopulation and lack of resources.
racocn8 comments on May 18, 2021:
There are some fine monopolies listed there. Surely you're not suggesting that capitalism is corrupt? Buying the competition may be predatory, but it pays off...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@JackPedigo My personal opinion is that capitalism could work if it were to be practiced within a framework enforcing fair competition and (a modicum of social) responsibility. However, those that conduct business have framed the debate away from these issues and thus enable cruel business as usual.
The tragedy is that by not addressing this corruption, business as usual is inefficient as usual. Allowing inefficiency retards growth and decreases both prosperity and competitiveness. Eventually, even China has a chance to compete even though it is hamstrung by its overpopulation and lack of resources.
This article about the American President and President Elect’s views on power in the Country has ...
Robecology comments on Nov 24, 2020:
Glad Joe's pushing moving away from Fossil fuels. Yea, it's a slap in the face of the FFC (Fossil fuel consortium)....but those folk have let greed get the best of them...to the point of disregarding the environment. Look at this chart; bet you didn't have any idea how little we in the US pay for ...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
Wow, Unbelievable. However, fuel taxes are regressive so that chart may be misleading. Maybe if we raised fuel taxes, people would support effectively taxing the rich and the corporations more.
Robecology comments on Nov 24, 2020:
Glad Joe's pushing moving away from Fossil fuels. Yea, it's a slap in the face of the FFC (Fossil fuel consortium)....but those folk have let greed get the best of them...to the point of disregarding the environment. Look at this chart; bet you didn't have any idea how little we in the US pay for ...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
Wow, Unbelievable. However, fuel taxes are regressive so that chart may be misleading. Maybe if we raised fuel taxes, people would support effectively taxing the rich and the corporations more.
So called- environmentally friendly companies that have sold out to industries.
Mooolah comments on May 4, 2021:
I can not keep up with the parent companies. However if one holds one share of stock one can then attend the shareholders meetings & can affect change. Just another manner in which to remain active in moving policy towards progress.
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
Institutional investors like pension or retirement holders, insurance companies, etc., have a lot more money and they rarely vote for anything but more profits.
Mooolah comments on May 4, 2021:
I can not keep up with the parent companies. However if one holds one share of stock one can then attend the shareholders meetings & can affect change. Just another manner in which to remain active in moving policy towards progress.
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
Institutional investors like pension or retirement holders, insurance companies, etc., have a lot more money and they rarely vote for anything but more profits.
It's a drag...
racocn8 comments on May 17, 2021:
I'd worry that they'd be confused. They probably don't have the life experience to perceive that women are being mocked, so that part might be OK...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@AnneWimsey I agree that women rarely dress like drag queens. When they do, it's likely been for some dress-up musical number. And I am willing to suspend judgement that drag queens are consciously mocking women. I would point out that when people engage in caricature and exaggeration, that process is often interpreted as derisive and mocking of its subject. I only suspend judgement because it is unclear to me why transvestites would seek to mock women. (Not to say it isn't happening, just saying the motive is not apparent). I don't agree that men would like their women to be like that more than 5% of the time, certainly nothing like 100%.
racocn8 comments on May 17, 2021:
I'd worry that they'd be confused. They probably don't have the life experience to perceive that women are being mocked, so that part might be OK...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@AnneWimsey I agree that women rarely dress like drag queens. When they do, it's likely been for some dress-up musical number. And I am willing to suspend judgement that drag queens are consciously mocking women. I would point out that when people engage in caricature and exaggeration, that process is often interpreted as derisive and mocking of its subject. I only suspend judgement because it is unclear to me why transvestites would seek to mock women. (Not to say it isn't happening, just saying the motive is not apparent). I don't agree that men would like their women to be like that more than 5% of the time, certainly nothing like 100%.
It's a drag...
racocn8 comments on May 17, 2021:
I'd worry that they'd be confused. They probably don't have the life experience to perceive that women are being mocked, so that part might be OK...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@AnneWimsey How is the over-the-top exaggeration of how women dress not mocking them?
racocn8 comments on May 17, 2021:
I'd worry that they'd be confused. They probably don't have the life experience to perceive that women are being mocked, so that part might be OK...
racocn8 replies on May 18, 2021:
@AnneWimsey How is the over-the-top exaggeration of how women dress not mocking them?
Oh, no, they won't trip me up with this one!
azzow2 comments on May 17, 2021:
No bras and no pants sounds like a perfect plan.
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
Depends on the person. It might be TMI.
azzow2 comments on May 17, 2021:
No bras and no pants sounds like a perfect plan.
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
Depends on the person. It might be TMI.
For those not following the war crimes committed by Israel within the past few days /week, with the ...
xenoview comments on May 17, 2021:
Both sides are to blame. Hamas has fired over 3200 rockets.
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
I agree. My new mantra is that they deserve each other. But I have to laugh at those that denounce Israel but by extension, support Hamas. Yeah, Israel pounds Gaza, but they're the ones that escalated with the rockets. Then there the guy who screams ethnic cleansing, imagining that is some kind of magic charm of persuasion. Then there are the social justice warriors, the self-hating Jews, Arabs, and even a few closet Nazis. Paying attention rewards both Hamas and Netanyahu. Both sides are severely degenerate and violate norms, international and otherwise. Anyone that takes a side has apologies to make and if they don't... Hell, nobody has standing to say shit.
xenoview comments on May 17, 2021:
Both sides are to blame. Hamas has fired over 3200 rockets.
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
I agree. My new mantra is that they deserve each other. But I have to laugh at those that denounce Israel but by extension, support Hamas. Yeah, Israel pounds Gaza, but they're the ones that escalated with the rockets. Then there the guy who screams ethnic cleansing, imagining that is some kind of magic charm of persuasion. Then there are the social justice warriors, the self-hating Jews, Arabs, and even a few closet Nazis. Paying attention rewards both Hamas and Netanyahu. Both sides are severely degenerate and violate norms, international and otherwise. Anyone that takes a side has apologies to make and if they don't... Hell, nobody has standing to say shit.
Given the complete lack of evidence for any gods (including the ridiculous tripe in the bible) is it...
RichCC comments on May 17, 2021:
As per the famous old aphorism -- *"**Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence**"*.
I consider myself an atheist but if people are more comfortable saying god can't be disproven well I don't care as long as they don't try to force their view on me or mine. It's their life to waste if they ...
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
Regarding that phrase "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
In fact, absence of evidence is evidence of absence; it is evidence, but not proof.
Thus, Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence is a fallacy and false.
I'm betting Evangelicals use this phrase in their sermons as part of their demonizing of non-believers.
RichCC comments on May 17, 2021:
As per the famous old aphorism -- *"**Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence**"*.
I consider myself an atheist but if people are more comfortable saying god can't be disproven well I don't care as long as they don't try to force their view on me or mine. It's their life to waste if they ...
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
Regarding that phrase "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
In fact, absence of evidence is evidence of absence; it is evidence, but not proof.
Thus, Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence is a fallacy and false.
I'm betting Evangelicals use this phrase in their sermons as part of their demonizing of non-believers.
"My parents came to Britain as refugees from Poland.
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
@WilliamCharles So you are OK with using children to dig tunnels prone to cave-ins? I can see why the IDF use the kids to discourage Hamas from firing on them. Is self-preservation sufficient justification?
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 17, 2021:
@WilliamCharles So you are OK with using children to dig tunnels prone to cave-ins? I can see why the IDF use the kids to discourage Hamas from firing on them. Is self-preservation sufficient justification?
"My parents came to Britain as refugees from Poland.
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Let me know when they use their own children as human shields.
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Let me know when they use their own children as human shields.
"My parents came to Britain as refugees from Poland.
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
@WilliamCharles If Hamas murders their own children, and hides behind them using them as human shields, how much sympathy should they get? How much power should be entrusted to them?
racocn8 comments on May 16, 2021:
title: Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Tunnels
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/hamas-killed-160-palestinian-children-to-build-terror-tunnels
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
@WilliamCharles If Hamas murders their own children, and hides behind them using them as human shields, how much sympathy should they get? How much power should be entrusted to them?
"Since the mid-1970s, there's been an international consensus for resolving the Israel-Palestine ...
altschmerz comments on May 16, 2021:
Waaaay too late for a two-state settlement. That was feasible 20 years ago. Now the only conceivable solution is a one-state one.
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
Arafat's emissary had agreed to settle, but a shipload of arms was on the way. After Arafat blew off this one chance, the ship was intercepted. Oh well....
altschmerz comments on May 16, 2021:
Waaaay too late for a two-state settlement. That was feasible 20 years ago. Now the only conceivable solution is a one-state one.
racocn8 replies on May 16, 2021:
Arafat's emissary had agreed to settle, but a shipload of arms was on the way. After Arafat blew off this one chance, the ship was intercepted. Oh well....
I don't see how anyone can argue against this assertion.
racocn8 comments on May 15, 2021:
Women are not terrorists dedicated to Jihad.
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
@Zoltans_Queen Stealing land is the extortion Israel exacts for the Palestinians refusing to agree to a peace treaty. Not that either side can be trusted. They are both religious psychotics and they both deserve each other.
racocn8 comments on May 15, 2021:
Women are not terrorists dedicated to Jihad.
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
@Zoltans_Queen Stealing land is the extortion Israel exacts for the Palestinians refusing to agree to a peace treaty. Not that either side can be trusted. They are both religious psychotics and they both deserve each other.
