Republicans pitch religious, family values as gun violence solution | The Hill

racocn8 comments on Jun 12, 2022:

The fascist Christians will say anything to keep the shootings going because it serves their purposes (scaring people away from public schools, and killing Blacks, Jews, Asians etc.)

(Shannon goes Beast Mode at the end.

racocn8 comments on Jun 12, 2022:

With 25-33% of pregnancies ending in miscarriage, how will MAGA-wackos determine whether they were naturally or artificially aborted. Will they install screens on the sewage looking for fetuses, or cameras in the toilet bowl?

Legal experts expect charges by end of the month for Trump's efforts to overthrow election and ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

I really hope you're right.

31 white supremacists arrested in Idaho where they were waiting in the back of a rental van wearing ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

How wretched to only be able to charge them with misdemeanors. They need serious jail time.

"Even if a man is intelligent, a woman can always find a way to make him a fool."

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

And they say men cheat?

[iflscience.com] Non binary warrior found in ancient burial

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

Exceptional artistry in the sword...

There is a way, use it wisely.

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

With Republicans dedicated to overturning elections and democracy, only a handful of states aren't completely corrupted. Putin has won.

in the 13th century, cats were demonized by the church... It didn't work out well for them...

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

You better believe that cats carry lots of fleas.

Louie Gohmert's such an idiot. God punishing children?

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

Hopefully these idiotic comments will make good commercials for the fall election.

Opinion: The US and NATO Helped Trigger the Ukraine War.

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

Sweden and Finland applying for Nato membership disproves that it was because Ukraine might do the same some day. Mass murdering ethnic Russians disproves that it was related to seeking to rescue them. Fostering White supremacy in Russia, France, Hungary, the US and elsewhere proves its wasn't about Nazis. That the war has become tightly focused on those tracts of land containing oil and gas reserves proves that the war was all about greed (Perhaps with a touch of egomania of being remembered as a great leader of Russia). Again, review this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo6w5R6Uo8Y

New Rule: Hollywood's Culture of Volence - Real Time with Bill Maher [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

Once again, Maher takes the low road of trying to appeal to the Nazis by repeating their tangential talking points.

Where do thoughts… come from?

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

We don't know enough to have even developed the words to describe the process. Presumably, RNA molecules are processed, creating depolarizations that send out signals to other neurons in a rhythm that stimulates the acting on that "thought". Neuronal circuit loops continue to stimulate the reading of the RNA (memory RNA) until the derived responses are superseded by other thoughts and responses. Or, it's all stored in the collective unconscious which resonates and harmonizes with the circuits described above.

Former Trump Official Mercedes Schlapp Baselessly Claims Jan.

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

What's been doctored is the Republican grip on reality, their patriotism and their humanity.

Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid by Jonathan Haidt ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 11, 2022:

Notable from the article: "in a 2018 interview, Steve Bannon, the former adviser to Donald Trump, said that the way to deal with the media is “to flood the zone with shit.” He was describing the “firehose of falsehood” tactic pioneered by Russian disinformation programs to keep Americans confused, disoriented, and angry."

So a stoner, a whoremonger, and an alcoholic are all on the bus together when they get in a fatal ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Yeah, eating cannabis is really tricky...

REMNANTS OF TRUMPISM: The U.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

This Catholic SCOTUS ruling revokes our right to be secure in our property according to the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

In the last 24 hours, the messages out of Russian soldiers on the ground has changed a lot.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

As they are willing to commit war crimes as part of their orders, that makes them the subhumans. Hopefully the PTSD tortures them to their graves.

How long can he wait?

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

It doesn't give a fig...

I know it would be horrific for families who lost children in the Uvalde School to see pictures of ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

They should show the carnage. Most accounts indicate what was left was unrecognizable. People need to see that.

I am fine except for some noise, hope you are doing well.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

I love my partner, and I like her cranberry cabbage side, but whew, I think in need to install a shunt in my anus.

Republicans Make Bizarre Anti-Gun Control Arguments as House Passes Gun Reform Bill | The Daily Show

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Scalise and Reagan: Two of the best arguments against karma.

Donald Trump was asked " what is 2+2"?

