Joe Biden trips three times while boarding Air Force One - YouTube

Surfpirate comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Looked to me like he slipped twice and did a recovery before saluting the corp men who were his honour guard. There's a heart felt salute that I don't recall seeing from the Orange One.

racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:

You need a heart to be heartfelt.

Let us all laugh at religion! post something you find very funny about your previous belief system.

holdenc98 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

my previous belief system is agnosticism. they implicitly lay claim to the scientific method, empiricism, the need for tentative belief in truth, the need for constant testing of incoming data, etc etc. they were, should be, the hand maiden of science and reason. but in the face of todays ...

racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:

11 lines of horseshit and then "please, thoughtful response only."

From Wikipedia: "The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration at a meeting of election canvassers...

Redheadedgammy comments on Mar 20, 2021:

I hope I live long enough to see some of these rat bastards go to prison!!

racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:

Some small measure of justice would be appreciated.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Why Space Trash Could Threaten The Future of Space Exploration...

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Trump's Space Force looked at clearing up the debris as one of its tasks. However, at 100 M$, the whole thing is regarded as a joke by the Pentagon.

racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:

@phxbillcee Exactly. I could do a lot with $100M, but the space force only expects to organize and hire staff for that much. We already have a real space force, but revealing that will get you killed. As Ben Rich said “We now have the technology to take ET home...”

Biden’s tough-guy flexing at ‘soulless killer’ Putin would be funny if the consequences ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Yu sound like another Russian asset.

racocn8 replies on Mar 17, 2021:

Him and 74 million others.

To Kill a Mockingbird

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

7 Days in May, Forbidden Planet, Avatar, Paths of Glory, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, Things to Come, War of the Worlds, ...

racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:

And The Magnificent Seven, The Matrix, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, White Zombie, Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers...

How would the existence of a god confer meaning on our lives?

redbai comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Which god?

racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:

Take your pick...

Became the proud owner of my country retirement house.

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Where the heck is that? Also Ontario?

racocn8 replies on Mar 15, 2021:

@Davekp It looks wonderfully remote.

FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...

bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok and she is a suicide to boot? priceless

racocn8 replies on Mar 14, 2021:

"His mind may live on, as it were, in books, his flesh may continue in his children." Nothing lives on. People misinterpret the books left behind. Humanity will be extinct soon and nothing matters. As if the presence of a god could confer mattering... Yeah? How? Mattering is just another 'why', a semantic self-referencing paradox.

FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...

bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok and she is a suicide to boot? priceless

racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:

A gnostic is one who pretends to know what everyone knows is unknowable. Also, someone who lies to oneself and hopes to be indifferent to their own dishonesty.

FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...

bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok and she is a suicide to boot? priceless

racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:

It is implied that no contrary evidence exists. Actually, circumstances are worse than she says.

The truth revealed....

phxbillcee comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Some of the Repugnantan pols are still pushing that story. The delusion is strong with them, or... just so used to lying.

racocn8 replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Then they cry that no one takes them seriously, "oh, waaaaah."

Doctor, can you please take a closer look?

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

Going for the wrong orifice.

racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:

@St-Sinner Well I guess that one left a mark...!!!

Brian Tyler Cohen Ted Cruz caught lying about relief bill, INSTANTLY humiliated on Senate floor...

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2021:

AND Cruz equated illegal immigrants with rapists, prisoners and child molesters. He's a traitor and a Nazi-wannabe, just like Trump. And Quazy.

racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:

@AlbertSchepis Society, government, corporations, etc act to sift certain personality types. it appears that a arrogant narcissist greed-obsessed types succeed in corrupt Republican politics. We know they have a problem, but our problem is figuring how to disqualify these incompetents from trying.

In one day.

BD66 comments on Mar 10, 2021:

How do you "secure" 100,000,000 vaccines?

racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:

I believe you discuss the problem with corporations and that under the Defense Production Act, "The DPA grants the executive branch of the federal government broad authorities to enlist private companies to assist with meeting the demands of a national emergency." The corporations ask, "How much do you need?" and the president says, 100 million. Then they say "OK". https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2020/03/president-trump-invokes-the-defense-production

This is why stupid conservative fuckers should be euthanized.

Paul4747 comments on Mar 10, 2021:

Two problems with Tucker here: 1, when Justin Trudeau said, "This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate ...

racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:

Except that by promulgating disinformation and agitprop, more people die. That connection needs to be addressed legally so that people like Carlson pay a hefty financial price for harming large numbers of people.

DARVO (per Wikipedia, quoting) "DARVO is an acronym for "deny, attack, and reverse victim and ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 10, 2021:

Maybe his name is Donald (DARVO)? And always has been?

racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:

Could this apply to Woody Allen?

The world we live in today This a serious article about a cartoon skunk from 1945 being canceled in...

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 9, 2021:

@LenHazell53 You are missing the point. Pepe le Pew is basically a stalker who would never accept "no" from women. The cartoon teaches children that this despicable behavior is funny. It's NOT.

racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:

I'm generally neutral or worse on these issues, but I remember seeing a Pepe LePew cartoon within the last 5 years and was impressed with being uncomfortable with what was being depicted. That level of sexual aggression should not be shown as amusing, and could only have been rendered within a societal context that tolerated abusive machismo.

Hello! Hello! Hehe😂 I got a question! 😉 - What is something you have tried, but will never ...

Babyoda comments on Mar 9, 2021:

Eating octopus.

racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:

I had octopus once and found it to be very tasty. They must not have cooked it right for you.

Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.

Mooolah comments on Mar 8, 2021:

Steve Schmitt said the police should have fired on the insurrectionists. But then he is a convert to & member of the Democratic Party. I welcome you. "I have seen the enemy & the enemy is us." Pogo

racocn8 replies on Mar 8, 2021:

Some of the insurrectionists were heavily armed. A capitol policeman said they had seen and confiscated enough weapons that if they fired on the crowd, it would be a blood bath. Maybe that would be a bad optic and maybe it wouldn't. Having a nearly successful coup is certainly not a good optic, which is the criteria by which the Army supposedly withheld the National Guard. Thus, the Army reps on the call from Sund must be traitors (Aiding the seditionists by giving them another 3 hours to kill Congress leaders and members).

Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.

Surfpirate comments on Mar 7, 2021:

By intent?

racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:

While we might learn more, given what was broadcasted, everyone on the Army side of Sund's phone call should be court marshalled, treated as a spy, and sent to prison for at least 20 years. Sund was either in on it or the most incompetent officer on record. Almost the same for Muriel Bowser. Same for Chris Wray. What, is everyone in DC paid off or on downers?

Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.

OldGoat43 comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Each missile launch costs between a half and one millions dollars.

racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:

it's not a missle, it's a Gatling gun

Lilith & Eve Making Out! 💜💜 Lilith was the first wife of Adam, created at the same time and ...

t1nick comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Lilith's crime is that she was equal to Adam, not from Adam. She insisted on being treated equal by Adam, who complained to God. Christianity being a matriarchal belief system, couldn't stand to let Lilith have her equality.

racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:

I think you mean patriarchal, not matriarchal?

Well Joe, perhaps if you left some oxygen in the room for them, the Repudlican Party could survive.

nicknotes comments on Mar 6, 2021:

I can't imagine that any intelligent person could possibly vote for Republicans after not even one Republican voted for the 1.9 Trillion dollar covid aid bill.

racocn8 replies on Mar 6, 2021:

You have the answer to your own question. Republicans don't vote based on intelligence. The vote based on fear and hatred. They didn't even have a platform in 2020.

So damn pathetic.

of-the-mountain comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Next they will insist female period be called a BM of the month, to satisfy inclusive involvement of all those transgenders without a virginal cavity!!!

racocn8 replies on Mar 5, 2021:

Oh, men never want to think about alternatives to the "one thing they only think about." If it weren't for the birth canal, none of us would be here. Ever seen a vagina? (Gross Anatomy Lab) It's way bigger than most dicks with a thick, muscular wall. You think all that's just for handling sex? I guess you could also call it a menses disposal tract... (MMDT)

So damn pathetic.

of-the-mountain comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Next they will insist female period be called a BM of the month, to satisfy inclusive involvement of all those transgenders without a virginal cavity!!!

racocn8 replies on Mar 5, 2021:

You mean a birth canal?

Temper your honesty with a bit of mercy

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Except that when seeking to discourage delusional thinking held by people hostile to ones own belief system, not many tools exist. Satire is one of the more powerful and is appropriate. People who degrade themselves with lies, AND are not interested in the real truth, or in getting psychiatric ...

racocn8 replies on Mar 4, 2021:

@glennlab Actually I sought to reference the all ranks of the religious, including the less empowered. The religious people who are in power should be criticized in every way possible for their foibles. In my view, we should only give power to those that have established their rationality AND their Humanity. Tragically, Trump and his ilk had neither. We all qualify as insane to have allowed it.

I recently had a dream overlap my waking awareness.

Surfpirate comments on Mar 3, 2021:

I've had dreams that later happen in real life, often just run of the mill every day events. It's a bit eerie when it occurs.

racocn8 replies on Mar 4, 2021:

What I class as Deja Vu is exactly what you describe as far as feeling like the words and images are exactly what seems to be recalled as having transpired in a dream. And the experience challenges one's notion of reality to its core. However, that experience of seeming to have a dream superimpose itself during a moment when I was awake was certainly attention-getting.

I recently had a dream overlap my waking awareness.

Surfpirate comments on Mar 3, 2021:

I've had dreams that later happen in real life, often just run of the mill every day events. It's a bit eerie when it occurs.

racocn8 replies on Mar 3, 2021:

Not Deja Vu?

New recipe, you need to try it

racocn8 comments on Feb 28, 2021:

What was good for you now only tastes good...

racocn8 replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@Theresa_N Most likely getting both hypoxia and placebo effect. In 2009, the doctor who wrote my recommendation would give samples of a glycerin extract to his patients orally and they'd tell him how it worked so fast. I got hired by a dispensary to run a GC-MS and the doctor gave me a sample to test. It had THC in it, but not nearly enough to get you high. He hit the ceiling when he got the result and had to face the conclusion that all his patients were crowing about the placebo effect.

New recipe, you need to try it

racocn8 comments on Feb 28, 2021:

What was good for you now only tastes good...

racocn8 replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@Theresa_N And almost no THC-containing trichomes on the fan leaves.

Take that, Evangelicals! Pope Francis accepts the big bang and evolution of science - not the ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 25, 2021:

Not quite. It's still the god of the gaps... (quoting) "Francis explained that both scientific theories were not incompatible with the existence of a creator – arguing instead that they “require it”." Obviously the Pope knows next to nothing about what he now claims to believe. Which is to...

racocn8 replies on Feb 26, 2021:

@Storm1752 Was Jesus allegorical? And Moses? And when Jesus mentioned Adam in the same passage with Moses, one was allegorical and the other not, or both were? Or one picks and chooses what to believe? Is that what they mean when they talk about a cafeteria catholic? Kind of confusing for absolute Truth...

