Today Michael Caine celebrates his 89th birthday.

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Does anyone remember The Ipcress File?

I may be a sapio-sexual, but I really love ideas

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2022:

50 years ago, I got a letter published with a suggestion for the Creationists: They should lobotomize their children. That way they would grow up to be just like their parents.

Mitt Romney Accuses Tulsi Gabbard Of ‘Treasonous Lies’ That ‘May Cost Lives’ Over Russia’s...

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2022:

At long last. Now, can he call out Mitch and the rest of his own caucus?

According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness, America’s 704 billionaires have gotten ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Money buys votes. Votes buy protection

The United States must act as quickly as possible to form the broadest possible community of nations...

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2022:

This would have been so much more appropriate after the gassing of Syrian neighborhoods. Either way, it's just posturing. Putin lives for intimidation. The more fear and outrage, the better. He is psychotic, really a psychopath. (Just like Trump) We'll be extremely lucky to see regime change without him starting WWIII just for giggles.

Sloppy Joe Sunday

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2022:

I so appreciate someone who takes pride in their living...

The enemy within.

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2022:

That would be the depravity of the Republican Party, who have always been partial to fascism.

I'd be happier living in a society not dominated by religion, but I also believe that freedom of ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2022:

The religionists are not indifferent toward atheists, and given any encouragement, would kill us as much as look at us. We indulge in pacifism at the risk of our lives.

Poor Kirk Cameron... he got... Left Behind... again

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2022:

There are a lot of wretched bigots and assholes on that list. Is that what it's about?

LOL. It's funny how some of you take what I write to be serious. Jesus fucking Christ.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

A link might help.

BBC: The Nazis NATO has been arming and training.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

Why don't you tell us your motivation in parroting Putin's propaganda?

Hello.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

Ass-troll, rancor-troll, colon-troll

Democracy is under attack many places in the world.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

And these are the same morons who complain their freedom is being impaired by masks. They're OK with imposing theocracy on everyone else.

Finally, gender equality light switch!!!

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

How do you wash your hands after turning off the light?

The Dress wearing, perfume stinking head hypocrite of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

Betcha he's molested dozens of alter boys.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. Christopher Hitchens

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

Religion does all it can to eradicate human decency.

Christopher Titus [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

I love the line: I'm ashamed to be in the same country as you (convoy). Hell, I'm ashamed to be the same species as you.

The far right complains after the search engine DuckDuckGo vows to limit Russian propaganda.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

If Russia disappeared tomorrow, so would Fox news and the far right.

Internal investigation of domestic violent extremism reveals four sympathizers inside DHS

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

It's a start. When are they going to fire the assholes that participated in the Lafayette Park police riot?

Amazing, never seen anything like this.

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2022:

In college, I took a crewing class and got up at an ungodly hour (aren't they all) to row around Newport Harbor. They mostly had me act as coxswain, barking orders to the rowers and steering the shell.

A plane carrying Donald Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans after alleged engine failure ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Don't get my hopes up like that...

Follow me for additional advice on getting ahead.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Just jump already.

So.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

What we need is a law that makes passing unconstitutional laws a 10 year felony.

Too many ways donate to Ukraine! I want to know where we can donate to Russia's military ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Ah, the logic of a Palestinian.

Joe Biden Is Popular Everywhere Except For Russia And United States.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Well, you're right about the latter two. Neither Russia nor the US are fit to own nukes.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones Warn of 90% Population Reduction by 2030 Rep.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Wishful thinking. If only. Too bad Omicron faded so quickly.

Another good reason NOT to buy from Amazon.... [dailykos.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

We could advise Republicans to go to Ukraine to fight, but between fascist-Putin and fascist-Nazis, which side do they fight on? Decisions, decisions...

Let's get real people Ukraine is nothing more than a good excuse for inflation!! The USA Doesn't ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Republican companies were raising prices before Putin started in, claiming supply chain bullshit. It's all about regime change, here.

Weird. I pictured a raven as his spirit animal.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

It may have looked like a cat, but it was a familiar.

Karen goes to the doctor not feeling well.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

That couldn't happen often enough...

Mark Hamill Mocks Right-Wing Commentator With A Scathing Guessing Game | HuffPost Entertainment

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Shapiro is just another self-hating Jew neo-Nazi.

Letters From An American 03/10/2022

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

With 70 million people voting to re-elect a barely disguised neo-Nazi, yeah, Democracy works so well. With wealth inequality so skewed that only lobbyists can get service from Washington, Democracy works so well. With 7 Catholics on the Supreme Court, Democracy works so well. With 47 states passing election subversion laws, Democracy works so well. Democracy is bullshit without measures to stop corruption.

Anti-abortion Idaho lawmakers accused a Satanist of supporting "human sacrifice"

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Ya mean like the crucifixion?