Letters From An American 05/14/2021
wordywalt comments on May 15, 2021:
All Americans with any sense of morality,conscience, and patriotism should turn their backs on ALL Republican political candidates!!!
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
And they have. The people who still support the GOP are traitors.
wordywalt comments on May 15, 2021:
All Americans with any sense of morality,conscience, and patriotism should turn their backs on ALL Republican political candidates!!!
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
And they have. The people who still support the GOP are traitors.
Trump voter in Colorado faces stunning voter fraud allegations
Willow_Wisp comments on May 15, 2021:
It's all projections, the Republicans accuse the Democrats of voter fraud and all the isolated instances of voter fraud we can find are all Republicans. They also accuse Democrats of pedophilia but they have Roy Moore and Mat Gates.
They also accuse us of having a secret cabal that's controlling ...
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
And then there's the cannibalism...
Willow_Wisp comments on May 15, 2021:
It's all projections, the Republicans accuse the Democrats of voter fraud and all the isolated instances of voter fraud we can find are all Republicans. They also accuse Democrats of pedophilia but they have Roy Moore and Mat Gates.
They also accuse us of having a secret cabal that's controlling ...
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
And then there's the cannibalism...
So we can stop washing our hands too, right?
(Not that I ever have...)
Julie808 comments on May 15, 2021:
I think frequent hand washing is a habit I'm happy to keep! Not a new habit for me, as I always had a desire to wash my hands regularly. I did have to learn not to touch my face with unwashed hands, and I'm gonna be keeping with that a long time too. We've learned a lot of good habits over the ...
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
Yeah, I only touch my face with my feet...
Julie808 comments on May 15, 2021:
I think frequent hand washing is a habit I'm happy to keep! Not a new habit for me, as I always had a desire to wash my hands regularly. I did have to learn not to touch my face with unwashed hands, and I'm gonna be keeping with that a long time too. We've learned a lot of good habits over the ...
racocn8 replies on May 15, 2021:
Yeah, I only touch my face with my feet...
India's solution to solve Covid problem
BANGING KITCHEN PLATES
This land is infested with ...
AnneWimsey comments on May 14, 2021:
When you are desperate, drInking goat urine, banging plates, rubbing cow feces allover.....what choices do they Actually have?....None!
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
Ya work with whatcha got...
AnneWimsey comments on May 14, 2021:
When you are desperate, drInking goat urine, banging plates, rubbing cow feces allover.....what choices do they Actually have?....None!
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
Ya work with whatcha got...
Time to seek some answers from Dr. Fauci et al. [nicholaswade.medium.com]
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
@BDair @AnneWimsey The article is the letter that Wade references and dismisses as political propaganda. Talk about projection. Figure 1 shows that the closest sequence matching the glycan and RBD comes from the Pangolin, and that is still missing the Polybasic cleavage site. The odds of Dr. Shi getting that sequence inserted via serial passage are extremely high against. Similarly, as Anderson notes, SARS2 does not resemble the backbones used by Dr. Shi. That may be inferential, but it's pretty definitive. If research staff got Covid in August, you have to account for the absence of cases from August to December. The big problem is that Wade's thesis is conspiracy-minded, starting with the conclusion and then trying to prop it up, often-times with misleading language and quickly dismissing alternatives. I believe no one challenged Anderson's letter for good reason. More data from the lab might be instructive, but it is surely too late now.
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
@BDair @AnneWimsey The article is the letter that Wade references and dismisses as political propaganda. Talk about projection. Figure 1 shows that the closest sequence matching the glycan and RBD comes from the Pangolin, and that is still missing the Polybasic cleavage site. The odds of Dr. Shi getting that sequence inserted via serial passage are extremely high against. Similarly, as Anderson notes, SARS2 does not resemble the backbones used by Dr. Shi. That may be inferential, but it's pretty definitive. If research staff got Covid in August, you have to account for the absence of cases from August to December. The big problem is that Wade's thesis is conspiracy-minded, starting with the conclusion and then trying to prop it up, often-times with misleading language and quickly dismissing alternatives. I believe no one challenged Anderson's letter for good reason. More data from the lab might be instructive, but it is surely too late now.
Conspiracist: The Unvaccinated Are Being Treated Just Like Jews in the Holocaust | Beth Stoneburner ...
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
@bbyrd009 Christians frequently refer to the use of abortion as a Holocaust.
https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/sectionchs/documents/beisel.pdf
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 14, 2021:
@bbyrd009 Christians frequently refer to the use of abortion as a Holocaust.
https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/sectionchs/documents/beisel.pdf
Time to seek some answers from Dr. Fauci et al. [nicholaswade.medium.com]
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
Also:
https://news.yahoo.com/did-coronavirus-escape-lab-idea-194907885.html
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
Also:
https://news.yahoo.com/did-coronavirus-escape-lab-idea-194907885.html
Time to seek some answers from Dr. Fauci et al. [nicholaswade.medium.com]
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@BDair @AnneWimsey
At 11:30 in the referenced video, Daszak talks about trying to shut down the wet markets, which is where most scientists suspect Covid came from.
The whole idea of having a lab is to enable researchers to safely manipulate viruses. The proposal that it came from the lab remains entirely unsupported by any evidence, and is pure speculation. Republicans latched onto this making it into a conspiracy theory and promoting it to tar Biden. The whole idea is to distract the gullible into ignoring all of Trump’s ties to Russia.
Whether it came from the lab or from the wet market, it came from China. The issue is so politicized that an investigation is not likely to obtain an irrefutable finding. What could come of finding out it was a lab accident?
The link below goes into detail on the biochemistry of Covid's spike protein and sequencing.
“However, the genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone20. Instead, we propose two scenarios that can plausibly explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2: ( i ) natural selection in an animal host before zoonotic transfer; and (ii) natural selection in humans following zoonotic transfer.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@BDair @AnneWimsey
At 11:30 in the referenced video, Daszak talks about trying to shut down the wet markets, which is where most scientists suspect Covid came from.
The whole idea of having a lab is to enable researchers to safely manipulate viruses. The proposal that it came from the lab remains entirely unsupported by any evidence, and is pure speculation. Republicans latched onto this making it into a conspiracy theory and promoting it to tar Biden. The whole idea is to distract the gullible into ignoring all of Trump’s ties to Russia.
Whether it came from the lab or from the wet market, it came from China. The issue is so politicized that an investigation is not likely to obtain an irrefutable finding. What could come of finding out it was a lab accident?
The link below goes into detail on the biochemistry of Covid's spike protein and sequencing.
“However, the genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone20. Instead, we propose two scenarios that can plausibly explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2: ( i ) natural selection in an animal host before zoonotic transfer; and (ii) natural selection in humans following zoonotic transfer.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
Time to seek some answers from Dr. Fauci et al. [nicholaswade.medium.com]
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
The virus sequence has been examined by labs around the world. What lab has identified evidence for the theory that it came from a lab? Does anyone have any evidence this came from the Wuhan Lab and what is it?
racocn8 comments on May 13, 2021:
What other right wingnut conspiracies do you embrace?
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
The virus sequence has been examined by labs around the world. What lab has identified evidence for the theory that it came from a lab? Does anyone have any evidence this came from the Wuhan Lab and what is it?
Conspiracist: The Unvaccinated Are Being Treated Just Like Jews in the Holocaust | Beth Stoneburner ...
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@bbyrd009 I'd say the pandemic has registered for those that died and their families.
I generalized to Christians because they are so quick to forget the Holocaust, except when they can use it disrespectfully.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@bbyrd009 I'd say the pandemic has registered for those that died and their families.
I generalized to Christians because they are so quick to forget the Holocaust, except when they can use it disrespectfully.
Conspiracist: The Unvaccinated Are Being Treated Just Like Jews in the Holocaust | Beth Stoneburner ...
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@bbyrd009 I would remind you that in the last x years, we've had a bunch of actual or potential pandemics including Zika, West Nile virus, H1N1, H1N5, Ebola, SARS, and MERS. We may now have some new tools, but we don't know what else might be out there.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If Christians view their treatment as comparable to how they treated the Jews in the Holocaust... 1) It's good they admit the Holocaust happened; 2) As they now support Fascism to maintain their White Supremacy, they certainly deserve whatever imagined slight they feel; 3) They deserve so much ...
racocn8 replies on May 13, 2021:
@bbyrd009 I would remind you that in the last x years, we've had a bunch of actual or potential pandemics including Zika, West Nile virus, H1N1, H1N5, Ebola, SARS, and MERS. We may now have some new tools, but we don't know what else might be out there.
The answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 12, 2021:
@JeffMurray Compensation to women for past oppression could come from taxes. The same for Blacks and slavery. However, the US has so many white supremacists that the proposition is problematic. Likewise, the level of animus between the sexes is great enough that compensating women with tax money is also unlikely. Yes, women have been oppressed, but they have oppressed men back in their own ways, and that subject is taboo.
Various welfare programs exist to help people in need, even though they often brought their distress on themselves.
Men should be able to opt out; I do agree on that. However, society's sympathy for women (again, only looking at the oppression of women) has kept the burden on men. A major part of that attitude comes from the nutty values of Judeo-Christianity. As example, Catholics seek to stop divorce unless the man can bribe the priest.