I watched some of the testimony by former Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 24, 2021:

It was an inside job. The rioters had help from some officers at the line level and, more importantly, help at the command level. Glad that the head of the Capital Police was canned and also the Sergant At Arms from both branches of congress also had to go.

racocn8 replies on Feb 24, 2021:

@TomMcGiverin You are correct that they are not Russian spies per se. However, Trump IS beholden to Putin and acts at his behest, thus, Trump IS a Russian spy. The Capitol supervision that only obtained National Guard protection after the attempted coup failed were merely acting under the direction of the traitor Trump. Had the coup succeeded, with Congress mostly murdered and martial law imposed, Dictator Trump would now have free reign to control the country according to Putin's wishes. The Capitol Police supervision acted on behalf of a hostile foreign adversary, violating their oaths, acting against their mandates, and while wearing uniforms not reflecting their loyalties. Maybe they didn't take instructions from Putin, but saying they are foreign spies, or more accurately, saboteurs, still seems vastly closer to the mark than their testified denials.

Try to add your own addition to the list or elaborate on one that's already there.

racocn8 comments on Feb 23, 2021:

How about 78's and 45's? 5 cent chocolate bars and wax lips for a penny. My first computer was a Vic 20 by Commodore. Before that, in order to get the best rates of the mainframe, I'd pull all-nighters to use C-rated time. My parents had a Pontiac with FINS. Being the first with a COLOR TV, ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 24, 2021:

And remember movies had double features with a cartoon in-between? What a deal!

I watched some of the testimony by former Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 24, 2021:

It was an inside job. The rioters had help from some officers at the line level and, more importantly, help at the command level. Glad that the head of the Capital Police was canned and also the Sergant At Arms from both branches of congress also had to go.

racocn8 replies on Feb 24, 2021:

These people's JOB was to defend the Capitol and they left it open for a massacre. That is as treasonous as it gets. These (Russian) spies should be in Guantanamo getting the same treatment as Al Qaeda or worse.

Kroger Closing More Stores to Avoid Paying Workers Hazard Pay Grocery giant Kroger, announced ...

BirdMan1 comments on Feb 18, 2021:

Imperial capitalism at its best! lol

racocn8 replies on Feb 19, 2021:

Actually, that would be fascist kleptocracy

Texas Republicans! 🙄

OldGoat43 comments on Feb 19, 2021:

The Texan Repugs have burned the books on being sane in this country. That's why they want out.

racocn8 replies on Feb 19, 2021:

All Repugs... Texans just do it bigger...

Not soon enough!

racocn8 comments on Feb 18, 2021:

Congratulations on your success! I saw an article whining about how liberals just didn't understand Limbaugh. What disgusting BS. Limbaugh soiled the country with his hate, and provided one of the stepping stones to Trump. The GOP poison their own lives with their lies.

racocn8 replies on Feb 18, 2021:

@MichelleGar1 After the last 4 years, I can't think of a single GOP policy position that I would consider taking seriously. They have turned their backs on real politics; now they are just stupid, angry thugs.

Does he know this? Lol

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Feb 17, 2021:

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racocn8 replies on Feb 17, 2021:

Orange slices? What's that about?

So with the crazy weather we're having how is everyone doing?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 17, 2021:

We have a La Nina going on, which often brings wetter and stormier weather. Add to that the polar vortex and we are really hammered. My weather theory, with no evidence or found science, is we would be getting hammered worse if Canada had even more and thicker snow cover. This year, the Arctic sea...

racocn8 replies on Feb 17, 2021:

We are going through a sun spot minimum which CAN help drive cooler temperatures. A few past sun spot minimums have coincided with weather extremes, some disastrous. I couldn't find the video to validate that statement though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CllN5nezA2M

Increase your market value, minumum wage is a crock [youtu.be]

St-Sinner comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Rising tide lifts all boats? Democrats will lose more seats in Congress in 2022. Just watch. We have no higher priorities but Democrats keep going radical and stupid - no fair tax, no adjusting social security, no health care, no threat from China and no worry about the economic and trade ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

@Surfpirate Thanks for the clarification. Given that phase in, the objections are asinine.

Increase your market value, minumum wage is a crock [youtu.be]

St-Sinner comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Rising tide lifts all boats? Democrats will lose more seats in Congress in 2022. Just watch. We have no higher priorities but Democrats keep going radical and stupid - no fair tax, no adjusting social security, no health care, no threat from China and no worry about the economic and trade ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

I agree that this issue is a loser where so many better issues await. Increase it less and slip it under the door.

Assuming life exists throughout the universe, may we reasonably assume that Survival of the Fittest ...

Charles1971 comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Evolution is not "survival of the fittest". Evolution is survival of those able to adapt to change. Actually Darwin never actually said that evolution was "survival of the fittest". It's been misattributed to Darwin.

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

Is there a difference between fitness and the ability to adapt to change? is that change in the organism or change in the environment?

Assuming life exists throughout the universe, may we reasonably assume that Survival of the Fittest ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2021:

I would assume so because of mutation. Take disease germs, for example. They mutate in order to survive. It is survival of the fittest.

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

Do they mutate to survive, or do they mutate and the fittest results survive?

Assuming life exists throughout the universe, may we reasonably assume that Survival of the Fittest ...

snytiger6 comments on Feb 15, 2021:

I'd presume so. It is evolutionary competition which I believe is why "intelligent life" is so rare.