Yes they do !!

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Looks more like he's out in the open. The woods are 40 yards over...

No chocolate bunnies

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Give him his 30 pieces of silver...

'It's a show stopper': One-in-a-million picturesque yellow cardinal spotted in Florida

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

You're outside. You can take your mask off...

Right-wing pastor attributes climate science to Satan and blames environmentalists for Ukraine ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

"abandoning fossil fuels would further empower Russian President Vladimir Putin." Last time I checked, virtually all the people supporting Putin in the US were evangelicals like this moron.

Russian Fake News? From NBC and Germany? [nbcnews.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Is Ukraine a Nazi state? Does it espouse Nazi ideology? Are Nazis a significant minority? No, no, and no. But taking Putin's side means you approve of war crimes and using WMD? That seems much more likely.

At the end of September, 1938, Britain, France and Italy allowed Nazi Germany to annexe the ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

How much worse can WWIII be?

It happened in Nazi Germany, and other Police states as well. Now it’s finding its way here sadly.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

How to eliminate the Nazis before they eliminate us...?

Art in the city. Canberra capital of Australia.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Get a kiddie pool, a hula hoop that fits, water and detergent...

My fear of roses is a thorny issue.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2022:

Cutting humor...

@ASTRALMAX white rabbit post reminded me of a true story.

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit Costa Rica. The lack of street trash stunned me. Plainly the people care about their environment. A few places did have trash piles, but they were rare.

Ever wonder why we have Trump supporters in the world?

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Bizarre! I was wondering what would happen if only a majority of the original group exhibited the behavior. As I recall, many features affect this conditioning (number of people, frequency of conformity, etc.) google: Operant conditioning (also known as instrumental conditioning) is a process by which humans and animals learn to behave in such a way as to obtain rewards and avoid punishments. It is also the name for the paradigm in experimental psychology by which such learning and action selection processes are studied. http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Operant_conditioning#:~:text=Operant%20conditioning%20(also%20known%20as,action%20selection%20processes%20are%20studied.

In Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s government keeps a tight grip on information, has banned ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

I hope the Ukrainians destroy as much Russian equipment as possible.

The White Rabbit

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Maybe cut back on the microdosing?

They have to be held accountable for this too.

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Two mass murderers? Justice can't be done if they can only die once. They make a strong argument for torture.

Drugs conquer all...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Helping people instead of brutalizing them? Who'd'a thunk...

I posted this in natural history, but thought you may like it too.

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

I once had an embryology class and the instructor had tried to arrange to get fertilized frog eggs, but failed. By the most amazing coincidence, a female toad laid strings of eggs in my Mother's reflecting pond. I scooped up a few and brought them in. The class got to watch them develop, at least for a while. Hiking around Mono Pass, certain alpine ponds had vast clouds of black tadpoles swimming en masse almost like the murmuring of Starlings...

Where R all the trump supporters now???

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Really. All the neo-Nazis in this country should be called out as cowards for not supporting their brethren.

The War in Ukraine is destroying lives minute by minute.

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

I'm not ready for my millisecond of white light...

A bit raunchy for some I guess, but hygiene is imortant for everyone!

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Lotsa fish in that ocean...

UPDATE ON WAR STATISTICS The Russian war with Ukraine is becoming bogged down and slowing to a ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

After two weeks of war, Ukraine has suffered something under 2000 civilian casualties. Consider that compared to 2000 dying per day for months. The US has 800,000 dead from Trump's Covid, the 'just a cold' he wanted to minimize.

I'm offended when a believer lies and says that they "know" what they believe is "true" or "real" ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

I find the claim that one is offended to be offensive.

If I'm going to hell, it would be for this

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

That really is a modest proposal.

North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn charged for driving with revoked license in third recent...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Can we take away his wheelchair. The snake deserves to squirm on the ground.

Quote of the day: “ If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

He figured that one out all by his lonesome?

Number of hate groups declined in 2021, but Proud Boys chapters surging, says SPLC | PBS NewsHour

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2022:

Thank you, CIA, for supporting Azov which sent money back to the US to spur neo-nazi groups.

The real story with Ukraine . . . [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

Well, not exactly. Oliver Stone is infamous for producing propaganda-style films, meaning they are extremely pointed and far from balanced. This is certainly the case here. However, I am surprised that Stone would take Putin's stance without any counter-characterization of Putin's dictatorship. Certainly Putin's war gives lie to anything like having Ukraine's interests at heart. I would certainly invite a comparison between the Ukraine shown in the film and what we've seen in the last two weeks. Stone's portrayal of Western corrupt practices deserve consideration, and while Putin is certainly despicable, our own power structures and personalities are certainly unworthy of their power (Trump just for starters...) and do represent an existential threat to the species by their incompetence. I would also complain that Stone almost completely omitted the religious overlay of the various conflicts, which surely has a major bearing. The exaggerated portrayal of the Ukrainians as Nazis certainly does reflect Putin's perspective, but both represent totalitarian fascism, so it's not an effective argument. Laying siege to capitol buildings as a device to change governments has a familiar ring to it. Thus, after all that's happened in Ukraine, the proposition that Jan 6 could even get close shows that either someone isn't paying attention or the fix is in...