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

2 + 2 = 5. If you want to be a loyal citizen of the state, 2 + 2 = 5! 2 + 2 = 5 ! ! ! NOW: 2 + 2 = . . .

Co-Conspirators

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Fox could and should be sued for it's Covid coverage. A proper class action suit should bankrupt them.

Vote Like Your Life Depends On It

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Christian Fascism will be established before that generation has a chance to have their vote rejected.

Jolene Blalock Logical choice

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

looks human to me

Letters From An American 06/09/2022

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

The Republicans and fascist Christians don't have to wait until Trump is gone. They dishonored themselves a long time ago, revealing a depravity and moral vacuity equal to the Germans of the 1930's.

([dailykos.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Note from article: "2. “It wasn’t an insurrection” Yes, it was, and it was armed. And “armed,” according to the Department of Justice, applies to lethal weapons beyond just firearms—though firearms were confiscated from those who stormed the Capitol." Though again, no mention of the long guns seized within the Capitol building.

SCOTUS rules border agents will be basically immune if within 100 mile border radius, thus they can ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Another ridiculous ruling...

Insurrectionists Complain About Being 'Profiled' In Scathing 'Daily Show' Sketch

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Pleb trailer trash that are self-deluded to quasi-consciousness. QooQ zombification. Cerveau isole. Cult assholes. Nazis.

Geography lesson ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

How might the Chicxulub impact have affected the Deccan eruptions? The most recent efforts to date these eruptions have clearly shown that the Deccan Traps began spewing lava before the meteorite impact and the mass extinction occurred. But the Berkeley-led study suggested that the Chicxulub impact triggered a rapid increase in their eruption rate. https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/04/30/did-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-trigger-largest-lava-flows-on-earth/

INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS 6/10/2022 Thailand's partial cannabis legalization law took effect.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Imagine 3000 people regaining the freedom that was so stupidly taken away. What in the fucking hell is wrong the Biden, who is pretends to be so empathetic. Asshole.

You often get the apologists, asking for disproof of some vague, often deist, god concept.

racocn8 comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Absolutely. The dishonesty itself may vary in style, but plainly believers must embrace lying or confabulation and ultimately, rationalization, to deal with all the contradictions. And I'd content that this goes to the heart of the psychological dismemberment of Christian morality. Once truth is cast aside, everything else is also worthless. People agree on what's real or the don't. Christians don't. And unless you corner them, Christians WON'T agree what's real. Plus they layer on all these fantasy myths of demons, angels, Saints, visions, miracles... a whole store of horse shit. What might have been a cogent human being becomes a delusional psychotic. And the cults manipulate these psychotic individuals for their own nefarious purpose (i.e. killing abortion providers).

Armed man arrested near Brett Kavanaugh’s home charged with attempted murder

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

I heard Merrick Garland complain about this. Only problem is, Garland should know all too well how the FBI refused to properly vet Kavanaugh, and the hearings demonstrated with crystal clarity the various ways of how Kavanaugh is manifestly unfit. That anyone should be surprised at an assassination attempt strains credulity.

Yeah, I left the group

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Try to imagine all the hair that would be where it's been shaved. I once had a friend who had thick curly hair over his whole body. I'm sure these people are traumatized by how people regard them.

Why is repeat offender Donald Trump still a free man? . [theguardian.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

As an informant, he has been given special dispensation by the Deep State.

Please advise what you would use this for. No, not on the market for obvious reasons. [msn.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Given the propensity of police to abuse the population with their toys, I can see why it would be a problem. However, the seemingly obvious utility in some situations means that such devices are inevitable. The same for taser-equipped robot dogs or other robotic devices. The bigger problem comes in making weapon-equipped robots that have AI to make them autonomous.

It may explain why it's taking so long for his return, possibly a bit sheepish after his last ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

For shepherds, it's all about the sheep. Perhaps that why nothing happened with Mary.

You ain't no quitter boy

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

I hate getting cramps when I have work to do...

This is where it started....

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

As long as it serves their purpose, the killing will continue.

Push Gravity Issac Newton said that space moves through matter freely without friction.

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Missed your meds?