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

Is there a reason intelligent life is rare other than the need for a large and differentiated neural net? Can you elaborate on your statement?

Assuming life exists throughout the universe, may we reasonably assume that Survival of the Fittest ...

davknight comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Maybe ony until a species evolves to the point where it can engineer its own progeny?

racocn8 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

Would there be general principles that guide self-engineering principles? Would some seek overall enhancement while others create slave-sub-species? Would other opt to create the best-possible artificial intelligence?

I like this one. True for every country really. [scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net]

barjoe comments on Feb 14, 2021:

America is better than PDRK. It's better to live here than a lot of countries.

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

A paradox of politics seems to be that while socialism should work to reduce oligarchies (that give way to fascism), it also seems to open itself to strongman takeovers done in the name of socialism. I would classify Russia as fascist, but has it ever really been socialist or even communist? Again, whatever name one might apply, fascism (which is not socialist) quickly emerged. And they are promoting fascism everywhere they can as a matter of weak hegemony and blackmail.

I like this one. True for every country really. [scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net]

barjoe comments on Feb 14, 2021:

America is better than PDRK. It's better to live here than a lot of countries.

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

America has a great deal to recommend it: NASA, NSF, the university systems, democracy, and so much more. However, the pervasive (religion fostered) bigotry, the wholesale corruption, most of which is OK with Republicans, and so much more. The increased comfort with which the Republicans embrace prejudice, bullying, cheating, and corruption shows the country is moving rapidly towards fascism, and that won't be good for anyone. Republicans may wrap themselves in the flag, but their Anti-Americanism threatens the survival of the species, the US included. They are the ones that denounce science, which is the real source of exceptionalism.

I like this one. True for every country really. [scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net]

barjoe comments on Feb 14, 2021:

America is better than PDRK. It's better to live here than a lot of countries.

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

Most of the time one hears about American Exceptionalism, it is being touted by a gun-loving moron or religious idiot (or both). And every time you hear it, you look at the fool and you know in your heart they did absolutely zip to make the US or the world any better.

We are STILL BEING LIED TO.

OldGoat43 comments on Feb 14, 2021:

Creating more Conspiracy Theories now is perfect. The situation and timing is ripe for harvesting more bullshit. Just what we need.

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

No doubt you believed the Warren Commission Report...?

We are STILL BEING LIED TO.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 14, 2021:

I already believe the whole 9-11 Commission's report was a whitewash, so why would the insurrection be any different?

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

Hell, this is more like the Warren Commission. Yeah, they're all effing lone wolves. Right.

The Democratic Party has for some time now been a moderate conservative ( business ) party.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2021:

Let's make sure the stake is securely penetrating the vampire's heart before risking a loss, especially while Trump is still hoping for another run. You can be sure the Republicans will be doing all they can to splinter the Democrat Party. This is not the time to help them. If you love ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

We need to enact progressive ideas, but progressives themselves are unelectable. Even more so now. Demanding power is it's own litmus test, and insures the Republicans win.

We are STILL BEING LIED TO.

Freedompath comments on Feb 14, 2021:

I am not clear about anything that was not presented and what video that I have seen come on the news (not fox, or right wing media), It was very serious and a real danger to all the people in the Capital! But this is not over, all those rioters have not been tried in court yet!

racocn8 replies on Feb 14, 2021:

Judging from the secrecy and backpedaling (and the usual corruption), many or most will see zero penalty, and that is outrageous and worse. Law and Order as the Republicans claimed to have wanted it is abolished. Civil war and uncivil war are now the marching orders for the GOP. No light at the end of this tunnel (at least not yet). How do you potty train 70 million people?

The Conservatives have been at digging dirt on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and California ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2021:

Newsom promised to legalize cannabis, but when the voters did it, he installed a bunch of pro-corporate a-holes to write new laws that effectively re-criminalized cannabis for everyone who didn't have 5 million to drop into a business. Newsom's new laws have been a complete fiasco, gutting what ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 13, 2021:

@St-Sinner I hate to be on the same side as the Republicans, and I'm probably not, actually. I would always take a Democrat over a Republican for the Governor's seat and that includes Newsom. Also, any Republican would do much worse in regards to cannabis policy. My dissatisfaction with Newsom is probably uncommon, but relates to my particular involvement. In the same way, I totally supported Gray Davis and knew in detail how unfair it was to recall him. Republicans (like Arnold) took cheap shots at his response to the energy crisis, but he did exactly what was recommended by the commission that studied the situation. I had been doing related work, actually read the commission report, and thus had special understanding.

GOP representatives have been complaining that the Impeachment Trial cannot be fair if Senator Leahy...

zeuser comments on Feb 11, 2021:

"Are there still deeper depths of hypocrisy that Republicans can plumb?" Oh goodness, yes. Yes there are.

racocn8 replies on Feb 11, 2021:

With such certainty, would you be willing to suggest an example or two? Or, is there something specific that causes that view?

Socialism vs market economies [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2021:

Ridiculous, absurd propaganda composed of cherry-picking, misrepresentation, lies and disinformation. I.e.: The application of science and technology is what created the increase in wealth, not capitalism.

racocn8 replies on Feb 9, 2021:

You mean like the Pentaqon, NASA,, NSF, public colleges, all infrastructure and the Human Genome Project (etc.) ?

What dangerous, wrong or false things do Conservatives believe?

