Are the recent hepatitis cases in kids associated with COVID-19 or the COVID-19 vaccine?

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Adenovirus is used in the J & J vaccine. Only minimal testing has been done to assure safety. Possibly certain population cohorts have biochemical vulnerability at such young ages.

Who thought you could get a bang out of Medicine? Dr Kevorkian edition.

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

First, it looks to have been conceived in Japan or China (based on the anime)(and, it doesn't have to make sense as long as it sells). They had the gun and paired it with other toys to shoot at. Note that many of the pieces are choking hazards.

So the guy I've been crushing on chose someone else.

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

I hope you find happiness. It is so hard to disengage from people after you've placed your trust and hopes in them. That just takes time. Good luck.

Will this experiment in the USA we call democracy last?

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Putin and the fascist Christians have mounted a highly organized attack, much of it based on psychological warfare. Having already made inroads into the military and intelligence community, the latter either chose not to defend or had no defenses. Installing Trump set up the country to lose the SQOTUS. Given the wholesale firehose of corruption spewed by the GQP, no one is up to the task of getting the reins of power back. The Pentagon and FBI have failed in the worst ways possible. How things fall apart may well get very ugly. The GQP wanted less government, but their treachery will turn on them soon enough. Shame on the voters who didn't vote in 2016. Shame on the Military Industrial Complex for leaving the country open to attack. Shame on the GQP, although they are subhumans incapable of knowing of shame or feeling it. Same on the dems for their corruption, hubris and stupidity.

Impact play and corporal punishment are common elements in bdsm play.

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Probably related to cutting. They're so f'kd up, pain barely reminds them they're alive.

“Say what you will about the sweet miracle unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

The difference between unquestioning faith and a flesh-hungry zombie is... (zilch).

pretty much sums it up

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

How many violations of their oaths to the Constitution will we put up with? Is this now SQOTUS?

I do not care what excuses Kanhaiya Lal's murderers make, they are evil and dangerous men: [bbc.

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

They killed themselves, but they were already dead. (Sad for their innocent vicitim).

MINER UNEARTHS MOST IMPORTANT PALEONTOLOGY DISCOVERY IN NORTH AMERICA Mummified baby wooly ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Let the cloning begin...

Global warming in Tibet brings on new bacteria from melting icebergs [phys.org]

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Actually, bacteria mutate into new species so fast, it's unlikely these frozen bacteria would make a difference.

Any one thinking slavery is illegal and does not exist in the US need to see this. [people.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

I had a friend who looked into dark places and he ran across a network of slavers in L. A.

If they are going to go back to the way the Constitution was written, then it is illegal for ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

"The first American corporations were developed in the 1790s, almost instantly becoming key institutions in the young nation's economy. Although corporations existed in Europe in the early 19th century—particularly in Great Britain and the Netherlands—no country took to corporate development like the United States." So they started very shortly after the Constitution (1787). You'd have an uphill argument at minimum. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041515/what-history-corporations-america.asp#:~:text=The%20first%20American%20corporations%20were,development%20like%20the%20United%20States.

Every SCOTUS decision falls in the lap of Hillary and the DNC's abysmal failure against the worst ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Women, minorities and progressives stayed home in droves, partly in response to hundreds of thousands of Russian social media bots and the targeting messaging provided by Manifort and Bannon. The incompetence of Hillary and the DNC played a part. As did the bogus GQP email/server campaign and the FBI's complicity in announcing further investigations into Hillary, while staying mum on Trump's Russian connections. Lots of blame to go around, but without Putin's interference, its very likely she'd have won.

CANNABIS CULTURE 6/27/2022 Bill Maher spoke about the tension between working out equity in the...

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Maher is so full of shit. He claimed that the desire for social equity is what's holding up the banking, because GQP won't sign off on that. The problem with that is that it is just an excuse on the part of the GQP. This is part of the culture war and they have no desire to lose that dog whistle. Please note that not providing for social equity is very much in line with GQP racism. The reality is that after 80 years of illegality, the black market is fully mature, and provides a powerful and reliable alternative to legally sold cannabis. Given the propensity for govt to extract maximum taxes and require inconvenient store locations, the black market will continue to thrive. All the corporate cannabis sellers are suffering as a result, which may not be a bad thing.

I'm staying in an extended stay hotel.

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Good suggestion to change the room. You can't tell if the room's moldy. If it's from the ductwork, you might be able to just get a stand-up fan to move the air around.

Faith of a mustard seed, lol

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

I can't believe the legs don't just sink into the sand.