The Word of God does not work

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

For all the revealed knowledge of the Bible, it's all wrong. No Heaven, no hell, no angels nor demons, no Eden, no Moses, no Jesus, no Holy Ghost, no Resurrection, no Original Sin. Not one religion has shown any insight. Name a religion that described what stars are, or planets, or comets, or the Earth. What religion described atoms, or light, or Humans, or Evolution, or any useful truth or principle? Everything we know that matters, that we can use, none of it came from religion.

Can't y'all, Americans, mind your own business and leave each other alone instead of getting in each...

racocn8 comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Proselytizing is all about "Believe or die". Christian fascism is spreading as insecure morons buy guns to prevent themselves from going extinct.

Welcome to America.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

I've lived fearing for the blinding flash ever since Reagan. I've become accustomed to the thought.

Dating stories, who's got them?

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Who was better?

Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh's House | Time

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Along the same lines, the media have been conspicuously silent about the suppression of information coming out of Uvalde. In one case, one of the relatives was intimidated by a man saying that Gov. Abbott sent him. Absolute silence about that incident on MSM.

Feel the way that I feel?

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

I'm betting that pretty much everyone who's paying attention is exhausted like you are. The real question is whether this is an intended effect? Or, how much of it is intended, by whom, and how much is inadvertent. For me, the dopamine reward for social media clicks is very problematic (addicting). Going through my email consumes a significant measure of my energy and clarity, leaving me drained.

What's changed since Columbine?

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

We should contract with Boston Dynamics to make armed robots that will go into dangerous situations and 'neutralize' the shooter. Mainly, we need cops that won't stand in the way of parents seeking to protect their children. And we should be taxing the bejesus out of all guns and ammo. The best way to pass anti-machine gun laws is to have a bunch of Black men march around with them.

Our Home is actually in the Milky Way Galaxy, one in a 100+ Billion Galaxies.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Perspective is everything.

Do you like to travel?

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Yes. My problem is that I travel so much better by myself. I love my lady, but she insists on taking her work with her. How to work around that? And after 2+ years of Covid, I've found ways to be very busy and it's hard for me to break away too.

I hope Trumpty Dumpty lives long enough, unlike Slobodan Milošević, to be confronted with the ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Given his mental state, that can never happen. I'd like to believe he'd be judged by God, but that won't happen either. Really, truly, the responsibility for his evil belongs to his supporters, and it's up to us to make that message as clear as possible. Except that shaming those people works poorly; most of them are also so emotionally damaged as to be incapable of shame (much less empathy, honesty, integrity, etc.)

Letters From An American 06/07/2022

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

“Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals.... " This isn't about guns. It's about fascist Christians having found a way to intimidate the rest of the population without consequences. We can either live with the threat of death every day, everywhere, or take them on. Killing students scares parents away from public schools; Christians love that. The shootings serve the GOP purpose of intimidating minorities that lean democrat. Blacks, Hispanics, Jews, and LBGTQ that the GOP would like to disenfranchise, also happen to be the targets of mass shooters. How convenient!!

First, I will dis something, I have not been watching any weird sci-fi.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

The Military-Industrial-Intelligence complex writes the script and Davos approves it.

In Which I Violate Godwin's Law

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

The denunciation is appropriate. Unfortunately, the Pro-Life advocates have many more parallels to the Nazis. Quite a few probably derive from the "Americans" who favored Nazism before WWII, but the mass of them more closely resemble the Germans who willingly embraced the fascism of the Nazis.

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH A study suggested that "certain high-CBD extract has a high potential...

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Just FYI, all that ratio of THC to CBD is horse shit. Why? Think about it...

Religion, Atheism, Science - The Most Unapologetic Annihilation of Religion Ever [youtube.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

AND, for all the revealed knowledge of the Bible, it's all wrong. No Heaven, no hell, no angels nor demons, no Eden, no Moses, no Jesus, no Holy Ghost, no Resurrection, no Original Sin. Not one religion has shown any insight. Name a religion that described what stars are, or planets, or comets, or the Earth. What religion described atoms, or light, or Humans, or Evolution, or any useful truth or principle? Everything we know that matters, that we can use, none of it came from religion.