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2021:

What do Conservatives believe that is wrong? Among many others: 1. White men should be in the front of the line for opportunities and everyone else should take a number. Non-whites should not be allowed to fairly compete, and that they are lazy. Discriminating for any reason is OK; might makes...

racocn8 replies on Feb 9, 2021:

@LovinLarge I disagree. Non-whites can certainly behave with their own racial discrimination, but not being dominant, have much less power and effect. All discriminatory prejudicial behavior that is harmful should be discouraged.

The strategy of Trump's legal team and the Republicans is to declare the Impeachment proceedings ...

mcgeo52 comments on Feb 9, 2021:

If he is found guilty and then barred from public office by a vote of the Senate, the courts will not over rule that. It would be a violation of the separation of powers. If he is tried and convicted of insurrection, he will be banned from public office for life per Section 3 of the 14th ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 9, 2021:

Do you know what agency would file charges of insurrection? FBI? DC?

Never thought I Would Support a Cheney! [alternet.org]

racocn8 comments on Feb 4, 2021:

She said she needed to get back to stopping 'dangerous Democrats'. So maybe Cheney's a little less delusional than Greene. Hell, it was her father that arranged 9-11...

racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2021:

@BirdMan1 We may never know. Plainly he was positioned to benefit from the war in Iraq. Cheney served to organize the Project for a New American Century. The PNAC suggested a new Pearl Harbor would be needed to galvanize the American public into supporting an aggressive foreign policy. It was always bizarre that the US should invade Iraq when the purported 9/11 attackers all came from Saudi Arabia.

Off The Mark: Hunter Gatherer.

racocn8 comments on Feb 4, 2021:

A curious finding regarding saber tooth tigers... At the Page Museum (Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits) they found columns of trapped skeletons where predators far out-numbered prey. The speculate that one mired animal would attract a predator which would also become stuck. Still other predators ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

snytiger6 The smooth glistening surface looks like water, but because it's upwelling, it and the surrounding area can be like quicksand.

The lawsuits can't come soon enough

TheDoubter comments on Feb 4, 2021:

good riddance

racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

We wish. He's still on the payroll (Putin's), so he's not leaving.

Pastor Claims Biden White House Being Run By the Devil Conservative evangelical Pastor, ...

JackPedigo comments on Feb 4, 2021:

Isn't it strange (not) that so many ministers are accusing liberal politicians the same thing that ministers and conservatives are guilty of? I guess so since they are experts at child abuse.

racocn8 replies on Feb 4, 2021:

Projection. It's a certainty that he wears women's clothes in his off hours.

I believe Trump's actions while in office reflect a level of detail and craft that indicates careful...

powder comments on Feb 3, 2021:

How did Russia benefit from Trump's presidency exactly? Tried their best to stop Nord II pipeline, secured Syrian oil fields for the US, embassy/ consulate closures, diplomatic expulsions, further sanctions. Russia is much more of a world pariah now than when Trump took the presidency so exactly ...

racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

if you look at the political landscape, particularly among the Republicans, the damage is severe. The parties have a record high animosity toward each other. The economy has been severely damaged by Trump's incompetent response to covid. Enlarging US racism helps align the US with Russian bigotry and white nationalism which has grown. The same statement applies to increased US corruption and its oligarchic character. Putin attacked the United States election after attacking France, Ukraine and the UK. Presumably he views weakening the West as equivalent to elevating Russia.

I believe Trump's actions while in office reflect a level of detail and craft that indicates careful...

TheDoubter comments on Feb 3, 2021:

how did Russia benefit from Trump someone asked. Trump stood there with Putin beside him and said: "He said it wasn't Russia. I don't see why it would be" . millions apparenty believed him because so many voted for him. he should have lost to Biden by a wider margin.

racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

I surmise that Russia used its social media skills to solicit Republicans who don't vote or rarely vote. If we are very lucky, we might find out how Russia interfered in 2020. We know for certain that they did, but no one is saying how. I would guess Russia's help was worth 4-15 million votes.

The information vacuum surrounding Officer Sicknick's death is highly suspicious if he had been ...

Paul4747 comments on Feb 3, 2021:

Citations, please? There are a lot of allegations here that need sourcing.

racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

@anglophone AOC interview https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-capitol-attack Trump delayed responding to attack: https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/watch-video-emerges-on-social-media-showing-team-trump-watching-capitol-attack-on-monitors-in-cheerful-mood

The information vacuum surrounding Officer Sicknick's death is highly suspicious if he had been ...

anglophone comments on Feb 3, 2021:

OAC?

racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

Yes, it is AOC

I have a daughter.

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2021:

The officers who handled the child or were present when pepper spray was used must be terminated. Such bad judgment demonstrates they are unfit to do the job.

racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

Pepper-spraying the eyes of someone who is handcuffed is psychopathically sick. That the victim is a child almost requires a lobotomy. Those 'police' need to be in prison, permanently. Can such people be recovered? And when would you ever trust them again? If the police union has a problem, the whole force should be advised to either change their union leadership to a sane party of be fired and rehired at lower pay to eliminate that union.

Neither Class Reduction nor Race Reduction: Toward a Revolutionary Left Framework on an Age-Old ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Needs to be much shorter. Proof-read your product for coherence. If you make an extreme claim, provide a reference for context and validation (i.e. Compounding the extremity of this issue we face on purpose.) The US as well as the rest of the world will face ecological and economic collapse ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

William_Mary Spend some time editing to make it concise and readable. Practice makes it better, and you'll produce a product you can take pride in. The more you edit, the more you'll see what works. If you want to persuade people, you have to be effective.

