Sad that this can even happen!

racocn8 comments on Oct 15, 2021:

What's more is that cannabinoids have been identified as being able to stop cancer. Even crude preparations work to stop many forms of cancer. Some forms of cancer don't die, but it is possible that even these can be stopped with the right cannabinoid combinations. However, the Drug War ended all research on cannabinoids in 1937, and no clinical trials have been done since. It is very likely that 10's or 100's of millions of people could have been spared a painful, demeaning death. Instead, the US used cannabis to criminalize non-whites, strip them of voting privileges, incarcerate them or kill them outright.

I hate Trump and his idiot followers.

racocn8 comments on Oct 15, 2021:

Moron? And rapist, child molester, traitor, seditionist. fraudster, fascist, bigot, and micturition fetishist. And a lot more.

I hear that people are quiting their jobs, can anyone explain this in common language?

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

That we don't have an answer suggests that the real reason may be disturbing. MSM says it's because people took stock while they were in isolation. That seems doubtful. Maybe the wingnuts are quitting because the actually realize they're at risk working as they have. Delta is the only thing that really changed, but I'm sure I'm giving them too much credit.

This was in mixed TED talks, she makes a lot of sense. [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Too often, listening to an economist is like listening to nails dragged across a chalkboard. In school, I was negatively impressed by the performance of Republican administrations which reliably ran up the debt, often by cutting taxes on the ultra wealthy. The one republican, Bush Sr., to raise taxes lost the election (no new taxes). And, the professors consistently dissed Maynard Keynes without evidence. I suspect the conservatives targeted business schools, and economics in particular with their propaganda. The heart of Keynsianism it that when you have a downturn, the country uses deficit spending to prime the pump. However, Ms. Kelton's thesis that deficits have no downside for a country is not based on history. She gives lip-service to inflation, but that is a big risk, not to be minimized. Another risk are the debt-holders. China, a decidedly unfriendly government, can use that debt as blackmail or for other manipulation, selling off that debt on the cheap and thus devaluing the dollar. As we've seen with the debt-ceiling crisis, defaulting on the debt would devalue the dollar and throw the economy into chaos. These risks are heightened by the level of debt. Thus, Ms. Kelton's lecture is bullshit propaganda, most likely composed in a right-wing think tank. Economics is so poorly understood (and undermined) that this particular crap will go almost unnoticed. Just like Milton Friedman's drivel.

He got something right!

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

The stupidity of Humanity should be humbling.

Aw so sad and terrible, NOT.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

When is an unfortunate outcome not really unfortunate because it could have been predicted?

Religion is like a restraining bolt for humans.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

That would be a short circuit... (being told to lie does that...)

Follow your bliss

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Is that the Mid-Atlantic Rift Zone with sea floor spreading? A thermal vent with tube worms?

Think of a.....

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

And the answer if you're gay?

Letters From An America 10/13/2021

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Biden is an expert on corruption, and yet he has made almost no attempt to address the wholesale corruption in the US. Garland is a pathetic joke, if not outright evil.

Ex-Giuliani associate Parnas used Russian funds to 'grease the wheels,' prosecutor says | Reuters

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Yeah, Druvius said the Russians have zero influence in the US, and that concerns are from a fevered imagination. Never mind their support for the NRA and junkets for Congressmen to Russia, ignore how they changes just enough votes to elect Trump, and have kept McConnell in office, screwing up our courts. Forget the malware blackmail. Don't bring up SolarWinds. And Giuliani's love affair with Firtash et al to wave Russian propaganda on Fox, and repeat those phony claims of election fraud. Mainly, after 4 years of Trump, the US is on its knees, praying without a prayer that the country doesn't turn fascist (or more fascist). Russians? What's a Russian?

I'll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Ah, yes, Christianity, the religion of love.