I don't believe the desire to be a mother has very much to do with the actual competence in maintaining that responsibility. Motivation is great, but that is instinct, and has little bearing on mental health issues that can thwart a loving child rearing. Look at what happens when the desire for motherhood generates five more kids than the family can afford.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 12, 2021:
@JeffMurray Compensation to women for past oppression could come from taxes. The same for Blacks and slavery. However, the US has so many white supremacists that the proposition is problematic. Likewise, the level of animus between the sexes is great enough that compensating women with tax money is also unlikely. Yes, women have been oppressed, but they have oppressed men back in their own ways, and that subject is taboo.
Various welfare programs exist to help people in need, even though they often brought their distress on themselves.
Men should be able to opt out; I do agree on that. However, society's sympathy for women (again, only looking at the oppression of women) has kept the burden on men. A major part of that attitude comes from the nutty values of Judeo-Christianity. As example, Catholics seek to stop divorce unless the man can bribe the priest.
I don't believe the desire to be a mother has very much to do with the actual competence in maintaining that responsibility. Motivation is great, but that is instinct, and has little bearing on mental health issues that can thwart a loving child rearing. Look at what happens when the desire for motherhood generates five more kids than the family can afford.
The answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 12, 2021:
@JeffMurray I must have been unclear in my reply. Don't mistake my understanding of how things actually are with what I believe would be fair. When I say policy is set by efficiency, I mean that the legal industry and legislators developed the existing framework, mainly for their own convenience and at the expense of the general population. I don't endorse their framework at all. I acknowledge its existence.
As I said above, I believe that If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%-100%). Ideally, men should be able to opt out, but I believe the lawyers and legislatures prevent men from opting out to compensate women for their history of oppression. I do not agree with that tactic in this case.
So when I used the phrase -juvenile naivete, I meant that allowing anyone to have children regardless of their competence was juvenile and naive, but that's freedom in the US. However, this freedom results in a populace of maladjusted idiots.
I also have a problem with single women going to a sperm bank. Now they can always shop around for a man to impregnate them, and it would certainly be especially wrong for them to do so with the hope that they can also get financial support. If and only if a woman is mentally healthy should she have a child by herself. Many women have a pathological hatred of men. Such women are NOT fit to raise a child. Many women are unfit to raise a child because of assorted mental illness or simple lack of mental acuity. Again, my definition of fitness relates to MY ideal. What actually happens is closer to a free-for-all of moral irresponsibility.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 12, 2021:
@JeffMurray I must have been unclear in my reply. Don't mistake my understanding of how things actually are with what I believe would be fair. When I say policy is set by efficiency, I mean that the legal industry and legislators developed the existing framework, mainly for their own convenience and at the expense of the general population. I don't endorse their framework at all. I acknowledge its existence.
As I said above, I believe that If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%-100%). Ideally, men should be able to opt out, but I believe the lawyers and legislatures prevent men from opting out to compensate women for their history of oppression. I do not agree with that tactic in this case.
So when I used the phrase -juvenile naivete, I meant that allowing anyone to have children regardless of their competence was juvenile and naive, but that's freedom in the US. However, this freedom results in a populace of maladjusted idiots.
I also have a problem with single women going to a sperm bank. Now they can always shop around for a man to impregnate them, and it would certainly be especially wrong for them to do so with the hope that they can also get financial support. If and only if a woman is mentally healthy should she have a child by herself. Many women have a pathological hatred of men. Such women are NOT fit to raise a child. Many women are unfit to raise a child because of assorted mental illness or simple lack of mental acuity. Again, my definition of fitness relates to MY ideal. What actually happens is closer to a free-for-all of moral irresponsibility.
Our observable universe is 13.
EarnestEccentric comments on May 10, 2021:
We simply must discover the physical keys to make the warp engines, wormholes, and Stargates to work. Timely transport is the only thing that can ever effectively get us out there to those places. It's the next big revolution.
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I don't think it can solve Humanity's intrinsic stupidity.
EarnestEccentric comments on May 10, 2021:
We simply must discover the physical keys to make the warp engines, wormholes, and Stargates to work. Timely transport is the only thing that can ever effectively get us out there to those places. It's the next big revolution.
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I don't think it can solve Humanity's intrinsic stupidity.
The answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray Of course quota students may well excel. Removing bias from intelligence testing is its own test of intelligence!
As to why men aren't given the same option as women, I'll say again that is how it shakes out in a system that is forced to deal efficiently with inequities. The cost of efficiency is more inequity.
As to saying a woman needs a man to be able to raise a child, I will claim that having two parents is closer to ideal than having one. Not always or in every situation, merely as an approximation of seeking the ideal. It would be the height of idiocy to say that children SHOULD be brought up by single women.
Our particular society is awash in both misogyny and misandry. So, adults have children in all combinations, and have the attitude that that is a freedom. Combine that with the prevalence of mental illness and rank incompetence. We'd be so much better off if some entity could intervene, but again, it is a matter of expedience and more than a little juvenile naivete that intervention almost never happens. Or happens after the damage has been done.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray Of course quota students may well excel. Removing bias from intelligence testing is its own test of intelligence!
As to why men aren't given the same option as women, I'll say again that is how it shakes out in a system that is forced to deal efficiently with inequities. The cost of efficiency is more inequity.
As to saying a woman needs a man to be able to raise a child, I will claim that having two parents is closer to ideal than having one. Not always or in every situation, merely as an approximation of seeking the ideal. It would be the height of idiocy to say that children SHOULD be brought up by single women.
Our particular society is awash in both misogyny and misandry. So, adults have children in all combinations, and have the attitude that that is a freedom. Combine that with the prevalence of mental illness and rank incompetence. We'd be so much better off if some entity could intervene, but again, it is a matter of expedience and more than a little juvenile naivete that intervention almost never happens. Or happens after the damage has been done.
The answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray It appears that society will sometimes take the position of imposing inequities to redress past grievances. Then it depends on which side of the fence you happen to be on. Imposing inequity should be regarded as bad policy in search of a better solution.
No-fault divorces are another example where the courts simply decline to get involved in he-said-she-said, and simply impose a one-size-fits-all solution. Inequity is imposed to be expeditious.
As in the case of Affirmative Action, other students regard the quota student as unqualified. And yet, many colleges would be overwhelmed with Asian students if only certain aspects of academics are used to qualify applicants. Maybe policy should be randomly chosen annually?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray It appears that society will sometimes take the position of imposing inequities to redress past grievances. Then it depends on which side of the fence you happen to be on. Imposing inequity should be regarded as bad policy in search of a better solution.
No-fault divorces are another example where the courts simply decline to get involved in he-said-she-said, and simply impose a one-size-fits-all solution. Inequity is imposed to be expeditious.
As in the case of Affirmative Action, other students regard the quota student as unqualified. And yet, many colleges would be overwhelmed with Asian students if only certain aspects of academics are used to qualify applicants. Maybe policy should be randomly chosen annually?
It takes a bit to get there but hey, the man does seem to have a point.
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racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
Not only did the woman not have a point, but resorting to violence would be chargeable offense under normal circumstances.
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric Sometimes turning the other cheek is the prudent thing to do, even if it is very unfair.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
Not only did the woman not have a point, but resorting to violence would be chargeable offense under normal circumstances.
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric Sometimes turning the other cheek is the prudent thing to do, even if it is very unfair.
The answer to this seem obvious to me, but maybe I'm missing something. What are your thoughts?
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray You gave a good example for your first point, although that seems improbable. If she's not willing to get an abortion, she has to assume much more or all responsibility.
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
If the man doesn't want the child but the woman insists on having it, then yes, the fathers obligation should be much reduced (90%?). The father still has some responsibility for not using birth control. The woman may have simply used the man to get impregnated.
Mothers have critical social ...
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@JeffMurray You gave a good example for your first point, although that seems improbable. If she's not willing to get an abortion, she has to assume much more or all responsibility.
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racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
And when the Palestinians celebrated after 9/11 happened? What would that be?
(The fire came from a tree outside the mosque.)
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@Charlene The first one I saw as it was happening.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tree-catches-fire-outside-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-no-damage-mosque-2021-05-10/
racocn8 comments on May 11, 2021:
And when the Palestinians celebrated after 9/11 happened? What would that be?
(The fire came from a tree outside the mosque.)
racocn8 replies on May 11, 2021:
@Charlene The first one I saw as it was happening.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tree-catches-fire-outside-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-no-damage-mosque-2021-05-10/
In last night's monthly Skeptics Zoom discussion, a lady invited by the moderator revealed herself ...
AnneWimsey comments on May 10, 2021:
So you are saying the event didn't meet your expectations, in a Bigly way......
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
I certainly expect more from someone who trots out her position as a college professor at every opportunity. She also says she is half Hispanic, which strongly contrasts with the bigotry shown to my friend.
I wrongly assumed that her recommended reading, Mere Christianity, was a book of Christian apologetics. So I checked it out. It is, in fact, a self-help book on relationships and morality from the Christian perspective. I didn't see any content that would persuade me to abandon my atheism. Sadly, I'm guessing she hadn't read it either, and made the same assumption I did. Either she had very bad judgement or felt so desperate to rebuff my insult against Christianity that she pretended to know what she was talking about. Pretty much the epitome of semi-white privileged Karen.
AnneWimsey comments on May 10, 2021:
So you are saying the event didn't meet your expectations, in a Bigly way......
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
I certainly expect more from someone who trots out her position as a college professor at every opportunity. She also says she is half Hispanic, which strongly contrasts with the bigotry shown to my friend.