Haven't heard if the contrail conspiracy folks have been feeling better lately or not with the fewer...

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

(CHEMtrails)

Georgia Senate passes bill seeking to regulate social media [apnews.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

So we can take over the pulpit when the minister has finished?

Arizona Lawmaker Setting Fundraising Records by Calling for Political Violence Arizona state ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

Republicans were always Nazis. Trump merely opened the closet door.

Someone must have had Uncle Dad's bun in the oven.

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

Passover?

President Trump’s staggering record of uncharged criminal misconduct "Donald Trump has been ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

"President Trump was protected by the DOJ’s policy of not indicting a sitting president, but that policy of course does not apply to a former president." Failing to address Trump's criminality isn't another nail in the U.S. coffin. It's a railroad spike.

Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

Godwin's Law only makes sense when making the analogy is hyperbole. It doesn't when the analogy is valid.

It already started.. too late.

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

What a humble woman, or practical and knows her limitations, or she's a child molester.

Wow,, id hate to be a single male on here. everyones gay lmao/ or a tree?

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

When you die....."If you believe in God, and there is no God, you've lost nothing. You've lost the one opportunity to live life honorably, truthfully, and not in a state of utter delusion.

They had it right at the beginning.

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

I happened to watch Cromwell recently. The movie depicts the events surrounding Cromwell who led pro-Parliament forces against the King, eventually resulting in trying the king for treason and beheading him (Ooops, spoiler alert). Within the movie is a scene where the Puritans are protesting, and among the messages scrawled on the signs was "In God We Trust". I'm betting that was historically accurate.

Fonts matter.

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

Nature is so stimulating...

I have finally decided to block frayed bear.

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

Blocked him a long time ago. A complete waste of time.

If all else fails, this might be an option.

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

The market increased the prices on my favorite yogurt by 30-40%. A-holes.

Attack of the sex toy!! 😂😂 [deadstate.org]

racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2022:

I saw part of the video. It warms my heart to hear a hate-monger get it back. Kudos to those who have made this demented huckster miserable. It's a shame people like that can't be forcibly deprogrammed.

While Russia is engaged in a murderous invasion of the Ukraine, we helplessly watch from the ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

We need to give democracy a rest. It doesn't work. At least not on a national scale. 70 million people voted for Trump's re-election, after everything he did. Those people are unfit to be citizens. Realistically, people are too obsessed with tradition to make the changes that are needed. The US Constitution contains numerous elegant solutions for the colonists' circumstances. The Constitution was written to be a game played by participants, only partially addressing their interests with groups intended to be honorable and deliberative!!! The founders developed the Electoral system to prevent the tyranny of the majority, but it has become a tyranny of the minority, and even a means to be exploited for election subversion. Worst of all, the Constitution made no provision to address the corruption in the ranks. Indeed, it endorsed that corruption by only giving the vote to landed males. We have made progress since that time, sort of. The closest thing to gaining insight into a solution would be to develop an AI research program. The program would develop game theory solutions to the division of power, and address the undermining of corruption. Perhaps the findings could suggest intermediate steps to take to transition to the new system. Here and now, we need to drastically reinvigorate our Justice system (and the IRS). We need to institute a universal personality assessment and structures that prevent the demented from gaining access to power or safety-related roles. A strongly progressive tax structure on both wealth as well as income is needed to dethrone our kleptocrats. Candidates for public office need to be evaluated on the basis of competence rather than propaganda. Metadata should be used to identify the corrupt, and corrupt organizations should be nationalized, with boardmembers imprisoned. Discharge the disqualified SCOTUS members and unfit Congresspersons. Overturn Citizens United. Many solutions present themselves, but our corruption holds us back.

Horrific image of family targeted by Russia in Ukraine

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

May Ukraine become a common cause for most of the world and overturn Putin's ambitions.

I understand that there are some companies doing this.

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Most of the effort in working for a living comes from interacting with other people who, too often, are problematic or worse. Working from home has relieved people of this, but, at the same time, reduced their emotional toughness, assertiveness, and other features that come from face-to-face contact.

A little knowledge: " When would you estimate the "dumbing down” of America began?

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Christianity has long fostered anti-intellectual attitudes along with their disparaging of scientists and evolution. Fox and social media have helped this dumbing down.

I want to upload a video to my profile from my iPhone.

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

The morons will still blame Biden.