A dangerous trap is living as though a god exists: I don't think there can be a more detrimental ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Except that we hear daily of how a religious person does something horrific or ugly and they either say they did it for a religious reason, or you know that it was inspired by their religious cohorts. Being subjective beings, we CAN not know if it is 'God' or an hallucination. Thus, no one can serve as a reliable intermediary. Or, perhaps someone can only be a reliable intermediary to the extent we can be certain they aren't hallucinating.

How do you like yours

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Crispy.

I would be most concerned about their sanitizing procedure

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Is that an option that doesn't qualify as cheating? (Just in case the missus won't put out...(sarcasm))

Not all heroes wear capes.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Let's see the evidence...

Too funny to pass on.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Imagine that you wake up one day seeing the truth of things. It's so clear... But then you realize that everyone you know and love are complete morons, utterly mired in stupidity, and resolute in their rejection of truth...

Steven Pinker on rational thinking.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

That would be irrational thinking...

On Tuesday I had to make that very hard decision to put my little dog Mickey to sleep.

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

That's the worst thing about having a dog. Remember the good times.

Trump tells Republicans not to vote in 2022 and 2024 if his election loss isn't "solved."

racocn8 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Should we convey the message that the 2020 election isn't solved? Or stick with no election fraud?

Dangerous unicorns

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Where's the narwhale?

That could work lmao

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

That would certainly be an improvement. Now can we get that psychopath Jackson off the 20?

No mushroom cloud?....

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

I recall a business trip through Texas where we traveled through one cloud of noxious chemicals after another. Pretty horrific. It's hard to imagine people living in such a toxic superfund site. Ugh.

Lets see if we could get group rates at the home

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Looks like exophthalmia...

Add the cats plastered to my sides and it’s me.

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Yeah, that's what a dog is for.

The reason you should shower together besides saving water

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

It's all good protein.

MORE BULLSHIT FROM THE CONSERVATIVE CROWD

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

This from the idiots that still deny the Mueller Report, which went easy by not delving into any of Trump's finances. They no longer have standing to participate.

What are the benefits to this behavior?

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Yeah, I was forcibly retired at 48 during a merger reduction. I was keenly aware to look at the demographics of prospective companies. One seemed like a good match, but after 9 months relocated their headquarters to Ohio, cutting the location staff from 37 to 9. I survived, but had few qualms about changing jobs 2 years later.

This just gets weirder and weirder, an entire political party being sucked into Trump's delusions of...

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Putin is not about to let this slip away from him. He's almost there and he can taste it. He's surely got teams of historians, hackers and sociologists working on how to expand his beachhead, and how to kneecap the competition. The MSM are more interested in ratings and are afraid to cover the ongoing coup, except for the small salacious bits they can put out without ruffling feathers. None of those MSM CEO's and boards consider what will happen when Putin's influence is strong enough to shut them down.

I think these complement each other.

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

What quality of life is it for people (like Christians) that live believing a storyline that has been proven false. They are compelled to defend their lie with more lies, and die in delusion. If that were all, it might be OK, but their delusion also exhorts them to hate everyone who doesn't believe in exactly the same way, and the lie screws up their life with sociopathic inhibitions and injunctions. It IS poison.

The Troubling Truth About the Christian Organization “Teen Challenge” | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

Sick degenerates. We must find some way to criminalize corruption.

I just became a believer.

racocn8 comments on Oct 12, 2021:

pareidolia

Of all the incredibly utopian and delusional memes I come across in a daily basis… this one has ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Does anyone really know?

Let's all celebrate, we are still on the top side of the grass

racocn8 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Yes, yes,.... but how???

Institutionalised racism exists.

racocn8 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

That would be the rationalization of a self-hating Black. Conservatism has historically fostered racism and discrimination. Thus, a Black who embraces the label of Conservative also embraces racism against himself, his family, etc. Most often, this is done for money. Ugh!!

The first black female 007: "It changes everything" – Lashana Lynch | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Will she bed down with whatever men will further her investigation?

[youtube.com] The result of drug and alcohol abuse? Are Trump Supporters Brains Different?