There are way too many crazed politicians on Capitol Hill who are susceptible to the ranting and ...

dkp93 comments on Jan 30, 2021:

This has to be satire or something. Do Q followers honestly believe that bit about the Blue Avians?

racocn8 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

The stuff about Blue Avians is the only part that is true.

My wife informed me I was right.

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Or, maybe a decapitated horse's head in his bed?

racocn8 replies on Jan 28, 2021:

@Redheadedgammy The Godfather reference is meant to evoke the image of Trump with an abject look of horror. Yeah, no horse is worth hurting on Trump's behalf.

If Trump has already been impeached by the House, how should the precedent be applied to all future ...

powder comments on Jan 27, 2021:

I take it the precedent you refer to is the impeachment of a former president for crimes done whilst president. Well, you need to drag out Obama next (training/ arming al Nusra, a declared enemy of the US of A), George W Bush (invasion of Iraq without UN approval on a WMD lie, causing the deaths of...

racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@Flowerwall Trump paid millions to organize the 'demonstration' on the same day as the elector certification. The line between the demonstration organizers and militias may become publicly visible, but social media makes such a connection a text away, and there is zero separation between white supremacist militias and Republican operatives. Certain congress-persons were in continuous contact with the coup plotters, telling them where Pelosi had been moved, according to their text messages. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/12/nation/colorado-republican-tweeted-about-pelosis-location-during-capitol-siege-shes-now-facing-calls-resign/

If Trump has already been impeached by the House, how should the precedent be applied to all future ...

powder comments on Jan 27, 2021:

I take it the precedent you refer to is the impeachment of a former president for crimes done whilst president. Well, you need to drag out Obama next (training/ arming al Nusra, a declared enemy of the US of A), George W Bush (invasion of Iraq without UN approval on a WMD lie, causing the deaths of...

racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@powder I agree. But standing down after Jan 6 is not an option. The kabuki should still play out, if only to showcase Republican criminality (violating their oaths). Also, it licenses Schumer to toss or circumvent the filibuster.

If Trump has already been impeached by the House, how should the precedent be applied to all future ...

powder comments on Jan 27, 2021:

I take it the precedent you refer to is the impeachment of a former president for crimes done whilst president. Well, you need to drag out Obama next (training/ arming al Nusra, a declared enemy of the US of A), George W Bush (invasion of Iraq without UN approval on a WMD lie, causing the deaths of...

racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@Flowerwall 1)spent millions on militias, https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/trump-capitol-riot-funding-20210122.html 2)capitol off limits https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/protests/march-for-trump-rally-dc-january-6-protest-pro-trump-demonstrators-event-details/65-2e019324-7861-48fa-8d78-d99b9617558b "*Note: In accordance with the event permit approved and released by the Department of Interior, this event is not a march from the location of the rally." (at the end of the reference) Also, note that Capitol Police had multiple sets of barricades at varying distances from the entrance. 3) had loyalists withhold NG and CP https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-hindered-dc-national-guard-response-to-insurrection-attempt-report-2021-1 CP were repeatedly warned of a terrorist attack by various intelligence agencies including the FBI. While proof of being intentionally understaffed is not yet in the public domain, they have 2,300 police available and could draw forces from other cities. As you can see from the video, far, far fewer were present. Suggesting no inside sabotage strains credulity. Certainly vastly fewer than were marshalled for the BLM at Lafayette Park, along with anonymous uniformed militias that were illegally marshalled by Trump/Barr and set loose. @Powder Senate Republicans didn't even hold a trial for the Ukraine impeachment. They have zero loyalty to their Oaths/duty as American citizens. They betrayed the US in favor of their party then, and it would be a surprise if they didn't this time. They were elected by traitors who also have loyalty to the United States AFTER their loyalty to their Churches, the loyalty to their Party, and their loyalty to the various hate-based paranoid delusions (Deep State, Q, KKK, Proud Bois, White Supremacy...) Where does it stop? Where does religion stop? When education teaches science and people give up on the idiotic lies told to them by their ignorant families.

If Trump has already been impeached by the House, how should the precedent be applied to all future ...

powder comments on Jan 27, 2021:

I take it the precedent you refer to is the impeachment of a former president for crimes done whilst president. Well, you need to drag out Obama next (training/ arming al Nusra, a declared enemy of the US of A), George W Bush (invasion of Iraq without UN approval on a WMD lie, causing the deaths of...

racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@Flowerwall Trump spent millions to assemble these militias on the day the elector votes were to be certified. He told them to march on the Capitol, which was off-limits to the assembly, and had his loyalists withhold the National Guard and underman the Capitol Police. What are you missing?

If Trump has already been impeached by the House, how should the precedent be applied to all future ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

what is the ultimate lesson learned IN FACTS, not opinion, from the outcome of the decision? My OPINION (anyway) is that cults of personality can cause a political party to be more loyal to an axis of foreign mafia and media, fascist corporations and theocratic organizations than to the ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@Flowerwall The axis includes Russian mafia, Murdoch, Fox, televangelists, Koch Bros, Facebook, Twitter, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Schwab, Heritage Foundation, NRA, others that supported Putin's stooges. 'Betray democracy' includes voter intimidation, dropbox elimination, Post Office manipulation, gerrymandering, voter roll purging, and other voter suppression tactics, supporting lawsuits to overturn the election that were baseless and/or had no standing, supporting propaganda campaigns pushing hate-mongering, lies and slogans (Stop the Steal, voter fraud, dead people voting, voting machine problems, poll worker problems), etc. Also in the axis are now those who supported the violent coup attempt, and still do, and eschew accountability for those who incited or aided the coup, and those who still believe Trump is fit for public office. Those who support the lies, the election interference or the coup attempts support fascism.