Bad investments.....

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Can I use Non-Fungible Token to shit in a pay toilet?

Demoralised and ‘CRYING’ Russian troops ‘surrendering without fight’ as furious Putin’s ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Putin has a huge following the way Trump does. They put that motherfucker in office just like we did ours.

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 3/7/2022 Sen.

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Sen. Ernst should not have the luxury of that level of ignorance. Indeed, her misinformation is despicable, and yes, deplorable. That letter epitomizes the corruption of public officials.

There Is No Way Back {Part 1)

racocn8 comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Is it a bluff or a gamble? The threat is real enough. The gamble would be whether Ukraine had a chance to stop it. The issue is whether the other nations would ever be willing to oppose a tyrant with nuclear weapons? Must the West always give in to nuclear blackmail? The problem is that the West is now facing a tyrant, a psychopath, a malignant narcissist, that can launch nukes. At some point, he has to give up power, but it is entirely foreseeable that Putin would have no qualms about taking the rest of Humanity with him. So, when does that power get transferred, and who does it go to??? The bottom line is that this is as dangerous as it gets. We're back to "On the Beach".

An unsolicited message I received on Match.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

That is why you need the gag, cuffs, chains and restraints. And whips. But seriously, a lobotomy is the only way.

I've been sporadic lately in posting and will continue to be so.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Do you have candidate countries? Will you discuss your criteria?

The Ukraine-Russia war, Snake Island, and the Island's place in Greek Mythology.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Is there no way to get the Ukrainians a decent submarine? At least some mines? An exocet?

Sometime you just feel like a....

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

And sadly, not fucking. Just nuts.

Unfortunately accurate

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Think about that in the context of National Security. Are the Republicans in the military trustworthy to engage the Russians and pull the trigger when needed?

Letters From An American 03/05/2022

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Putin-Americans (Republicans) betray their citizenship. We should hold them accountable forever.

Roger Stone: Trump's Presidency 'Greatest Single Mistake' in US History

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

It's seven decades since Hitler, and no one has come up with a solution for preventing malignant narcissists from gaining power. We pay the price with Ukraine, North Korea, Iraq and so many others. That the US both elected Trump and still supports him is the definition of insanity.

Texas Congressman Chip Roy Says Fauci’s War Crimes Much Worse than Putin’s While admitting ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2022:

We may well chuckle at the absurdity of these assholes. However, we must remember that they support a treasonous asset of that very same Putin, and, even being informed of his treason, his rapes, his extortion, and finally his sedition, they continue to support him. They support a would-be dictator who tried to overthrow the Government of the United States for his own personal gain. These people, people like Chip Roy are NOT Americans. They don't believe in it! And probably never have. They worship money and power and that's it. No loyalty to the Country nor to its principles. In my book that makes them the scum of the earth.

Creationism

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

After 150 years, you'd think some flaw in evolution might have been found if there was one. And yet, the Evangelicals still push that shit.

Getting tired of the MAGA whiners

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

I believe both instances represent a childish and mean-spirited desire to impose foreign values on others. If the truckers could drive tanks, they would, and imposing tyranny is very much on their minds (as white supremacists).

The video footage I’ve been seeing on the news of the shelling victims in Ukrainian have been ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

Concerns about privacy or retaliation? I'm not sure more empathy would help given our powerlessness. I would like to see more coverage of how so many Republicans and Evangelicals have and still support the Russians, and why. We can't put too fine a point on those treasonous attitudes.

In case you needed to put a smile on your face and a chuckle in your belly

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

Yeah, that's an insult to horse asses everywhere.

Many of the models in my collection of nudes live in Ukraine.

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

It is too bizarre how Putin thought the Ukrainians with Russian background would welcome him. How could he forget how Stalin killed 4 million Ukrainians through starvation?

[youtu.be] A problem we all live with...

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

WTF?? Can we put this screwball in a padded cell. (and anyone that voted for him too).

Is nutella just frosting for toast?

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

What the heck do you need the bread for. Nutella and peanut butter straight. Bread just adds calories.

Maybe it’s not a fair comment but it’s not a fair world...

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

Any and all Russian assets should be up for grabs or destruction. Arms have been delivered or are on their way. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/03/03/ukraine-receives-fresh-supplies-of-bayraktar-drones-and-anti-tank-weapons/?sh=7ebc16e1359a https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/nato-weapons-ukraine-russia.html https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-war-russia-germany-still-blocking-arms-supplies/

Born on March 5, 1936 in North Hollywood, CA: film & TV actor Dean Stockwell, who began his acting ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

Dr. Yueh in Dune and so many others...

Letters From An American 03/04/2022

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

I wish those pardons could be deemed illegitimate. Stone needs to die in jail.

Such a fresh young face pt2.

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2022:

Curious specimen...