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

The set of Trump supporters mostly overlaps the set of Evangelistic Christians. Those who stick with Christianity are likely to be 'affected' (traumatized) by their loyalty. In order to reconcile their nonsensical beliefs with the real world, a portion of their personality incorporates deep dishonesty. A host of other pathological models develop over authority, sexuality, and socialization. Whether all that expresses itself at the level of brain structure - - who knows? The other big problem is that these people don't see themselves as having problems, and have strong incentives (their circle, their values) to keep themselves sociopathic. Microdosing has shown itself to be a promising adjunct remedy.

The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens. - Bahá'u'lláh

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Honorable citizens do not despoil their country.

Insurrectionists should be in jail!

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

All of those insurrectionists should get at least 10 years in prison as a minimum. For context, suppose you had a crowd of people that attacked Fort Knox and actually broke in, carrying off a small amount of the gold stored there. What sort of penalty do you suppose they'd face? ( It should come as no surprise that we value our government much less than our gold.)

Wow! That’s genius!

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Looks legal to me.

I wonder what’s being advertised here? 🤔 😆

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Who's petting who?

Believers and non-believers alike seem to gravitate toward literalizing mythology these days.

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Edited to make true: "Science is exactly like that. The combined natural forces that created us, and whose laws we must learn and obey if we are to have satisfactory lives..." Redefining truth to fit religion negates that truth.

Of course they do.

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Please...

The center piece of many a playground when I was growing up.

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Are you kidding? My favorite. My parents bought a contraption with two rotating seats and levers in front of the two passengers to push and pull that made the seats spin around. We'd spin it as hard as we could but the centrifugal force made it hard to stay on and pump the lever too. I've never seen anything like it since.

Sunday morning fire

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

(strangely prominent collar-bone)

Who agrees?

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Same for his supporters.

84 percent of Trump voters are worried about discrimination against whites: poll | TheHill

racocn8 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Like that's a thing? To be sure, they are unfit for many purposes.

You know you are!

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

By all means, please to commit to removing all science from your life.

Creating own designer label

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

You forgot the blush, honey...

Even the Brits get it!

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

We're afraid of offending the Evangelicals. (sarcasm) Seriously, the failure to address even one of the myriad crimes committed demonstrates that the US has already fallen. Clearly the whole of the DOJ, FBI, CIA, NSA, and all the rest endorse the shit-show we've become by their acquiescence. It's an infantile script they've written for us to follow and it sucks. You might want to make whatever final preparations deemed appropriate; we are living on borrowed time. But how is Boris working out for you? You do know that Brexit was another Russian success?

Christian “Prophets”: There Will Be a New President… But “It’s the New Trump!” | Hemant ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

We need to be able to intervene to help people who are nuts.

This is me!

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

How can agnosticism be a conclusion, and how can atheism be an opinion? Both uses are non-sequiturs.

The Bible says so! Might stop some harassment and rape?

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Can we not exhort the Christians to follow this passage?

19 states file a challenge to Postal Service changes : NPR

racocn8 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Why the hell is DeJoy still there?

Pretty sure some people here are going to one day look back and say....

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

It's not a bad strategy to be as hard on yourself as others are.

My mom couldn’t get a credit card when she got a divorce and she was the main breadwinner!

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Except that Christian women accept male dominance (abuse) and will not go against him, even when in the privacy of a poll booth. And in 2016, lots of Bernie sisters listened to the GRU bots and stayed home.

Say what????

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Suiciding himself as an animal sacrifice to himself. Clear?

Eric is really that stupid…

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

It's a miracle!!!

Decisions decisions...

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

And Jesus will teach you to be a sexually twisted, deluded, sociopathic, hate-filled bigot.

Healing advice.

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

As one of many who has an estranged relative, I agree.

MeidasTouch Ad Censored by Fox "News" Featured on 11th Hour with Brian Williams - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Too much cognitive dissonance for Fox... Gotta keep that bubble polished...

I think you would find the Death Eater mark on this evil lady who claims she is doing God's work.