Nailed it. How do I know if I am on the right side of history?

St-Sinner comments on Jan 24, 2021:

I have a question. Please think and don't answer impulsively. History of the last four years is not written yet, judgement of history is not passed. We called them Nazis, they called Obama Hitler. You said half of the country is like that. They think the same as we do... the other side is wrong, ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2021:

@St-Sinner Science may not have all the answers, but the answers it does have work, unlike the entirely iffy prostration and prayer recommended by religion. Science may have it's dogmas, but by definition, only commits to them as far as they can be proven to work, or are otherwise reproduced. By definition, they may be, and sometimes are, superseded. The Nazis believed they were the master race, but had zero science and zero truth to back them up. Perhaps history will be written by the victors, but how long can those victors enjoy survival if they are stuck in the bronze age? What really matters, in the context of our pathetic subjective experience, is truth, and that is the yardstick science uses.

Nailed it. How do I know if I am on the right side of history?

St-Sinner comments on Jan 24, 2021:

I have a question. Please think and don't answer impulsively. History of the last four years is not written yet, judgement of history is not passed. We called them Nazis, they called Obama Hitler. You said half of the country is like that. They think the same as we do... the other side is wrong, ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2021:

Christianity is provably wrong, so yes, 50% of a society can be totally wrong (or whatever percentage it is). And, as we see the large overlap of Christianity with the Right Wing, we can have confidence that they are not just wrong, but delusional. In contrast, a population seeking truth and based on science is as correct as that science.

Of late, there have been any of posts on this site dealing with what is an agnostic, what is an ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Are the 'Others' women? Or is the meme 'gender imbalanced.'

racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2021:

@Creative51 Of course. I should have examined the post more carefully. One of our perennial problems is how to present content from the past where the originators had assorted serious issues by today's standards (i.e. Washington, Jefferson). SJW are quick to point out said flaws one-more-time to the detriment of the intended message.

Hi, Perhaps we should make divorce pool for Mr.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jan 24, 2021:

There's still a secret service detail on him 24/7 just like any other president. That alone means any attempts would risk innocent lives and why I say trust our judicial system. Not that I suspect anyone of planning such a thing but there are disgruntled MAGA Q anon types that are feeling revenge ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2021:

@praytothemilkjug I don't much care how it happens. I prefer Trump be dead as soon as possible, and preferably by someone he has hurt. Or a stroke/heart attack. If it's Novachok, we know who it was. Now Putin got every ruble's worth out of Trump, but it's bad for business if Trump stiffs him. And Trump is now a loose end. Putin's stooges are no better than Trump's, and odds are 50/50 they'd screw up this job too. And it would be nice if Trump suffered from a botched chemical attack for a while. But with a half-million victims, no amount of suffering can make up for that.

Hi, Perhaps we should make divorce pool for Mr.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jan 24, 2021:

There's still a secret service detail on him 24/7 just like any other president. That alone means any attempts would risk innocent lives and why I say trust our judicial system. Not that I suspect anyone of planning such a thing but there are disgruntled MAGA Q anon types that are feeling revenge ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2021:

I'm still putting my money, er, bragging rights, on Novachok.

Why do there appear to be so many leftists in the Atheist community? [facebook.com]

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2021:

What "appears" to be is not necessarily what is. Many atheists and agnostics hold fascist beliefs. Some are Marxist, or even Anarchist in orientation. But most would fall somewhere in between. Attitudes towards religion don't necessarily correlate with ones political orientation . In the US, ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2021:

epitaphs s/b epithets False equivalence argument.

Why do there appear to be so many leftists in the Atheist community? [facebook.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Your profile doesn't suggest that you're fond of fascism or racism...

racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2021:

@PBuck0145 False equivalence argument (fallacy)

Very depressing

chalupacabre comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Was that really a secret prior to him taking office? Did W really not give people early indications of that? He was re-elected - how much of a secret could it have really been that there were so many idiots out there?! The big secret appears to the the threshold beyond which some of them just ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2021:

W. Bush's reelection stunned me. After the horrors of Abu Graib were revealed, I felt certain that he would lose. What Trump has shown with crystal clarity is that Republicans are utterly shameless. They are also revealed to have a variety of other severe personality defects. These deficits really do put them into a sub-human category, which is all the more ironic given their racism.

That is an euphemism I've honestly never heard.

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

I love learning new slang. OK. Not sure it's an improvement on revealing one's name. Ha, , , Ha....

racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2021:

is that like a hairy bagel? (With fishy lox, cream cheese and the hole - - ewww)

Lmao.. this one brought me to tears... who ever created this one.. genius

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Poor Bernie...

racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2021:

I mean being portrayed as a fly.

On “True Democracy” - CounterPunch.org

t1nick comments on Jan 20, 2021:

A little unfair. Yes he was a gladhanding politician and overly familiar, but not in the way trump was. When these episodes came out that you are referring to during the candidacy, Biden was truly taken aback. He was made to realize that sexist actions akin to touching belonged to a different ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2021:

@Fred_Snerd Honestly, I salute the notion of trying to live in harmony with nature. But what are you going to do with the other 99.9% of the population? Also, I wouldn't count on all that much efficiency. People are LAZY. Also, if you've ever seen pictures of Indians before whites showed up, they were not in good health and had very high infant mortality.