Happy wife, happy life.

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

...but why?....

Maybe he's playing with the wrong crowd.

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Could leave a mark though.

A burning question: Why do I heat up soup in the microwave and then, wait up to five minutes for it...

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Not a bad practice to pasteurize it.

Is this possible? [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

No. (Among the reasons, the wings wouldn't provide enough lift). However, extremely large UFO's have been seen on many occasions.

agnostic is the most rational position to have because both Atheist and religious are more definite ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

There might and should be a way to prove God if it existed. It is vanishingly unlikely that no evidence should remain (Is god humble??!!). The atheist's definition of atheist is that without evidence for any god, no belief is warranted. Proof and disproof are not involved. The Christian definition of atheist is that atheists won't believe in their god out of defiance and hatred. Christians also say atheists make the claim that god doesn't exist, although they can't name any atheists who make that claim (...because that is also a claim unsupported by evidence).

The Supreme Court rewarded religious coercion by a Christian football coach

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

SCOTUS is an embarrassment and entirely in keeping with Putin's interests.

Dozens of prosecutors say they will not prosecute abortion cases! [yahoo.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

As long as they can find prosecutors who will, it's meaningless.

In America everyone has the right to be ignorant and most Americans take full advantage of it.

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Education is mandatory, but the process of education has been stymied by a protracted cultural battle between teachers and the fascist Christians who benefit from having ignorant, easily manipulated people.

Any sense there is truth in this thought? If you believe so.. what might be the reason?

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Being single and without companionship is more likely to foster frustration and generalized anger. The frustration and anger that comes from a poor relationship keeps that frustration focused on one person.

Can these so-called justices be disbarred?

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

They are traitors and should be treated accordingly.

An anomaly?

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2022:

Backhanded humility? I like it.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Given the speed of death, it's possible that it's a new, extremely virulent virus. It could be toxic gas, like methane, but unlikely because that would explode, and they'd suspect it based on smell. CO2 seems unlikely; what would the source be?

We need to understand that Ukraine was NEVER a willing part of Russia.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Yeah, Putin wants Ukraine back under his thumb, but more than that, he wants it's resources. It's all about the oil.

" First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

In 2016, the apathy of Women, Blacks and Progressives elected Donald Trump. It may well be too late to pull it together... Liberals either mobilize a strong showing or allow the bigots to take over.

The asshole that is Supreme Court justice Thomas has hinted that he next wants to target ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

It's not just Thomas. Kavenaugh, Barrett and Alito all have nothing but hate for the liberal progress made in the last 150 years. Remember how Kavenaugh went nuts denouncing democrats during his hearing? The Federalist Society and The Family have provided them with an agenda and they're pursuing it at full speed. Thomas said as much.

Every Freaking Time

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Her voice could be like nails on a chalkboard and all to clear too be heard...

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

This is NOT about abortion. It was never about Pro-Life, which is obvious. This was ALWAYS about having a dog-whistle to mobilize fascist Christian voters. And NOW, that has morphed into a culture-war sledge-hammer. The fascist Christian judges have openly admitted they intend to undo every progressive measure EVER issued by SCOTUS, and to vindictively enable the MAGA White Christian Nationalist agenda. They have a big bundle of sticks and they intend to put out every eye they can think of. They get the vengeance they've sought for decades and Putin gets what he wants.

It must be silly season! I put this under dating for real people only because I didn't know what ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Aging gracefully is on par with dignified sex...

All too true, too often...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Both have the same objective of reducing the number of non-Whites.

Should the supreme court of the USA remove the right to bare arms?

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

You can be certain that if a MAGA authoritarian wins the presidency, they will dutifully follow Putin's orders to outlaw all guns. MAGA IS RED DAWN and they don't (actually only won't) admit it.

Things keep happening that I cannot exactly put my finger on.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

It begs the question, what happens when a Karen asks for the manager and the manager is a Karen?

In ditching Roe, Alito cites civil rights, minimum wage cases. Be afraid, says dissent. | Reuters

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Thomas has said, and the others hinted, that they are on a mission to overturn and strip away all progressive civil rights. SCOTUS actions represent a direct violation of their oaths to uphold the Constitution, and they are participants in a judicial coup seeking to wage war against non-White Nationalist Christians. I will coin a term here: WiNKs to refer to these ultraconservative neo-Nazi wannabes, WiNKs standing for White Nationalist Christians. Or maybe MAGA covers it...?