I wrongly assumed that her recommended reading, Mere Christianity, was a book of Christian apologetics. So I checked it out. It is, in fact, a self-help book on relationships and morality from the Christian perspective. I didn't see any content that would persuade me to abandon my atheism. Sadly, I'm guessing she hadn't read it either, and made the same assumption I did. Either she had very bad judgement or felt so desperate to rebuff my insult against Christianity that she pretended to know what she was talking about. Pretty much the epitome of semi-white privileged Karen.
In last night's monthly Skeptics Zoom discussion, a lady invited by the moderator revealed herself ...
LovinLarge comments on May 10, 2021:
Life is too short for time wasters like that. Did she indicate in what way she identified as a skeptic?
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
She did not say how she visualized herself as a skeptic. I will guess that she figured skepticism to be included within Critical Thinking. I agree with your assessment that her continued participation would degrade our future discussions as it did this one. Our group should be well past giving Christianity any credence. Dealing with a true believer is a waste of time.
LovinLarge comments on May 10, 2021:
Life is too short for time wasters like that. Did she indicate in what way she identified as a skeptic?
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
She did not say how she visualized herself as a skeptic. I will guess that she figured skepticism to be included within Critical Thinking. I agree with your assessment that her continued participation would degrade our future discussions as it did this one. Our group should be well past giving Christianity any credence. Dealing with a true believer is a waste of time.
It is shameful that both US parties bankroll Israeli brutality against Palestinians.
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Suggesting that the Jewish Chosenite is wrong gets you absolutely nowhere. Who is your audience? Jews and Muslims and Christians all believe the most asinine bullshit. All religion is insanity, but right now, Islam has a surplus of offensive actors. At least Israel curries favor by trading technology and seeking tourism. What do Palestinians do? Islam remains #1 in degrading Palestinians, and is way ahead of Israel on that. It shows, and that's why Palestinians get no traction.
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Suggesting that the Jewish Chosenite is wrong gets you absolutely nowhere. Who is your audience? Jews and Muslims and Christians all believe the most asinine bullshit. All religion is insanity, but right now, Islam has a surplus of offensive actors. At least Israel curries favor by trading technology and seeking tourism. What do Palestinians do? Islam remains #1 in degrading Palestinians, and is way ahead of Israel on that. It shows, and that's why Palestinians get no traction.
It is shameful that both US parties bankroll Israeli brutality against Palestinians.
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles The world is not a fair place. The Palestinians are humans and deserve fair treatment, but as long as they pursue perpetual religious jihad, that level of pathos simply causes people to look away. Frankly, many other groups are more pathetic and more blameless. The Palestinians have sunk so far down on that list that they are like Kim, staging crap to get attention. They need a different PR agent.
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles The world is not a fair place. The Palestinians are humans and deserve fair treatment, but as long as they pursue perpetual religious jihad, that level of pathos simply causes people to look away. Frankly, many other groups are more pathetic and more blameless. The Palestinians have sunk so far down on that list that they are like Kim, staging crap to get attention. They need a different PR agent.
It is shameful that both US parties bankroll Israeli brutality against Palestinians.
racocn8 comments on May 10, 2021:
Last I saw, it was Gaza that was bombing Israel... but I'm sure Israel will even the score shortly.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/10/israeli-police-and-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalem-holy-site-486540
As for bankrolling Israel, Israel helps the military-industrial complex test out ...
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Palestinians sell themselves out to Iran and SA, exchanging photo propaganda for arms. The Palestinians cannot wage perpetual tedious war against Israel and then claim to be victims. Nobody cares because nobody buys it.
racocn8 comments on May 10, 2021:
Last I saw, it was Gaza that was bombing Israel... but I'm sure Israel will even the score shortly.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/10/israeli-police-and-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalem-holy-site-486540
As for bankrolling Israel, Israel helps the military-industrial complex test out ...
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
@WilliamCharles Palestinians sell themselves out to Iran and SA, exchanging photo propaganda for arms. The Palestinians cannot wage perpetual tedious war against Israel and then claim to be victims. Nobody cares because nobody buys it.
It is shameful that both US parties bankroll Israeli brutality against Palestinians.
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
Israel should just give the Palestinians what they want (sarcasm intended):
FearlessFly comments on May 10, 2021:
While I'm totally opposed to the Israeli "settlements", I think it fair to say the Palestinians haven't stopped firing rockets . . . :O
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
Israel should just give the Palestinians what they want (sarcasm intended):
Our observable universe is 13.
EarnestEccentric comments on May 10, 2021:
We simply must discover the physical keys to make the warp engines, wormholes, and Stargates to work. Timely transport is the only thing that can ever effectively get us out there to those places. It's the next big revolution.
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
Seriously, humanity is NOT ready for that, and I'm not sure we ever will be. Who would you be willing to send? Or rather, what sort of people are likely to end up going?
EarnestEccentric comments on May 10, 2021:
We simply must discover the physical keys to make the warp engines, wormholes, and Stargates to work. Timely transport is the only thing that can ever effectively get us out there to those places. It's the next big revolution.
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
Seriously, humanity is NOT ready for that, and I'm not sure we ever will be. Who would you be willing to send? Or rather, what sort of people are likely to end up going?
There's a euphanism in there somewhere.
Willow_Wisp comments on May 10, 2021:
Somehow I don't think it'll work out well for humans.
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
... And then the lady bit his head off for a snack.
Willow_Wisp comments on May 10, 2021:
Somehow I don't think it'll work out well for humans.
racocn8 replies on May 10, 2021:
... And then the lady bit his head off for a snack.
If the election wasn't "stolen", why are Democrats so vehemently opposed to the audits?
CourtJester comments on May 9, 2021:
Their protest says it all.
If it was 100% legal, they would welcome the audit.
racocn8 replies on May 9, 2021:
@yvilletom On your second line, what the hell are you talking about ? (sarcasm: What is there to be destroyed?)
CourtJester comments on May 9, 2021:
Their protest says it all.
If it was 100% legal, they would welcome the audit.
racocn8 replies on May 9, 2021:
@yvilletom On your second line, what the hell are you talking about ? (sarcasm: What is there to be destroyed?)
A Dose of Tao
racocn8 comments on May 9, 2021:
Which non-existence of this universe are you contemplating?
racocn8 replies on May 9, 2021:
@rainmanjr Western religion has contaminated and degraded our minds with notions of meaning, significance and purpose. When you remove that false perspective, the debased oversimplification can be seen as childish wishing that is not just wrong, but a dead end.
racocn8 comments on May 9, 2021:
Which non-existence of this universe are you contemplating?
racocn8 replies on May 9, 2021:
@rainmanjr Western religion has contaminated and degraded our minds with notions of meaning, significance and purpose. When you remove that false perspective, the debased oversimplification can be seen as childish wishing that is not just wrong, but a dead end.
So it seems Mir-a-Lago is trending on Twitter because people are hoping that out of control Chinese ...
racocn8 comments on May 8, 2021:
I would pay real money to dominate him.
racocn8 replies on May 8, 2021:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz i would be curious to know just how many lawsuits he has outstanding. Is he really that untouchable? Maybe he'll get the Forrestal treatment...?
racocn8 comments on May 8, 2021:
I would pay real money to dominate him.
racocn8 replies on May 8, 2021:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz i would be curious to know just how many lawsuits he has outstanding. Is he really that untouchable? Maybe he'll get the Forrestal treatment...?
Happy birthday, Johannes Brahms.
racocn8 comments on May 7, 2021:
You should hear the Irish piano music that Beethovan. It's wonderful stuff but it never, ever gets played. I bought a Vox Box records when I was in college.
racocn8 replies on May 7, 2021:
@Spinliesel I do love Beethovan's music, but his Irish airs are so uncharacteristic to his style. I finally found an example. Try this one... (The Irish comes in more in the last half)
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=beethovan+flute+piano+Irish&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dbeethovan%2520flute%2520piano%2520Irish%26qs%3dn%26form%3dQBVDMH%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3dbeethovan%2520flute%2520piano%2520irish%26sc%3d0-27%26sk%3d%26cvid%3d5299A62FAB944CF19CE1F1A690C3DDD3=detail=708858F79622F70C703F708858F79622F70C703F&=VDRVRV
racocn8 comments on May 7, 2021:
You should hear the Irish piano music that Beethovan. It's wonderful stuff but it never, ever gets played. I bought a Vox Box records when I was in college.
racocn8 replies on May 7, 2021:
@Spinliesel I do love Beethovan's music, but his Irish airs are so uncharacteristic to his style. I finally found an example. Try this one... (The Irish comes in more in the last half)
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=beethovan+flute+piano+Irish&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dbeethovan%2520flute%2520piano%2520Irish%26qs%3dn%26form%3dQBVDMH%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3dbeethovan%2520flute%2520piano%2520irish%26sc%3d0-27%26sk%3d%26cvid%3d5299A62FAB944CF19CE1F1A690C3DDD3=detail=708858F79622F70C703F708858F79622F70C703F&=VDRVRV
Pay attention to how the disputes within the GOP congressional representatives play out.
TheGreatShadow comments on May 5, 2021:
All I know is I need to get the fuck out of this area ASAP. I am 100% not joking. I literally don't know of one single person that is against trump in the village. Wish I was joking. I only know of 4 people in my personal life that don't approve of him. I am constantly called brainwashed. A friends...
racocn8 replies on May 5, 2021:
It sounds like you've been doing OK financially. If you can afford to pull up stakes, it might be worth the improved peace of mind. Let the idiots stew in their own juices.