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Ugh!!!

E.

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Covid, you're up...

Colorado woman who won't get vaccinated denied transplant When religion strips away the last of ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

This is the shame and horror of religion - - She has been brainwashed and thus betrayed by cohorts, to death.

Freeman Dyson - Can Science Deal with God? - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

My understanding is that the majority of scientists are agnostics or atheists, and tolerate religion as a matter of social grace. They do not regard religion as having ANY answers. I don't support the notion that evil comes from the development of diversity.

Alright Aussie friends, how the can a court allow a lawsuit to continue because radio personality ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

If that's what it takes to 'overstep the mark' , I hope the Aussies will continue to test that mark. I have no knowledge of Australian radio, but I wonder if they don't have preachers on the radio that say much worse about atheists, evolutionary scientists, uppity women, etc.

Remind me what republicans are good for…?

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Injustice is inevitable where corruption proceeds unopposed by law or regulation.

LOL.

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Yes, but coal sales are up...

Cops EXPOSED On Bodycam: We're Hunting People Now - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Institutional racism? What Institutional racism?

Interesting times

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

A simple "wash me" will suffice, thank you very much...

I often see posts containing questions about various aspects of Jesus's Christ's acts and teachings ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Suppose there were a god that created the universe and had anything like good intentions for humanity. The behavior of Christians and the history of Christianity easily and quickly dismiss the notion that said god had anything to do with them. Christians are decidedly ungodly. Worse, the BS they believe causes an assortment of mental psychoses, many of which compel them to act in ways that are at odds with their own beliefs!! The authors of the Bible plagiarized the content from other religions, and the supposedly moral content is often immoral and absurd.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION FROM THE NEW "SYSTEMIC" MASS THOUGHT CONTROL There is no doubt that ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

When I run across a post that contains contents that consistently sounds racist, I am not inclined to believe that mindset can be influenced. All cultures contain behavior patterns that are self-destructive or impeding. Frankly, Blacks may be more aware of their weaknesses than Whites are. It's nice that CRT is getting so much publicity as an election trope. People do educate themselves as to what it is, and isn't.

"2021 Covid Death Toll Surpasses 2020.

racocn8 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

We had 2000 deaths/day about 2 weeks ago, but it has dropped to around 1,700 per day. However, looking at last year, the dip may be temporary with another steady rise into Dec-Jan. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-deaths-united-states-each-day-2020-n1177936

Would you mind reading to the end as I do not mean this to be racist, just a rant on the philosophy ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Abortion is a very successful rallying issue to get the Christians to the polls, and money in the coffers. Same with guns, racism, trans and gay marriage, and anti-science BS.

Will Russia’s hypersonic missile test relaunch Cold War-style arms race? [france24.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

No. That would require Russia to have money, and right now, it's a corrupt kleptocracy. The US spends vastly more on... what? Frankly, the real threat from Russia is the huge beachhead it has established within the GQP and a few dems.

Bernie Sanders Accuses Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema of 'Sabotage'

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

And not even that well paid saboteurs.

The National School Boards Association wants carte blanche in deciding school curriculum, free of ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

“Parents are not domestic terrorists, period." so stated the leader of the organization seeking to stop the use of masks. Except that anti-mask campaigning precisely overlaps those that endorse the sedition committed by Trump, who politicized not wearing masks. Parents that teach their children to needlessly endanger their classmates with a deadly disease ARE domestic terrorists and should be regarded as such.

Yeah. The bible totally wasn't written by a man.

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

What an utterly psychotic proscription. That is the wisdom of an all-powerful, all-loving God.

A very sad commentary

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

When will women accept responsibility for overpopulation? Not fair? Okay, when will humanity accept that responsibility?

Bill Maher Didn't Do The Reading - The Damage Report [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Yup, Maher could not possibly have delivered that particular monologue having done any research. It's pure lazy ignorance and putting it out is just stupid. For shame, but Maher is developing Republican shamelessness.