Abortions on Federal Lands - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

This is something that Biden CAN do: Allow abortion clinics to set up within military facilities or Federal buildings. Better yet, make abortion provision part of the military's mission. Or, if that offends, put it under the Department of Health and Human Services.

GOP discovers too late that Ukrainian Americans are a key voting bloc in battleground states

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

From the link: "Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist also involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally, invited attendees to cheer for Russia. Soon the audience was chanting “Putin! Putin!” "White racist fantasies portray Russia as an ethnically pure land of traditional religion and gender roles." "In fact, though, the U.S. right wing has long cultivated ties with Russia. Some of these are self-evident quid-pro-quo affairs: The “sweeping and systematic” campaigns of election interference authorized by Putin in support of a Trump victory in 2016..." https://bostonreview.net/articles/the-u-s-christians-who-pray-for-putin/ At a minimum, Putin knew that The Family's strategy for taking over SCOTUS would bear fruit this year. What better distraction from a war could there be? Possibly he even provided strategic suggestions such as completely trashing Stare Decisis. But, either way...

I wonder how many women SCOTUS has now condemned to death. Only time will tell.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

I'm sure a body count will start shortly.

A few more strange idiots have asked for pardons.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

They must not get less than 20 years.

Has anyone else been attacked by a certain person here for no apparent reason? Just wondering.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

I blocked AlienBeing today. Conservatives are often assholes and jump to name-calling right away. AlienBeing felt no concern for pregnant women needing to travel out-of-state to get an abortion. I called him on it and there it was. And he never contributes meaningfully to the conversation other than to express the standard white fascist privilege. I'm all too aware of how Conservatives only troll BS for attention. What an insecure idiot. Sucks to be him.

Who else rocked out in a room like this, even if it wasn't yours?

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Hippie

Some pictures of the orange insurrectionist and some of his favorite toadies and dupes.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

"Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything."

Could the Americans on this site, tell me please, as someone not from the USA, how does it happen, ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

It is called corruption. The justices lied during their confirmation vowing to respect Roe and Stare Decisis. McConnell broke the law (with impunity) to withhold Gorsuch's nomination, and to allow affirmation of Kavanaugh without an FBI vetting. He was affirmed in spite of demonstrating manifest unfitness (revealing himself to be a psychopathic partisan). Similarly, Barrett is also a nut-job and only voted in along partisan lines. Thomas's nomination proceeded even though other accusers went unheard. (Also, Ginsburg failing to retire during a democrat administration didn't help. She did not anticipate or grasp the level of corruption the GQP would sink to with Trump & McConnell.) From Wikipedia: 'Two women, Angela Wright and Rose Jourdain, made statements to Senate staffers in support of Hill. Ultimately, however, Wright and Jourdain were dismissed by the Judiciary Committee without testifying... ... Wright herself was reluctant to testify after seeing the Committee's treatment of Hill, including Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter stating that he felt Hill's testimony was perjurious in its entirety...

SCOTUS is to be congratulated for bringing the United $tates of Absurdity even further into ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

The behavior of SCOTUS justices crosses the line into sedition. In conducting a campaign of overturning laws decades on the books to maintain order, and this at the behest of religious organizations, represents gross violations of their oaths to the Constitution and the basic protection against religious intrusion.

Good guy with a gun?

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

1) It is more likely that the presence of the baby deterred the gunman. 2) Holding a baby while smoking a cigarette?

Signs, signs everywhere a sign...

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Some jobs are just boring.

There once lived a happy family.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

"...The boy lives his life knowing very little about life, ... ...The boy never learns anything of consequence in life besides what he needs to know to have a fullfilling job" That does not seem to be a life well lived.

For the pro-lifers, I’m wishing unwanted pregnancy on all your cheating husbands.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Let us resolve to expose every GQP abortion, past and future, and seek to impose the same punishment on them that they impose on the population. And let's begin a campaign to make adultery a capitol offense as per the Bible, and use that to expose their hypocrisy. Also, we need to start using their weaknesses against them. A major proportion of GQP politicians are narcissists. We need to start setting honey traps, using comprimat, and setting them up. The existential crisis of Climate Change justifies these dirty tricks and more. We will ALL lose if they win the moment.

America embarrassed. Thanks to Alito and Thomas.

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

(Liberty has man-hands?)

FASCIST MOTHERFUCKERS

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Corruption in service to the fascist Christian Nationalists is now the standard operating practice for the GQP. Constitutional Crisis and Civil War 2.1 are HERE NOW. Putin has brought war. We cannot possibly hope to prevail unless we expose the Putin-GQP-Family cabal, and prosecute these traitors.

