Letters From An American 11/31/2021

racocn8 comments on Nov 1, 2021:

A group of the insurrectionists were heavily armed with 'long guns' (semi-automatic rifles). They intended to commit mass murder and overturn the lawful government. That the media have censored these facts does a huge disservice to the nation in conveying what happened. WHY???? Because the MSM is IN WITH THEM. MSNBC is documented as being major contributor to the insurrectionist-supporting congressmen.

Call me paranoid but I see the reincarnation of 1861-1865 .

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

If you're not in a state of panic, you simply do not understand the situation.

Now I know what they’re doing…

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Every time a religionist prays, they are pissing into the wind.

I like Halloween better!

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Jesus needs to eat your brains in order to continue his 'resurrection.'

A point I agree with.

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Police that refuse the vaccine do so, not for fear of their lives, but because they have a higher allegiance to political activism than to their job performance. That being the case, unions that support this political activism or like-minded individuals are unfit for this work and should be discharged. Odds are high that they are also racists and intent on expressing white grievance.

Cannaboid Hypermesis Syndrome has lead to at least two deaths.

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Cannaboid Hypermesis Syndrome (CHS) seems to occur in people consuming large amounts of THC. As I recall, the only way to address it is to fully stop use of THC. I suggest consuming a small amount of raw hemp which contains CBDA. CBDA is a powerful anti-emetic being 100-1000 times more effective than THC or CBD in quelling nausea.

Let me know how this plan works out.... Not in person of course just post it here.

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

A Cosby meme? Really?

Opinion | Allowing abortion before 15 weeks, and barring it after, would be in line with the ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

The opposition to abortion is pure culture war propaganda. Christians plainly do not give a shit about life before or after birth. They only care about corralling their sheep, and doing their best to control and abuse the rest of society. Anti-abortion is strictly the imposition of an artificial religious value on others as a means of demonstrating their dominance.

“If aliens visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 31, 2021:

And yet, so far so good (except for a few abductees and cow mutilations).

Lower working memory capacity linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines during the ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

"It remains to be established whether or not certain strategies to break the cognitive bottleneck, such as working memory training and translational brain stimulation..." so ECT might work? How about a hefty dose of psilocybin, and if that doesn't work, lobotomy.

She's a man eater but not in a good way.

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Do her jaws unhinge to allow the meal to pass?

How atheists have become racist.

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

I didn't see anything about atheists becoming racist. I DID see that about 1/3 of atheist parents reported that their children experienced discrimination at the hands of religionists, presumably in secular schools. And it is a certainty that having religionists teach science means it will be taught incompetently. The religionists suit claims a secular education is intrinsically discriminatory. As the prevailing belief system, that is surely more culture war propaganda that anything based on reality.

Country run by special interests, not voters

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Oh, didn't you hear the news (Citizen's United)? Corporate bribery is free speech.

Letters From An American 11/29/2021

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

I disagree that the BBB negotiations are normal. Manchin and Sinema have not been negotiating in good faith, but have pursued values that further their own personal interests over those of the constituents they represent. In short, they are corrupt. But shame goes to the Republicans who fostered the conditions that enable that corruption.

The following codicil has been appearing at the end of articles on Yahoo News! Especially on ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Given the Republican/Christian standard of incivility and cruelty, especially as it relates to these issues, the policy makes good sense.

Blind obedience is corrupting and dangerous.

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Being servile is what being in a cult is all about. Worshiping a documented traitor is what being treasonous is all about.

Sadly and very unfortunately……..

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

W Bush was also loved for behaving stupidly. And Reagan; they said he was being 'folksy.'

Now posing for his first encounter from behind

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Only four years for trying to overthrow the government? Ugh.

Lincoln Project Says It Planted White Supremacist Impersonators At Event For Virginia Republican ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

One thing Republicans excel at is dirty tricks.

Some of us have still got it.

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

I totally endorse Sting-eze.

No wonder they were so mad

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

They may well have had feathers to pull on...

Trae Crowder - Liberal Redneck - January 6th Was Not a False Flag [youtube.

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

If they were infiltrated by FBI operatives, prove it. Prove any of it. Otherwise, it's more hokey BS.

Remember that Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Um, no. The Republicans call liberals communists, but embrace a Russian stooge. That's treason. They admire the wholesale corruption of 45. Those same Republicans now embrace the voter suppression, gerrymandering, intimidation and a host of other immoral behaviors in the name of their fake morality; A morality which is as fake and hypocritical as can be. Those same Republicans also embrace and approve of insurrection, deflecting their sedition with BS whataboutism. It is the Republicans, and ONLY the Republicans that have fully given themselves over to the Russian cult. OK, correction, the Republicans and a handful of Democrats. The bottom line is that the Republicans embrace the destruction of the country, and pretend it's all to the good. The false equivalence horse-shit doesn't cut it, and only demonstrates the shamelessness of those that parrot it.