Christian hate-preacher calls for the execution of 'every single homosexual'

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

If the Christo-fascists get a hold of this country as they plan, you can expect to see this carried out. But not just to gays, but Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Asians... Whatever it takes to bring back White predominance. This is no secret. They are taking over NOW!!!

Can someone over in Oz explain just what the heck goes on over there?

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

That would be from a bored and un-loved sign designer.

Colorado Democrats Switching Parties To Tank Lauren Boebert In The Primary [youtube.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

They do it to us. It's a shitty strategy, but they won't make rules preventing it because it's a cheat they use so often. The mayors race in L.A. has a full-blown psychopath billionaire who switched parties just for the election. He's spent 40 million to try to buy the nomination. Another malignant narcissist, like we haven't had enough of that shit.

Ok, here’s another fine can of worms I’d like to open up.

racocn8 comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Politics, hierarchy, pecking order, power structure, and ultimately NEGOTIATION. Power is a resource, and it's allocation defines whether people flourish or act on their perceived enmity.

Because Prayers did not work

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

The prayers did not work - - AGAIN.

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH 6/7/2022 A study found that medical cannabis "is generally safe ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

Don't let that know-nothing, Triphid, see the second one.

It takes a lot of work....

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

Nair?

Gun violence - America is again the world leader

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

That is the one issue where American Exceptionalism actually means something.

Be Expressive! Latest in nails fashion.

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

Why doncha look where you're goin'.... (Many decades ago, my Dad used to get me glass eyeballs that I then used in art pieces)

Hanging a horse's shoe above a door is supposedly meant to bring luck.

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

Better to wear the horseface on the shoe than up above (see MJT). The lady can say "Neigh" and blame it on the shoe...

Well worth the 20 minutes.

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

As long as the shootings benefit the fascist MAGA Evangelicals, the shootings will continue. But if you think AR-15s turn children into hamburger, wait till you get a load of the new rifle being made available that is fully twice as powerful. Instead of hamburger, it'll just be pink slime.

Freedom is wasted on those who would take it from others.

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

(In the Star Trek immediate future, we're just about to have eugenics corporations develop GMO humans that start WWIII...) I think it might be more like Hand Maid's Tale crossed with Red Dawn, with the Evangelicals taking the part of the Russians, and that crossed with Soylent Green.

"To dismiss religion without being aware of the evidence is to do the same thing so many religious ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 7, 2022:

The problem with trolls throwing shit at a wall to see what will stick is that it is the same old shit that has been tossed forever. And they know that, but being a troll means being a mediocrity and spewing mediocrities for the sake of ATTENTION and DRAMA. We should have sympathy for such pathetic people, more so because their insecurity means they cannot be educated. They're looking for validation, rather than truth.

Anyone who suggest that the founding fathers wanted to enable private militias with weapons so that...

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Up to the point where Trump is re-elected, the country is turned into a Russian client-state, and Christianity is made mandatory.

Self accident

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Total loss...

Proud Boys leader and top members charged with seditious conspiracy over January 6.

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Don't be cheering until they're sentenced. So far, nothing but the silliest of wrist-slaps have been meted out for sedition, assault, etc. Now if they were carrying weed, it'd be 20 years for sure.

People need to remind today's Republican politicians that in the good old days of the 1950s, if a ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

With any luck, the Catholic SCOTUS will mandate open-carry nationwide. Hopefully, that will bring out the voters (but I'm not holding my breath. ). Expect to see militias turn out with rifles around polling places.

Anyone, citizen or Supreme Court judge, who even suggests that our founding fathers would have ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

For the Christian GQP, as long as mass shootings target and thus intimidate their opposition, they are (secretly) good with it.

I met my boyfriend at the Senior Center.

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Sorry to hear it.

Do you like sculptures?

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Where is that?

AS THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA GOES ON.

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

The body count is more than twice what the MSM reports. Frankly, I suspect Ukraine's number is closer to truth. (So shame on the MSM?)

I have rarely ever commented on social media, but Republicans are burning my ass right now and I ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

This isn't about guns. It's about fascist Christians having found a way to intimidate the rest of the population without consequences. We can either live with the threat of death every day, everywhere, or take them on.