The constitution doesn't specifically spell out the right of a woman to have an abortion.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

This was entirely foreseeable before Biden's election. I'd like to know if Biden could have stopped it by packing the court. Or, was the decision not to pack the court an intentional strategy to boost 2022 turnout? Needless to say, said strategy callously put the lives of women in jeopardy solely for political gain. Maybe that's a valid calculation? That abortion is a wholly contrived GQP gimmick to turn out evangelicals and catholics makes this all the more sickening. It's not a real issue and is completely made-up. The question is whether 2022 hasn't already been corrupted by the Christian fascists. This is such a perverse script.

Pastor Column: Bible tells truth about dinosaurs - Morrow County Sentinel

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

I didn't know about this one: "Dinosaurs were also originally vegetarians. All animals were. Genesis 1:30 says, “And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.” That’s a big difference from most modern portrayals of dinosaurs." Hilarious. T. Rex a vegetarian? What utter morons. And that's who's making policy??? Yikes!!!

Watch: Pub Owner Smacks Aggressive Crocodile on the Snout with a Frying Pan

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Hey, it worked, and the croc appeared not to be much worse for wear. If he were to trip, it might not go so well...

Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court went too far in taking the 'dramatic step' of ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Are we to forget the massively destructive Citizens United that the Roberts court enacted which also overturned precedent and legislation. The whole of the Roberts court will be looked on as a psychotic joke, entirely equivalent to the corrupt Trump administration.

Roe vs Wade, just the tip of the iceberg. [facebook.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

So that's what she looks like (Ms. Richardson).

This is a fair example of how religion causes harm in todays society.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Let us proceed to denounce Christianity at every turn for it's overreach and fascism.

I see the corruption of Christian immorality being the order of the day for the SCOTUS for the ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

If you look at Europe, their history of state support for religion often generated contempt and derision, pushing people toward being secular. Let's hope that pattern holds.

Seeing the Democrats on TV after the SCOTUS ruling on abortion talk about how young people need to ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Too often people are their own worst enemy. One of the GRU's prime targets in 2016 were progressives who listened to the bots and stayed home in droves. And Hillary may have been qualified in terms of experience, but was depressingly unpleasant. Also, she displayed very bad judgment, not least of which was running at all. Lastly, the country is still decades away from considering a female president.

City Hall Philadelphia! [photos.app.goo.gl]

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Huh?

Strategic product placement

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Ridiculous pricing.

What an awful, sad day for this country.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

We brought it on ourselves. Let this be the Pearl Harbor for the Democrats.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades : NPR

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Those that helped give us Trump are now seeing the consequences. The Handmaid's Tale is here now.

Trust the expertise of the betting world, they are not interested in parties or politics, only in ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

The betting world was not privy to Trump's coup plans which came very close to working, and were only stopped by a handful of people who happened to act out of character (Corrupt, but not willing to be corrupt for DJT).

Why overturning Roe isn't the final goal of the anti-abortion movement : NPR

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

Spoiler alert : "...it's instead to require that all states, so progressive as well as conservative states, cannot permit abortion. "

The Supreme Court Just Overturned Roe v. Wade [vice.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2022:

So is violent protest still a legitimate form of political discourse?

The Comment That Reveals the Depths of the Republican Party’s Moral Collapse

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

I guess that was his statement that he would still vote for Trump? Yes, the hatred of liberals (and embrace of racism) far exceeds their loyalty to the country's well-being. The claim that they are patriotic is just more gaslighting.

A good cheap alternative but not really Kosher, quite a dilemma for some I imagine! :-D

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

You really shouldn't do that to yourself. If you do, please do not consume anything with caffeine at the same time. The nitrates and the stomach acid react to form highly reactive (carcinogenic) nitrosamines.

Kinzinger is Captain America 🙂

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

And the rest of the Republicans are Team Putin...

Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo Put On Leave

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

They've got their scape goat, but while he was doing nothing, the other 80-some officers were preventing the parents from doing anything, abusing them and worse.

Uses for old shoes

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

21

“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it”…………….

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Can one find a key to a door that doesn't lock?

Please let us try to understand this complex topic, be frank, be honest.

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

She is pleasant and bright.

America's belief in God hits new low [axios.

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

We should be trying to understand why this is happening and what can be done to accelerate it.

Can we please discuss this?

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Sorry, but discussion is not allowed.

Law professor argues that Reformed Jews aren't devout enough to be granted religious wavers - this ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Include with the tiny shithole churches, the ridiculous mega-churches... What would be the metric used by the law professor to measure devoutness and what standing does he have to define devoutness as a criteria for measuring religious practice?