TheGreatShadow comments on May 5, 2021:
All I know is I need to get the fuck out of this area ASAP. I am 100% not joking. I literally don't know of one single person that is against trump in the village. Wish I was joking. I only know of 4 people in my personal life that don't approve of him. I am constantly called brainwashed. A friends...
racocn8 replies on May 5, 2021:
It sounds like you've been doing OK financially. If you can afford to pull up stakes, it might be worth the improved peace of mind. Let the idiots stew in their own juices.
Re: Liz Cheney:
I would not have thought it possible that anyone could bring a good healthy dose ...
racocn8 comments on May 4, 2021:
Cheney gets credit for being slightly insane compared to the asylum insane comrades of her party? I suppose you have to take scraps if that's all there is. How is it that Putin missed bribing her along with the rest?
racocn8 replies on May 4, 2021:
Please note how the heroism and honor of telling the truth runs through the Republican Party.
Okay, maybe not every single one of them is a cowardly degenerate. And that is your brain on religion.
racocn8 comments on May 4, 2021:
Cheney gets credit for being slightly insane compared to the asylum insane comrades of her party? I suppose you have to take scraps if that's all there is. How is it that Putin missed bribing her along with the rest?
racocn8 replies on May 4, 2021:
Please note how the heroism and honor of telling the truth runs through the Republican Party.
Okay, maybe not every single one of them is a cowardly degenerate. And that is your brain on religion.
Do all religious people lack a sense of humour ?
Beowulfsfriend comments on May 3, 2021:
While atheists, like the religious, come in all shapes and carry different paths, I will say just once - list the dead due to atheists and compare that to a list the dead due to religious people, especially fanatics. There is no comparison.
racocn8 replies on May 3, 2021:
Thank you for your thoughtful reply, which is in line with my views. I appreciated the validation. Christians trot out their old saw that Mao, Stalin AND HITLER (!!!!) were atheists, and thus attribute those murdered as victims of atheism. When I hear that, I am incensed. Too many lies in one sentence to unpack. I give all the credit in the world to atheists who will give a reply. I salute Hitchens and others for that.
Beowulfsfriend comments on May 3, 2021:
While atheists, like the religious, come in all shapes and carry different paths, I will say just once - list the dead due to atheists and compare that to a list the dead due to religious people, especially fanatics. There is no comparison.
racocn8 replies on May 3, 2021:
Thank you for your thoughtful reply, which is in line with my views. I appreciated the validation. Christians trot out their old saw that Mao, Stalin AND HITLER (!!!!) were atheists, and thus attribute those murdered as victims of atheism. When I hear that, I am incensed. Too many lies in one sentence to unpack. I give all the credit in the world to atheists who will give a reply. I salute Hitchens and others for that.
Do all religious people lack a sense of humour ?
Beowulfsfriend comments on May 3, 2021:
While atheists, like the religious, come in all shapes and carry different paths, I will say just once - list the dead due to atheists and compare that to a list the dead due to religious people, especially fanatics. There is no comparison.
racocn8 replies on May 3, 2021:
I agree, but what do you say to those who claim Stalin and Mao were atheists?
Beowulfsfriend comments on May 3, 2021:
While atheists, like the religious, come in all shapes and carry different paths, I will say just once - list the dead due to atheists and compare that to a list the dead due to religious people, especially fanatics. There is no comparison.
racocn8 replies on May 3, 2021:
I agree, but what do you say to those who claim Stalin and Mao were atheists?
So I don't often see eye to eye with Caitlyn Jenner.
racocn8 comments on May 2, 2021:
Maybe XY trans athletes should wear handicaps like they do for horses. (In a horse handicap race (sometimes called just "handicap"), each horse must carry a specified weight called the impost, assigned by the racing secretary or steward based on factors such as past performances, so as to equalize ...
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
@JeffMurray Any Trans who wins a competition is subject to a lawsuit. The only way to prevent it would be to have the biologically female competitors sign a release. We'll probably need to see how the courts view this and whether the view changes over time and experience.
racocn8 comments on May 2, 2021:
Maybe XY trans athletes should wear handicaps like they do for horses. (In a horse handicap race (sometimes called just "handicap"), each horse must carry a specified weight called the impost, assigned by the racing secretary or steward based on factors such as past performances, so as to equalize ...
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
@JeffMurray Any Trans who wins a competition is subject to a lawsuit. The only way to prevent it would be to have the biologically female competitors sign a release. We'll probably need to see how the courts view this and whether the view changes over time and experience.
A modern dilemma for the media.
LenHazell53 comments on May 2, 2021:
Agnotology is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
{The word} was coined in 1995 by Robert N. Proctor, a Stanford University professor, and linguist Iain Boal.
Wikipedia
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
Closely related to agitprop; propaganda designed to agitate.
LenHazell53 comments on May 2, 2021:
Agnotology is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
{The word} was coined in 1995 by Robert N. Proctor, a Stanford University professor, and linguist Iain Boal.
Wikipedia
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
Closely related to agitprop; propaganda designed to agitate.
The old Bush Telegraph is busy today.
anglophone comments on May 2, 2021:
Ah yes, an epitome all "good Christian values", LOL!
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
Although I had a Mormon coworker who fled to Alaska with a new woman leaving behind the wife and 7 kids!!!
anglophone comments on May 2, 2021:
Ah yes, an epitome all "good Christian values", LOL!
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
Although I had a Mormon coworker who fled to Alaska with a new woman leaving behind the wife and 7 kids!!!
ANOTHER QNUT JOB IS RISING FROM THE REPUG SWAMP IN THE SOUTH:
Trump-loving lawyer Lin Wood ...
dkp93 comments on May 2, 2021:
Forget about possible sanctions. He needs to be disbarred and placed in a room with padded walls for everyone's safety. Why are Trump's minions all certifiable, but they claim we're the ones with Trump Derangement Syndrome?
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
More projection.
dkp93 comments on May 2, 2021:
Forget about possible sanctions. He needs to be disbarred and placed in a room with padded walls for everyone's safety. Why are Trump's minions all certifiable, but they claim we're the ones with Trump Derangement Syndrome?
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
More projection.
How the Pentagon Got Serious About UFOs | RealClearScience
racocn8 comments on May 2, 2021:
Elsewhere, a post discussing the nature of cults discusses whether atheism is a cult. Atheism significantly associates with those who identify as Debunkers. Debunkers, like Degrass Tyson, happily trot out disinformation and propaganda in furtherance of their views, and scrupulously avoid ...
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
@David1955 I get very frustrated with the debunking attitude of some science-minded people. The whole idea of science seeks enlightenment with a diversity of ideas, so when they plug their ears, you have to wonder what is going on. Historical documents from US archives proves the US military and security agencies believed (knew) these objects to be real but felt compelled to develop debunking programs like Blue Book and the Condon Committee. These programs carried over into the public in the form of unwritten threats and intimidation of pilots and even just civilians who saw them. Scientists learned that they would ruin their careers if they expressed any interest in the subject.
racocn8 comments on May 2, 2021:
Elsewhere, a post discussing the nature of cults discusses whether atheism is a cult. Atheism significantly associates with those who identify as Debunkers. Debunkers, like Degrass Tyson, happily trot out disinformation and propaganda in furtherance of their views, and scrupulously avoid ...
racocn8 replies on May 2, 2021:
@David1955 I get very frustrated with the debunking attitude of some science-minded people. The whole idea of science seeks enlightenment with a diversity of ideas, so when they plug their ears, you have to wonder what is going on. Historical documents from US archives proves the US military and security agencies believed (knew) these objects to be real but felt compelled to develop debunking programs like Blue Book and the Condon Committee. These programs carried over into the public in the form of unwritten threats and intimidation of pilots and even just civilians who saw them. Scientists learned that they would ruin their careers if they expressed any interest in the subject.
Huge Region of Europe Destroyed by Asteroid Impact in Planetary Defense Exercise
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racocn8 comments on May 1, 2021:
Kind of silly considering the odds.
racocn8 replies on May 1, 2021:
Although I helped conduct desk exercises for assorted emergency response agencies. One was a shooting at the coliseum after a Lakers game and one was a power loss after severe thunderstorm.
racocn8 comments on May 1, 2021:
Kind of silly considering the odds.
racocn8 replies on May 1, 2021:
Although I helped conduct desk exercises for assorted emergency response agencies. One was a shooting at the coliseum after a Lakers game and one was a power loss after severe thunderstorm.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson told his viewers they should openly harass anyone they see wearing ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 28, 2021:
He is becoming a mavevolent ass.
racocn8 replies on Apr 28, 2021:
(Is that malevolent? I couldn't find the definition.)
wordywalt comments on Apr 28, 2021:
He is becoming a mavevolent ass.
racocn8 replies on Apr 28, 2021:
(Is that malevolent? I couldn't find the definition.)