Unseen danger ahead

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Just plan on having a second pair and a plastic bag until they can be hosed off.

love is natures way to trick u into pro creating

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

How does nature do it for all the other species?

The unfortunate truth

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

And their desire for lying, bullying, gas-lighting, bigotry against women, and their lying, narcissism, and did I mention lying, yeah, lying.

Survey: Nearly 40% of Black Atheists Hide Their Beliefs from Their Families | Hemant Mehta | ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

I strongly recommend against disclosing one's atheism at work. Your family can't fire you. Christians will go out of their way to sabotage your work or find some other way to express their 'love'.

It’s October, So the GOP is Already Saying the Left Wants to “Cancel Christmas” | Hemant Mehta...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

The Rapture can't come soon enough. Cancel Christmas?? Yes please. And cancel all the christians at the same time.

Is it me or does it strike anyone else as insane that the very people who vandalized Auschwitz spray...

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

It becomes blazingly apparent that a significant portion of the population is severely mentally ill.

Treasury: Arizona can't use COVID aid for anti-mask education grants - Axios

racocn8 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Where do people like Ducey come from?

MyPillow magnate Mike Lindell's latest election conspiracy theory is his most bizarre yet ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 5, 2021:

Perhaps Dominion's suit will put that a-hole away.

“Appalling and Unacceptable”: Leak Shows Facebook Knew Its Algorithms Spread Hate & Harmed ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 5, 2021:

When Facebook found it could monetize hate, capitalism took over...

Ah, nothing better than a trek in the wilderness

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

You can do a lot with a properly trained horse. As: "Out in the West where Men are Men and sheep are a little nervous. "

Republicans need a new mascot.... I suggest Stoner Bear....

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

In no way would I want to associate cannabis with Republicans. In any case, cannabis is not popular with the evangelicals, except for those that try it (Cannabis is really too good for them). Christians prefer to denounce cannabis-users in the same breath with LBGT, Women, non-whites, scientists, liberals, etc.

PLOTTING A NEW PLAN OF ASSAULT Steve Bannon isn't confining himself to trying to destroy the ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

With the utterly blind but entirely willful help of GQP Congressmen and Republican constituents...

WWJL?.....

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

A couple of examples of God-fearing Christians would be the Nazis and the Conquistadors. So stealing what ever isn't tied down is in keeping with Christian behavior.

And if you need more evidence of the coming Coup d'Estat here's Bannons and the Rethuglifascists ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

Hilarious. Bannon complains about the FBI and DOJ when he owes them his success and survival!! We saw the GQP's Profiles in Cowardice on Jan 6. Monkeys smearing their shit on the walls? Really?? They better dig out their white hoods or they'll lose their jobs, if they have any. The Haitians will Replace them.

Maybe after all this Georgia chaos unfolds……’Find the votes’.

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

Just as the Deep State put Trump in office, so too they will keep him out of jail. That is how much the Deep State hates democracy and democrats. Using Trump against us is all about disrespecting America; it is an expression of self-hatred by would-be fascists in the FBI, CIA, DOJ, etc.

The trouble with republicans

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

In opposing abortion, Christians never truly sought to protect fetuses. They also oppose all forms of birth control and all forms of support for young mothers after they have a child. Christians are not pro-life; they are anti-Woman. Along with being anti-non-white, anti-LGBT, anti-non-Christian, anti-science, and anti-progress. Their brand of love has always been bullying hatred.

Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

Fox and Facebook crossed the line on promoting insurrection a long time ago. Their Russian connections need to be publicized to explain why they should be broken up.

These are pretty darned CUTE! Some of you may want to check into a pair... 😏

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

Does the pussy have claws?

THE OTHER MAN WHO WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT ANDREW YANG LEAVING DEMOCRATIC PARTY Andrew Yang is ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

Based on his statements, he was never a democrat in the first place. Another greedy, grasping corrupt corporation mole politician, yes.

smells [agnostic.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

A necklace with crosses? That by itself is some kind of red flag.