QAnon Influencer Who Said Dems Were Pedophiles Is Child Molester

racocn8 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Absolutely zero surprise. The one and only thing the Putin-Americans are good at is projection.

Nice Camel Toe.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

And no adam's apple? I guess the only suitable pronoun is "sir".

Trump pulling out of the nuclear agreement with Iran was basically brain-dead stupid.

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Trump has zeroed out whatever credibility the US had on the world stage, and there's no getting it back.

We're in a mess, and while I believe in using one's powers of thought, this does not mean I think ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

As long as we fail to achieve herd immunity due to the GQP, we'll probably need boosters. Perhaps they'll get the message as Covid kills or disables one or more in their circle. With the rest of the world as a breeding ground, an even worse hybrid remains a possibility. Other pandemic viruses may be brought to the fore due to worsened economics compelling the poor to kill exotic animals (bats, pangolins, monkeys, etc).

Witchcraft isn’t just for Halloween anymore Halloween's commercialized kitsch and other hocus ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Except that witchcraft doesn't work any better than other superstitions and religions. I was dating a self-professed witch. Once we were stopped at a light and she sought to use her power to change the red light. Even after three tries, it stayed red. That's just an anecdote, of course, but if any religion worked, it'd be obvious.

My guess is it is only proof he can't get laid...

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Stupid and sick.

Could a technological fix save the planet from climate change? [france24.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Um... No. Even if one had a way to reduce sunlight or capture CO2, you're still left with all the trash and pollution. And a species that refuses to admit to the problems it is creating for itself.

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racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

I like Barracuda and Magic Man...

The British call them biscuits

racocn8 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

The British are renown for buggering.

[tweaktown.com] So much for the Fermi Paradox, or total BS? Thoughts?

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore

China at COP26: Beijing's coal addiction is key to climate summit Many experts say China is doing ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Is that coal coming from Australia? One issue the media never mentions is that CO2 is only part of the problem. The other problem is that burning coal generates particulates. While the particulate is mostly sulfur, the color is jet black. When the particulates settle on ice, they greatly facilitate the melting of that ice (due to the absorption of light energy).

‘Resign In Disgrace’: GOP Senators Blast Garland Over Investigating Threats Against School ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Yikes! Garland is actually doing something constructive?

She's trying to dress for success.

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

He likely recognized her odor...

[tweaktown.com] So much for the Fermi Paradox, or total BS? Thoughts?

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Yes, the Fermi Paradox is total BS.

And greed at it’s worst.

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

And the result of a Republican Supreme Court and Republican Presidents that appointed them.

Are some antibiotics stronger then others?

racocn8 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Um, no, not false. Plainly some antibiotics ARE stronger than others depending on the specific type, species of bacteria, and the type of antibiotics. Also, some antibiotics can be strong, but somewhat toxic. Also, some bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. It's complicated.

I got one

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

Strictly speaking, athiests are non-believers. Only strong atheists actually make the claim that no god exists, because it is an unprovable claim, even if the lack of evidence strongly points in that direction.

Stand up Comedian Mort Sahl Dead at 94 [people.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

I loved Mort Sahl...

[livescience.com]. Who are these Tarim mummies

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

Then there are these: https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore/discussion/564602/most-people-will-say-they-will-believe-in-ufos-when-they-see-an-alien-body-below-are-a-couple-of

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racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

That is one fat cat...

Dr.

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

Um, no. Remember, he delegated the pandemic response to Pence... After "playing down" what he knew was a pandemic.

Letters From An American 10/26/2021

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

It is not an accident that numerous white nationalist militias were among the insurrectionists, nor that they wore Nazi slogans and regalia.

How high do you have to be in order to believe that there's a Christ to deny in the first place?

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

You don't have to be high at all. You DO have to be unconscionably stupid to believe the non-existing crucifixion of a non-existing god served as an animal sacrifice to a non-existing god and absolved people of their non-existing Original Sin inherited from non-existing Adam and Eve's Fall.

China is an evil empire run by Xi Jinping.

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

Hopefully those factories will be destroyed if China invades.