On “True Democracy” - CounterPunch.org

t1nick comments on Jan 20, 2021:

A little unfair. Yes he was a gladhanding politician and overly familiar, but not in the way trump was. When these episodes came out that you are referring to during the candidacy, Biden was truly taken aback. He was made to realize that sexist actions akin to touching belonged to a different ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2021:

Gee, what happened to that lady who accused Biden of feeling her up. Did her story change too often? Consumerism? What's the alternative? War? Trump did such a great job with the Kurds. Isolationism certainly works for those incapable of empathy. And Biden is no Cheney.

I think all the people that stormed the capital should be changed under trumps executive order ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Only for those that walked through 'innocently' and cannot be seen as committing any act of defiling, nor are aggressive or shouting or possessing any object(weapon). Alternately, GBRI for at least three years. Everyone else should get 20 years. This was an attempted coup, nothing less. Everyone ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2021:

Being a useful idiot is not a defense.

I vote for mocking the mentally inept.

TheDoubter comments on Jan 18, 2021:

i saw that when it happened. it told me what kind of a human being he is.

racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2021:

@JeffMurray I do agree with you, but I believe my content provides a different context in which to understand your content. Specifically, instead of Trump having Nazi supporters, I'm saying Trump's evangelist base strongly leans in the Nazi direction without necessarily using that label.

I vote for mocking the mentally inept.

TheDoubter comments on Jan 18, 2021:

i saw that when it happened. it told me what kind of a human being he is.

racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2021:

@JeffMurray Just how different are the Evangelicals from the Nazis? Both are absolutist in their thinking. Both plainly support the practice of fascism. Both are delusional bigots of the worst sort, seeing nothing REALLY wrong with murdering those they hate. Both are utterly delusional. Both are intent on spreading their hate. Hitler said that Nazism was a Christian movement. So is Trumpism.

Who created man with such a complex structure?

273kelvin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

You say, man. but you could just as easily say pigs. cats (in fact they have a second set of eyelids which is cool) or pretty much any mammal. There are also wonderfully complex species of reptiles as well but let's concentrate on mammals for now. One clue to man's evolution is the appendix. a ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 18, 2021:

Look up the term 'imaginal disc' and how these develop into eyes, antennae, legs or wings depending on what sets of genes are activated.

It appears the guns the Trump terrorists were using were much like those used to murder the school ...

anglophone comments on Jan 17, 2021:

What need do such people have for guns apart from bolstering their pathetic little egos?

racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2021:

Very small penises, unable to achieve erection, or Incel-type sociopaths. Also, the child of alcoholic mothers and/or fathers with domestic violence; devout believers convinced everyone else is a satanist, etc.

I'm not going to fall for this one

NHjulie comments on Jan 17, 2021:

Didn't hear anything about unity until after the riot. So lying through their teeth.

racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2021:

@glennlab I think that might be more like the last 10 years of obstruction...

When he hasn't even been sworn in yet and already says Americans don't need a 2,000.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jan 17, 2021:

So I’ll assume letting Trump have four more years to sodomize us is your solution? You’re like a person that refuses to take a shower unless it’s scalding hot or freezing cold. Social change takes time, you have to take the keys away from the jailor before you can throw your freedom party. ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2021:

Get help.

When he hasn't even been sworn in yet and already says Americans don't need a 2,000.

Willow_Wisp comments on Jan 17, 2021:

So I’ll assume letting Trump have four more years to sodomize us is your solution? You’re like a person that refuses to take a shower unless it’s scalding hot or freezing cold. Social change takes time, you have to take the keys away from the jailor before you can throw your freedom party. ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2021:

This is like the propaganda the Russians used to dissuade Bernie supporters from voting for Hillary in 2016 (which gave us Trump).

Only if he is in front of them

ChestRockfield comments on Jan 17, 2021:

So wait, Trump's * asking * for a goodbye that involves 21 rounds?

racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2021:

Well, so one of them has a gun loaded with a blank...

One happy rat maybe Italian ?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 15, 2021:

Who the hell owns a rat??

racocn8 replies on Jan 16, 2021:

Being cold blooded, it is very soothing to have them wrap around your neck. They are beautiful to look at. Alex had one in Clockwork Orange... (But I haven't had one for 30 years.)

One happy rat maybe Italian ?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 15, 2021:

Who the hell owns a rat??

racocn8 replies on Jan 15, 2021:

You have to have rats if you have a snake...

How many good friends do you have from other political tribes?

TreeSpirit comments on Jan 15, 2021:

Most all my friends from high school and childhood voted for trump. I don't know where they all stood for the 2nd term because I shut down my facebook account last June. My best friend from childhood is a trumpster - but not too extreme - we don't discuss or go there. She works for the Post ...

racocn8 replies on Jan 15, 2021:

It could be so much worse. You could be one of them. (Intentionally self-deluding, and mostly oblivious to truth).

I've heard quite enough from James Comey.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jan 14, 2021:

James Comey?? The partisan hack who announced investigation into Hillary’s emails just before the 2016 election but said nothing about all the Trump Russian chatter? That James Comey? Fuck that guy! He helped give us this nightmare!

racocn8 replies on Jan 15, 2021:

Exactly. What is especially ugly, and telling, is that Comey was willing to damage Hillary's standing KNOWING that Trump was a Russian asset. It's one thing for the Republicans to have voted for a Russian stooge, but Comey KNEW. Comey KNEW not only what the FBI had found, but surely received some briefing from the other intelligence agencies that validated the campaign contacts. No, Comey will go down as a extremist partisan who betrayed his country, and pushed it into darkness.