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 6/6/2022 Former Attorney General Eric Holder said legalizing marijuana...

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

What the hell was Holder doing while he was AG?

A mom takes her daughter to the doctor The doctor says, “Okay, what seems to be the problem?

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Or the doctor is looking out the window to hide his reaction.

Former GOP congressman: Jan. 6 was an "attempted coup" by Trump

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

The problem is that evoking hate, however nonsensically, is stimulating to the cretins in the middle as well as the fascist Christians. They'd rather listen to bullshit than engage their brain to understand the threat they're helping. Trump exploited every possible means to stage his coup. Only those devoted to blindness don't know what happened.

Life can be funny at times but we need to apply wisdom

racocn8 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

I came up with four "Ahs" , an incomplete categorization of basic notable experiences. 1. Ha-Ha - Humor and paradox 2. Ah-ha - the satisfaction of seeing a relationship, as when grasping a proof. 3. Ahhh - Letting go of self and ego, also, extending oneself into a machine (as automatic driving) 4. Hah! - The sense of wonder and perception of beauty

Inspiration......

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Except that the phrase is most commonly used by Qanon.

Now think about it.

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

That would be a broken mirror with a shitload of bad luck for everyone.

This was a rather large gopher snake in my garden this morning.

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

I had a 5 footer as a pet for years. Once, on a field trip, saw a 7 footer that had been run over. Amazing but sad to see such a beautiful specimen. Your catch looks to be about that size.

We first sent men to the moon over fifty years ago.

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

"I swear, Alice, someday, someday, 'wham' to the Moon..."

I find myself wondering how a suicide or self murder as it is called in Scotland of a prominent ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Suicidal ideation is a very specific neuro-chemical condition. I encountered it by accident and was stunned at how uncharacteristic it was, but there nonetheless. Because of this experience, I am sorry to hear about this behavior which clearly represents an imbalance that can be treated. I had a coworker whose father killed her mother and then himself. He had been a Christian preacher, but I surmise he stopped taking an SSRI and had the same reaction as myself. I later saw her (my coworker) on a Scientology documentary denouncing psychiatric drugs.

"Do you support new gun laws in the wake of this Texas shooting?

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Clearly the wrong people are being shot.

Good Evening all The human that steals due to necessity.

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Please try harder.

So, I did a thing yesterday. I married someone I met online. We've been dating for three years.

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Congratulations.

You wouldn't know how I feel

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

I thought men weren't supposed to get pregnant? Let's hope a scientist figures out a remedy.

Who are the real Nazis? [msn.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Then as now, the so-called (utterly fake) Christians won't say a peep about the ugly bigotry shouted from the pulpits, nor from the political podiums. Even with the survival of the country at stake, the media won't even whisper that this Christian fascism will shortly win, if only by corruption and murderous force.

We did not have social media

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

After decades of estrangement, my Dad and my aunt made up. In a letter to my Dad, my aunt chided him for pushing her off her bicycle when she was 12. Shame on him doing that, but shame on her for holding onto it for so long. But they're both gone now...

The Little ones Look at the little ones With tears in their eye Running from their school ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

This is the cost of Christian fascists making the rules. Ain't 'democracy' great?

Condiment come out...

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Hint: Mayonnaise delivers the mail.

White Christian Nationalism Is a ‘Threat to Democracy’

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

The U.S. has completely forgotten Nazi Germany (on purpose).

Right now, I cannot express how much I loathe string trimmers and how I resent my dependence on ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 5, 2022:

The tangling can be infuriating. Do some research and buy a different brand.

Bakery hygiene is important, but spelling wins out here!

racocn8 comments on Jun 4, 2022:

While I consider my spelling to be OK, I've seen much brighter people with much poorer spelling. Go figure...

Yes. 😆

racocn8 comments on Jun 4, 2022:

Ah, the anthropic principle at work...

So.... god isn't all powerful?

racocn8 comments on Jun 4, 2022:

God sure looks to be gay...

School officials dragged autistic child several hundred feet – then tried to delete evidence: ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 4, 2022:

Nashville? That figures. Yep, not a good look.