“The pathetic thing that grows out of this condition is called faith: in other words, closing ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Does the Stockholm Syndrome ring a bell?

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH 6/23/2022 A review concluded that "there is promising evidence ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Flies get depressed? What's grim is the FST. Oh well, I guess if they're 'only' flies.

Keep kids away from predators - say no to church

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Which one of the mentioned events promotes love and what does the other promote?

Maybe he just likes dogs.

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

It would be nice if people were as loving and loyal as dogs are.

[youtu.be] Overturning Roe, freedom from religion

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2022:

If you want your rights back from a fascist MAGA theocracy, either vote or buy a gun. The time to stop this shit from happening was 2016... (Now it is too late)

Martyrdom - isn't that all that they are really looking for in the first place?

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Does he get the 70 virgins? Fucking eunuch wouldn't know what to do with one...

Farewell to Hong Kong and Its Big Lie - The Atlantic

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Thanks for this. I have a 'friend' who keeps claiming that Chinese communism is a strong competitor to the U.S. system because, according to polls, the Chinese people supposedly are happier and have more confidence in their system. It makes me want to vomit to see him talk like that, but he's like a Trump-cultist but in a different direction. I'm thinking I'll circulate this essay the next time he brings up the subject.

Russian Republicons. Putin's Puppets.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

With the Russians so eager to supply Giuliani with fake docs for Ukraine and Hunter Biden, why in the hell do people believe the various coup plots came from Trump and Eastman???

Herschel Walker Says There Are 52 States

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

The extra two are the jokers...

It will make some laugh while some people sad.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Stunningly hilarious. My ex had so many issues... Once, while driving with my daughter, she pointed at a goth young man dressed in all black. She said "Look at that...". I know I shouldn't have, but I replied "Have you looked in mommy's closet?" Said closet contained more than a dozen identical black pant suits, like she was in a perpetual state of mourning...

We see god every day, we just don't know it.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Prepare to deliver your offering... Listen carefully as God accepts it...

You have mites on your face fucking each other at night. You're welcome! [scitechdaily.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

I wondered where all the noise was coming from...

This is for Biden lovers.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Biden would be wise to withdraw like LBJ did. He is simply too old, and the US leader should be charismatic to win the election. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. And please, I love Warren and AOC, but Hillary demonstrated that a woman still does poorly with misogynists. Fed Chairman Powell is doing as much to cause the recession as anything else. 1. Inflation is not being caused by an overheated economy, but by supply chain problems. Raising interest rates does nothing to solve those problems. 2. Even if the economy were anything like overheated, the high gas prices would be adequate to slow it. 3. The increases in interest rates makes bonds more attractive, and in order to buy those bonds, money managers sell stock to raise the money needed. That accounts for the big stock market drops. 4. The increases in interest rates makes houses even less affordable, and crushes the housing market whether it's lenders, escrow, RE agents, etc. 5. A lot of the price increases are coming from GQP corporations that hate Biden. The gouging CEOs should pay a price, but without a loyal democrat Senate, it's not happening. 6. These big rate hikes are very hard on the poor who have variable interest rates, just like what happened in 2008-2009. Will fraudulent derivatives be exposed again too?

Something to consider if you're into cryptocurrency.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

I'd have never have guessed...

Hey! Hey Merrick! Are you awake?

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

And why the hell is Chris Wray still in charge of the FBI after screwing up Jan 6? He is unfit for his office and should either be fired or demoted. All the agencies need a thorough review and purging.

Works for me...?

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Money doesn't necessarily buy health, long life nor sincere relationships.

Now we know...

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Ah, Blazing Saddles... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzRmp-O496Y&t=26s

When I was a kid, I used to have an imaginary friend.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

A couple of my personalities still believes, but the rest of us shut them down when they come out.

Letters From An American June 21, 2022

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

The U.S. population is, once again, revealed to include a lot of profoundly disturbed people who should be permanently sedated and sterilized. It's too bad the matrix isn't real. That's the one way these people could still be useful. Seriously, we need a way to deprogram these people and a legal mechanism for doing it.

The laconic humor of Woody, priceless! :-D

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." -Woody Allen

If He Loses, Trump Will Concede Gracefully - WSJ

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Well, they litigated the hell out of that election and almost all the cheating was on the GOP side.

whatchristiansthink vs. reality

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2022:

I'd say it's more like a funnel to drench them. Religion promotes homosexuality.