I really like Joe Biden, mostly because he is everything that his moronic clown predecessor is not! ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 23, 2021:
Unfortunately, after Trump, no one on the planet can take the US seriously, and until the GOP is fully dethroned, they shouldn't. Trump replaced the shining city on a hill with a superfund site.
racocn8 replies on Apr 28, 2021:
@bigjac Trump may have thought it a prank, but he was helped by Putin in what was a squeeker, so it is certainly viable to say Putin put him there (With the help of Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica, Manafort and Flynn). Other Russian assets plainly include McConnell's Senate, Giuliani, Stone, the NRA, FOX...) The Republican party furthers Putin's kleptocracy being reproduced in the West. Subjugation of the population by fear works in Russia, and Putin is doing his best to use his assets to create chaos, to stop progress and to give advantage to his mafia. Putin owns the GOP, and what they do serves Putin. The whole Republican Party consists of useful idiots.
racocn8 comments on Apr 23, 2021:
Unfortunately, after Trump, no one on the planet can take the US seriously, and until the GOP is fully dethroned, they shouldn't. Trump replaced the shining city on a hill with a superfund site.
racocn8 replies on Apr 28, 2021:
@bigjac Trump may have thought it a prank, but he was helped by Putin in what was a squeeker, so it is certainly viable to say Putin put him there (With the help of Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica, Manafort and Flynn). Other Russian assets plainly include McConnell's Senate, Giuliani, Stone, the NRA, FOX...) The Republican party furthers Putin's kleptocracy being reproduced in the West. Subjugation of the population by fear works in Russia, and Putin is doing his best to use his assets to create chaos, to stop progress and to give advantage to his mafia. Putin owns the GOP, and what they do serves Putin. The whole Republican Party consists of useful idiots.
I figured this was going happen eventually
"School in Australia makes male students apologise for...
racocn8 comments on Apr 26, 2021:
...But, you will never see the females apologize...ever. That only happens singly and insincerely.
racocn8 replies on Apr 26, 2021:
@Gwendolyn2018 I retract my statement. My apology to you for my offense. The statement was intended to be facetious and made out of frustration and the need to address my ex-related PTSD.
I have never been violent and I am disgusted to hear of your ex's behavior. I know of no atrocities women have committed against males, etc. However, I do assert the both genders engage in ridiculous and harmful behavior in adhering to their gender stereotypes. They harm each other and themselves.
racocn8 comments on Apr 26, 2021:
...But, you will never see the females apologize...ever. That only happens singly and insincerely.
racocn8 replies on Apr 26, 2021:
@Gwendolyn2018 I retract my statement. My apology to you for my offense. The statement was intended to be facetious and made out of frustration and the need to address my ex-related PTSD.
I have never been violent and I am disgusted to hear of your ex's behavior. I know of no atrocities women have committed against males, etc. However, I do assert the both genders engage in ridiculous and harmful behavior in adhering to their gender stereotypes. They harm each other and themselves.
If a non-white person knows that they have a 20% chance of having a racist white supremacist answer ...
CourtJester comments on Apr 26, 2021:
Where’s that stat come from?
racocn8 replies on Apr 26, 2021:
It's not a stat. It's a placeholding number. It could be 10% or 40%. However, given the obvious racism within the Republican Party, and their percentage in the population, it seems possible.
CourtJester comments on Apr 26, 2021:
Where’s that stat come from?
racocn8 replies on Apr 26, 2021:
It's not a stat. It's a placeholding number. It could be 10% or 40%. However, given the obvious racism within the Republican Party, and their percentage in the population, it seems possible.
Fermilab
What's the truth about antigravity?
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Cast1es comments on Apr 25, 2021:
Science they don't know , yet .
racocn8 replies on Apr 25, 2021:
Or they know and they're not allowed to tell.
Cast1es comments on Apr 25, 2021:
Science they don't know , yet .
racocn8 replies on Apr 25, 2021:
Or they know and they're not allowed to tell.
TPPP Episode 132 - YouTube
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer Where has Dawkins denied that sex and gender are the same? I certain he never did. As for staying in his own lane, the purview of science is total. Again, show me what he says that's inappropriate?
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer Where has Dawkins denied that sex and gender are the same? I certain he never did. As for staying in his own lane, the purview of science is total. Again, show me what he says that's inappropriate?
A Christian Fundamentalist Asked These (Awful) Questions on a First Date | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@Jolanta She is desperate for a husband, but has a lot going against her, including her religion and her expectations. She recently got a puppy and that seems to help.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@Jolanta She is desperate for a husband, but has a lot going against her, including her religion and her expectations. She recently got a puppy and that seems to help.
TPPP Episode 132 - YouTube
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer My apologies. Just my opinion. I'm sure they mean well, but I've gotten a bunch of the vilification Dawkins mentioned in his tweet.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer My apologies. Just my opinion. I'm sure they mean well, but I've gotten a bunch of the vilification Dawkins mentioned in his tweet.
TPPP Episode 132 - YouTube
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
Beavis and Butthead come to mind.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
Beavis and Butthead come to mind.
A Christian Fundamentalist Asked These (Awful) Questions on a First Date | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
@Jolanta She does and she gets some. She is desperately lonely, no one ever works out for her, and it's hard to see her go through all that drama. It does make me value my own situation more.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
@Jolanta She does and she gets some. She is desperately lonely, no one ever works out for her, and it's hard to see her go through all that drama. It does make me value my own situation more.
Perhaps in a different reality......
glennlab comments on Apr 22, 2021:
It was 4 years of an alternate reality, America has awoken from the long national nightmare
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
I'm with Lauren. it is still a very bad dream, and if Trump gets a megaphone back, ugh. Where the hell is the DOJ to take that traitor down?
glennlab comments on Apr 22, 2021:
It was 4 years of an alternate reality, America has awoken from the long national nightmare
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
I'm with Lauren. it is still a very bad dream, and if Trump gets a megaphone back, ugh. Where the hell is the DOJ to take that traitor down?
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
You write that in the thorium cycle you "load other fissionable material", and that this absorbs neutrons, generating more fissionable material. However, that fission splits the fissionable nuclei into halves
We sort of know what those by-products will be... They will be one of several dozen elements as the heaviest and hottest isotope of that element. The daughter nuclei have so many excess neutrons that those nuclei are highly unstable. The nuclei must actually radiate something like ten times before the daughter nucleus becomes stable. In the picture attached, the resulting daughter product nuclei start as isotopes on the far right and emit beta particles and gammas rays until they reach stability. The path to stability goes through all the turquoise isotopes shown and half-lives can be milliseconds or centuries. The waste contains a mixture of atoms from all the rows shown, each with their own chemistry, and none having a commercial value that comes close to the cost of their extraction. Working with this stuff is far worse than any nerve gas or toxic sludge. Storing it above ground as shown in the video remains an unacceptable risk, given that they are supposed to remain intact for centuries. No one believes that will happen safely. The professor's example refers to the daughter products at 3:15 (0.80 tons).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxksKmJa6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdVK4cqiFs
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
You write that in the thorium cycle you "load other fissionable material", and that this absorbs neutrons, generating more fissionable material. However, that fission splits the fissionable nuclei into halves
We sort of know what those by-products will be... They will be one of several dozen elements as the heaviest and hottest isotope of that element. The daughter nuclei have so many excess neutrons that those nuclei are highly unstable. The nuclei must actually radiate something like ten times before the daughter nucleus becomes stable. In the picture attached, the resulting daughter product nuclei start as isotopes on the far right and emit beta particles and gammas rays until they reach stability. The path to stability goes through all the turquoise isotopes shown and half-lives can be milliseconds or centuries. The waste contains a mixture of atoms from all the rows shown, each with their own chemistry, and none having a commercial value that comes close to the cost of their extraction. Working with this stuff is far worse than any nerve gas or toxic sludge. Storing it above ground as shown in the video remains an unacceptable risk, given that they are supposed to remain intact for centuries. No one believes that will happen safely. The professor's example refers to the daughter products at 3:15 (0.80 tons).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxksKmJa6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdVK4cqiFs
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp I may well be uninformed. However, I suggest that you might misunderstand the notion of MSR reactors eating nuclear waste. As long as fission is occurring, the neutron flux is causing fuel nuclei to fission. MSR's do not avoid that. Again from reference below "Using thorium does not eliminate the problem of long-lived radioactive waste." If you have a reference that describes how the Thorium cycle avoids generating long-lived radioactive waste, please post it.
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-energy/thorium-new-and-improved-nuclear-energy?gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrd6DOHjy-ZZy6KuRsSDFWxqJ-DSfpHU0NlYeMXt1oiMdjjBT7DYWychoCSAkQAvD_BwE
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp I may well be uninformed. However, I suggest that you might misunderstand the notion of MSR reactors eating nuclear waste. As long as fission is occurring, the neutron flux is causing fuel nuclei to fission. MSR's do not avoid that. Again from reference below "Using thorium does not eliminate the problem of long-lived radioactive waste." If you have a reference that describes how the Thorium cycle avoids generating long-lived radioactive waste, please post it.
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-energy/thorium-new-and-improved-nuclear-energy?gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrd6DOHjy-ZZy6KuRsSDFWxqJ-DSfpHU0NlYeMXt1oiMdjjBT7DYWychoCSAkQAvD_BwE
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Do we run anything besides spacecraft on U233? Heavy nuclei like U235 need 2.4 neutrons for each proton. When you split that, the ratio needs to be 1.3. To get there, the daughter nuclei must radiate betas and gammas, and that takes time and radioactivity. It isn't a set process and the mess you end up with is far worse than sorting trash. No one has a plan for disposing of their radioactive waste or shipping it. Yucca Mountain's plug got pulled 20 years ago, and the waste is just sitting in ponds, hither and yon. Even superfund site debris is treated and sent somewhere, however inadvisably. We'll have economical fusion before fission waste finds a home. If you or any fission proponents have a solution, by all means, feel free to help your cause. I'd be cheering too!
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Do we run anything besides spacecraft on U233? Heavy nuclei like U235 need 2.4 neutrons for each proton. When you split that, the ratio needs to be 1.3. To get there, the daughter nuclei must radiate betas and gammas, and that takes time and radioactivity. It isn't a set process and the mess you end up with is far worse than sorting trash. No one has a plan for disposing of their radioactive waste or shipping it. Yucca Mountain's plug got pulled 20 years ago, and the waste is just sitting in ponds, hither and yon. Even superfund site debris is treated and sent somewhere, however inadvisably. We'll have economical fusion before fission waste finds a home. If you or any fission proponents have a solution, by all means, feel free to help your cause. I'd be cheering too!
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Per Wikipedia: "In a reactor, when a neutron hits a fissile atom (such as certain isotopes of uranium), it either splits the nucleus or is captured and transmutes the atom. In the case of 233U, the transmutations tend to produce useful nuclear fuels rather than transuranic waste. When 233U absorbs a neutron, it either fissions or becomes 234U. The chance of fissioning on absorption of a thermal neutron is about 92%; the capture-to-fission ratio of 233U, therefore, is about 1:12 – which is better than the corresponding capture vs. fission ratios of 235U (about 1:6), or 239Pu or 241Pu (both about 1:3). The result is less transuranic waste than in a reactor using the uranium-plutonium fuel cycle."
Thus, the Thorium Cycle benefits from producing recyclable fuel and no plutonium, but it only produces slightly less fissioned daughter-product waste. These daughter products have a broad range of half-lives, and no one has a means to transport nor dispose of it. It remains a showstopper. 300 years is still way too long. Even if the amount is less than what comes from a conventional nuclear reactor, nuclear waste remains too hazardous for todays politics. Also from Wikipedia:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits."
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Per Wikipedia: "In a reactor, when a neutron hits a fissile atom (such as certain isotopes of uranium), it either splits the nucleus or is captured and transmutes the atom. In the case of 233U, the transmutations tend to produce useful nuclear fuels rather than transuranic waste. When 233U absorbs a neutron, it either fissions or becomes 234U. The chance of fissioning on absorption of a thermal neutron is about 92%; the capture-to-fission ratio of 233U, therefore, is about 1:12 – which is better than the corresponding capture vs. fission ratios of 235U (about 1:6), or 239Pu or 241Pu (both about 1:3). The result is less transuranic waste than in a reactor using the uranium-plutonium fuel cycle."
Thus, the Thorium Cycle benefits from producing recyclable fuel and no plutonium, but it only produces slightly less fissioned daughter-product waste. These daughter products have a broad range of half-lives, and no one has a means to transport nor dispose of it. It remains a showstopper. 300 years is still way too long. Even if the amount is less than what comes from a conventional nuclear reactor, nuclear waste remains too hazardous for todays politics. Also from Wikipedia:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits."
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
The Thorium Cycle produces the same witches brew of nuclear daughter products as uranium. It only gets rid of the plutonium.
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
The Thorium Cycle produces the same witches brew of nuclear daughter products as uranium. It only gets rid of the plutonium.
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
hankster comments on Apr 21, 2021:
if it could be tricked into producing enough power to sling itself into the sun.....that would be a nifty solution.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
One other idea is to embed the waste into a crustal plate that is subducting. Again, not cheap, and still very risky.
hankster comments on Apr 21, 2021:
if it could be tricked into producing enough power to sling itself into the sun.....that would be a nifty solution.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
One other idea is to embed the waste into a crustal plate that is subducting. Again, not cheap, and still very risky.
Can i get an amen to that
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
Yes, it is all too clear how the believers have been healed and magnified. Implicit in this is the belief in being a victim of other people. Oh, poor, poor Christians...
racocn8 replies on Apr 20, 2021:
@Basem I agree. Generally, religious people race each other to the bottom. If only there were a bottom...
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
Yes, it is all too clear how the believers have been healed and magnified. Implicit in this is the belief in being a victim of other people. Oh, poor, poor Christians...
racocn8 replies on Apr 20, 2021:
@Basem I agree. Generally, religious people race each other to the bottom. If only there were a bottom...
The testimony of Chauvin’s “experts” and the pseudo-legal framework of police terror
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
In the United States, the ideal of truth, honesty and facts have been rejected by Evangelicals. These Evangelicals were reared in absurd myths and grew up accustomed to telling lies and being encouraged to do so. They justify the violation of the oaths they swear by their loyalty to their cohort.
racocn8 replies on Apr 19, 2021:
@altschmerz You're right of course. Indeed, the local atheist united couldn't handle my questions when I called him on his lies, and removed me from the group's distribution. He's a bully with a particularly shallow mind. As with most bullies, he's a coward.
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
In the United States, the ideal of truth, honesty and facts have been rejected by Evangelicals. These Evangelicals were reared in absurd myths and grew up accustomed to telling lies and being encouraged to do so. They justify the violation of the oaths they swear by their loyalty to their cohort.
racocn8 replies on Apr 19, 2021:
@altschmerz You're right of course. Indeed, the local atheist united couldn't handle my questions when I called him on his lies, and removed me from the group's distribution. He's a bully with a particularly shallow mind. As with most bullies, he's a coward.
Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence?
[livescience.com]
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 18, 2021:
@yvilletom I was once asked to do a calculation using the light wavelength emitted from a harmonic scissoring molecule. The calculation provided an astoundingly close value compared to the mass recorded by other experiments. That the value differed at all was the problem. If the equations being used were correct, the value should have been spot on. The presence of a deviation meant that the equation was mostly correct, but must have lacked another term that had a slight effect on the final result.
The controversy over the values calculated for the muon G-2 experiment seems like a similar situation. I am satisfied that much of the theory is correct, but continues to miss the mark because of weaker lower-level interactions.
I also believe that the government imposes control on patents and research so as to suppress information in certain areas. Discoveries have been made, but, like nuclear energy, are regarded as dangerous knowledge.
That seems at odds with the freedom of information on the internet. Perhaps someday that 3x5 card with the missing term will be published.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 18, 2021:
@yvilletom I was once asked to do a calculation using the light wavelength emitted from a harmonic scissoring molecule. The calculation provided an astoundingly close value compared to the mass recorded by other experiments. That the value differed at all was the problem. If the equations being used were correct, the value should have been spot on. The presence of a deviation meant that the equation was mostly correct, but must have lacked another term that had a slight effect on the final result.
The controversy over the values calculated for the muon G-2 experiment seems like a similar situation. I am satisfied that much of the theory is correct, but continues to miss the mark because of weaker lower-level interactions.
I also believe that the government imposes control on patents and research so as to suppress information in certain areas. Discoveries have been made, but, like nuclear energy, are regarded as dangerous knowledge.
That seems at odds with the freedom of information on the internet. Perhaps someday that 3x5 card with the missing term will be published.
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Wow, you are out there. (Looked up Broken Hill). I'd like to spend some months driving around your continent. It looks pretty desolate. Google shows all these lakes, but they disappear in the satellite view. Can't you skip over to Thailand and find a nice gal?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Wow, you are out there. (Looked up Broken Hill). I'd like to spend some months driving around your continent. It looks pretty desolate. Google shows all these lakes, but they disappear in the satellite view. Can't you skip over to Thailand and find a nice gal?
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid I'm certain you're right. You have your own developed ecosystem. I'm very sorry to hear about the fires.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid I'm certain you're right. You have your own developed ecosystem. I'm very sorry to hear about the fires.
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Very much thanks for that. A remarkable species.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Very much thanks for that. A remarkable species.
Tide goes in, the tide goes out...
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
Does the idiot think Jesus wrote it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee The NT Jesus supposedly spent some adolescence studying with the rabbis. Why does the Bible not contain any writing which is thought to be authored by Jesus himself? Except for the parables, practically no content comes from Jesus, and being literate, that makes zero sense.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
Does the idiot think Jesus wrote it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee The NT Jesus supposedly spent some adolescence studying with the rabbis. Why does the Bible not contain any writing which is thought to be authored by Jesus himself? Except for the parables, practically no content comes from Jesus, and being literate, that makes zero sense.
Tide goes in, the tide goes out...
t1nick comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I knew Huckabee was stupid, but is he really this stupid?
Addendum: You are right that is Bilbo the Clown. Sorry
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee O'Reilly knows only too well that his listeners are morons that he is scamming.
t1nick comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I knew Huckabee was stupid, but is he really this stupid?
Addendum: You are right that is Bilbo the Clown. Sorry
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee O'Reilly knows only too well that his listeners are morons that he is scamming.
Do you believe in "False Flags", or do you think these are legitimate?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
FYI, the barjoe turd was flushed/blocked.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
FYI, the barjoe turd was flushed/blocked.
One of the great disappointmrnts and major errors in the last 20 years is the militarization of ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
The access to military gear does nothing to improve policing and should be stopped. However, the recent spate of murders is unrelated. Military equipment was not employed or otherwise involved in these murders The deaths appear to be caused by either racist ideology (Blake, Floyd), personal ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@t1nick You could be right. I don't have the sense that police regard their role as serving the public, and instead regard it as an us-vs-them, which is close to the combat mentality you describe. I'd like to see an authoritative reference that validates your assertion. I believe the infiltration by white nationalists to be a much bigger influence.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
The access to military gear does nothing to improve policing and should be stopped. However, the recent spate of murders is unrelated. Military equipment was not employed or otherwise involved in these murders The deaths appear to be caused by either racist ideology (Blake, Floyd), personal ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@t1nick You could be right. I don't have the sense that police regard their role as serving the public, and instead regard it as an us-vs-them, which is close to the combat mentality you describe. I'd like to see an authoritative reference that validates your assertion. I believe the infiltration by white nationalists to be a much bigger influence.
Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence?
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racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@yvilletom Upon what is tax money being spent that you object to? (I thought most tax money came from the wealthy?)
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@yvilletom Upon what is tax money being spent that you object to? (I thought most tax money came from the wealthy?)
Do you believe in "False Flags", or do you think these are legitimate?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@barjoe The common theory is that a cabal of republicans allied with elements of the military industrial complex in furtherance of the Project for a New American Century. It is hard to imagine, but numerous facts are problematic (pools of molten steel, clean-cut girders, "pull it" regarding Bldg 7). As noted, it's 50-50. Your med comments are worthless ad hominem fallacies.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@barjoe The common theory is that a cabal of republicans allied with elements of the military industrial complex in furtherance of the Project for a New American Century. It is hard to imagine, but numerous facts are problematic (pools of molten steel, clean-cut girders, "pull it" regarding Bldg 7). As noted, it's 50-50. Your med comments are worthless ad hominem fallacies.
Pretty accurate he is that
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
More like syphilis itself.
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
Yeah, I guess that's giving him way too much credit.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
More like syphilis itself.
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
Yeah, I guess that's giving him way too much credit.
Spring in Arizona.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
Interrupted while eating the pet rat?
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
@GeorgeRocheleau I like your thinking. I was looking at what looks like a hooded white and black rat held by the snakes tail at 8:30 from the snakes head.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
Interrupted while eating the pet rat?
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
@GeorgeRocheleau I like your thinking. I was looking at what looks like a hooded white and black rat held by the snakes tail at 8:30 from the snakes head.
It amazes me that hunters, with no formal training are required to identify a bird flying at up to ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 15, 2021:
So what did happen? Did she kill her victim to resign? Or is she dumb as a plug? She was conducting training and decided she needed a victim to demonstrate her balls?
racocn8 replies on Apr 15, 2021:
@Beowulfsfriend Perhaps she thought that by killing one of THEM, that would provide an excuse to resign. I'd say they should refuse her resignation and fire her anyway.
racocn8 comments on Apr 15, 2021:
So what did happen? Did she kill her victim to resign? Or is she dumb as a plug? She was conducting training and decided she needed a victim to demonstrate her balls?
racocn8 replies on Apr 15, 2021:
@Beowulfsfriend Perhaps she thought that by killing one of THEM, that would provide an excuse to resign. I'd say they should refuse her resignation and fire her anyway.
Go figure.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
That officer is unfit for service and should be discharged.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
Finally, a police department with some spine (Grossly incompetent cop was fired). Now, if only other police departments would take the hint and eliminate their bad apples. Maybe police should have a 5-10% mandatory turnover as a matter of standard practice? Departments that are successfully sued should be disbanded to eliminate the police union and rehire those that pass the MMPI. (give suitable answers).
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
That officer is unfit for service and should be discharged.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
Finally, a police department with some spine (Grossly incompetent cop was fired). Now, if only other police departments would take the hint and eliminate their bad apples. Maybe police should have a 5-10% mandatory turnover as a matter of standard practice? Departments that are successfully sued should be disbanded to eliminate the police union and rehire those that pass the MMPI. (give suitable answers).
Made me laugh.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
If only it could be done. That's why it isn't.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I'd use them in my colosseum when the kitties get hungry. Okay, maybe not so enlightened.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
If only it could be done. That's why it isn't.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I'd use them in my colosseum when the kitties get hungry. Okay, maybe not so enlightened.
" We should have never trusted them"
Let us not forget the goal of the left is to make as many ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The misspellings, absurd grammar and idiotic content strongly suggest a foreign troll.
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@LovinLarge Trolls comforting each other, how cute don't you think?
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The misspellings, absurd grammar and idiotic content strongly suggest a foreign troll.
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@LovinLarge Trolls comforting each other, how cute don't you think?
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz The video was almost 100% non-sequitur. Can you provide a single example where military tactics or military weaponry were used to kill/murder/lynch a non-white, or to have motivated the murder? What motives may be ascribed to those who committed a lynching as a police officer and can you demonstrate their connection to militarism? No, the motives are clear and equally clearly unrelated to militarism/foreign policy. 2+2=4
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz The video was almost 100% non-sequitur. Can you provide a single example where military tactics or military weaponry were used to kill/murder/lynch a non-white, or to have motivated the murder? What motives may be ascribed to those who committed a lynching as a police officer and can you demonstrate their connection to militarism? No, the motives are clear and equally clearly unrelated to militarism/foreign policy. 2+2=4
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz I'm holding my breath. Holding... holding... pheeeeewwwwwww. Ok, I'll try again. HUPP....
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz I'm holding my breath. Holding... holding... pheeeeewwwwwww. Ok, I'll try again. HUPP....
Gov't to release Fukushima nuclear plant water into sea despite fishermen's objection
...
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The solution to pollution is dilution...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@FearlessFly Quoting the link: " TEPCO drafted a plan to dilute the water to below the legal limit for concentration of radioactive materials before releasing it in the sea." It could be a lot worse. We have plenty of radioactivity around us from brick and cosmic radiation. However, the nuclear daughter products continue to have no socially or politically acceptable disposal solution in our own country.
The real question is whether the water contains anything besides tritium.
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The solution to pollution is dilution...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@FearlessFly Quoting the link: " TEPCO drafted a plan to dilute the water to below the legal limit for concentration of radioactive materials before releasing it in the sea." It could be a lot worse. We have plenty of radioactivity around us from brick and cosmic radiation. However, the nuclear daughter products continue to have no socially or politically acceptable disposal solution in our own country.
The real question is whether the water contains anything besides tritium.
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz By all means, do enlighten me. What is this connection? It must be obvious and easily demonstrated for you to say so. Have at it.
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz By all means, do enlighten me. What is this connection? It must be obvious and easily demonstrated for you to say so. Have at it.
At work 2 days ago a man I deliver parts to came into our store and started in with Trump being back...
LovinLarge comments on Apr 8, 2021:
I wonder who ties his shoes for him each morning.
I can't begin to imagine navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
racocn8 replies on Apr 8, 2021:
That (navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction) is the luxury of entitlement.
LovinLarge comments on Apr 8, 2021:
I wonder who ties his shoes for him each morning.
I can't begin to imagine navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
racocn8 replies on Apr 8, 2021:
That (navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction) is the luxury of entitlement.
Evidently the AMA is not allowing our poor doctors to have the freedom to choose
[ama-assn.org]
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 7, 2021:
Quite right to.
If you are clever enough to be a doctor, you should not be stupid enough to be an antivaxxer, if you are, you're that stupid then you are no longer fit to practice medicine.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
What to do with the psychotically uneducable? Waiting for Darwin seems the best bet.
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 7, 2021:
Quite right to.
If you are clever enough to be a doctor, you should not be stupid enough to be an antivaxxer, if you are, you're that stupid then you are no longer fit to practice medicine.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
What to do with the psychotically uneducable? Waiting for Darwin seems the best bet.
How difficult a concept is this to grasp?
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
There are no explanations. We have hypotheses that are supported by facts to varying degrees.
Claims of a god or a creator aren't even hypotheses because they explain nothing and are unfalsifiable. These claims seek to end inquiry, and not to increase understanding.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@bbyrd009 As god has no consensus definition or meaning, it is especially meaningless to hypothesize that such an undefined entity doesn't exist.
However, a multitude of phenomena have been ascribed to gods, but research and science have revealed natural/non-supernatural explanations for most of these phenomena. The need for gods to make lightening, wind, blooming flowers, etc., have all been falsified. Thus, a very good argument is that the god of the gaps has rapidly shrunk and, projected to disappear. One could reasonably expect the remaining unexplained features to gain good explanations. One could say that the evidence has grown and grown to hypothesize that god doesn't exist. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence; not proof, but evidence.
The proof that Humans evolved from lower forms invalidates the Genesis story and with it, the cause of Original Sin. Showing Original Sin has no basis similarly invalidates the dogma of a Christ-Savior being needed to atone for that Original Sin. Human evolution doesn't disprove Christianity via any scientific tenet; The invalidation is pure corollary.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
There are no explanations. We have hypotheses that are supported by facts to varying degrees.
Claims of a god or a creator aren't even hypotheses because they explain nothing and are unfalsifiable. These claims seek to end inquiry, and not to increase understanding.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@bbyrd009 As god has no consensus definition or meaning, it is especially meaningless to hypothesize that such an undefined entity doesn't exist.
However, a multitude of phenomena have been ascribed to gods, but research and science have revealed natural/non-supernatural explanations for most of these phenomena. The need for gods to make lightening, wind, blooming flowers, etc., have all been falsified. Thus, a very good argument is that the god of the gaps has rapidly shrunk and, projected to disappear. One could reasonably expect the remaining unexplained features to gain good explanations. One could say that the evidence has grown and grown to hypothesize that god doesn't exist. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence; not proof, but evidence.
The proof that Humans evolved from lower forms invalidates the Genesis story and with it, the cause of Original Sin. Showing Original Sin has no basis similarly invalidates the dogma of a Christ-Savior being needed to atone for that Original Sin. Human evolution doesn't disprove Christianity via any scientific tenet; The invalidation is pure corollary.
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