What a let down

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

I recently shared samples for the new CBD derivitives, Delta-8 THC and Delta-10 THC. I told my friend to only take half. Being an arrogant asshole, he ate the whole thing. In short order, he was hallucinating and babbling incoherently. I felt bad, but also pissed that he didn't listen. Maybe I shouldn't have expected him to. So yeah, always go slow on edibles. Always.

12 House Republicans Vote Against Bill Awarding Congressional Medals to Police for Protecting the ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

That's their real pro-police values in action.

Secret Call Shows Liberty U.

racocn8 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

If they have a tax exempt status, it should be stripped, AND they should request taxes for as long as the Think Tank was operating.

Blagovesta Bonbonova

racocn8 comments on Oct 26, 2021:

Sooo much better without tattoos.

A 1965 anthology horror film from Japan: Kwaidan, consists of several separate tales of the ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

I have always been fond of this one. Spoiler alert on the second link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phYGJZo_oaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DzqiWwOO8

Job market trend: Hiring managers are enraged at job seekers “ghosting” them.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

More than 20 years ago, I got ghosted by a department manager after interviewing at Parsons. Parsons was supposed to be a reputable engineering firm, so when I heard nothing, I was shocked. I'd never been treated so rudely. Corporations have steadily chipped away at the various aspects of the social contract, so I'm not surprised to read this.

Seems legit to me.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

My 1st house was haunted, and claimed another before I sold it. Lots of stuff moved by itself, most especially the toilet seat often slammed shut at odd times. Lots of door slamming. One night I had a nightmare. In it, I met my close friend named Zach who had passed on more than a decade before. As I recognized him, I became frightened, knowing that he was dead. When I felt his hand, it was cold and clammy. Next he introduced me to two of his grandparents, telling me that they had died in the Holocaust (I later found out this was true). Their forms were small and indistinct. Then, with a start, I woke up. I felt very ill at ease, and then my eyes caught sight of a strange light. The light reflected against a closet mirror, and I realized the source was coming from underneath the bed. Kneeling on the carpet, I bent down to look closer. Under the bed was an old flashlight, and somehow, it had suddenly turned on. How, I don't know...

I heard that the pelicans were returning to winter over in the Dallas area, so I went out and ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Well, yeah, I saw that once too...

I couldn't have said it better

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

That's just one (good one). You don't have to look far to find others...

Would you want your movies (at the theatre) to have subtitles ? Why/not ?

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Some filmmakers insist on actors either talking softly to the point of being inaudible, have background noise, or talk too fast. They probably can't be shamed, so subtitles work.

Sudan’s military detains prime minister and dissolves government in coup in Khartoum - The ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Effing paywalls...

Good a reason as any

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. But then, it worked for Trump...

Excellent advice

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Better to become expert at giving yourself pleasure...

Just curious what people are feeling about dating apps.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Yes, they are not worth it, but what else is there? Yes they are a waste of time, until they aren't. I was tortured for years by different dating services. I am so glad to have finally found someone. Loneliness is ugly, but so many bring it on themselves.

The imbecility of those who maliciously spread COVID never ceases to amaze me: [abc.net.au]

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Are Australian anti-vaxxers hypnotized by Fox as in the US?

Makes sense to me!

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Except that it is damn difficult to read after smoking, and you can't remember what you read...

Evangelicals scrambling to oust belief in Trump as congregations are torn apart - Raw Story - ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Would this be the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby? Will there *ever* be a point where Republicans are so degraded with lies and hatred that they admit they were wrong? It appears they'd rather bring the whole country down before growing up.

Nature did call, indeed. 😅

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

And yet I had a dog who consistently held nature back for 10 hours while I went to work. She made up for it, though by trying to attack other dogs.

So.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

I have a Trump supporter friend who registered his dog and thus voted twice. In the news I've seen, most of the voter fraud that has been discovered was committed by Trump supporters. This same friend has his own biotech company and is a biological scientist. And yet, with all sorts of excuses and rationalizations, has not gotten vaccinated. He provides a most extreme example of political loyalty thwarting intelligence, not to mention common sense.

The Damage Report - MAD Trump Plotted To Stage World War 3 [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Having no compunction against destroying all the US international relationships , why should Mexico be any different?

Graveyard for anti-vaxxers.

racocn8 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

How about: Fox told me not to and I worship Fox.

How does it happen?

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Are you sure they were an atheist? Christians often claim to have been atheists, or drug users, or sex addicts. Most will adopt some lie to tell the others and then embellish it over time. It's part of the degradation process... Francis Collins claims to have been an atheist, but doesn't know the definition of it, using the bogus pejorative Christian definition instead (that atheists are God-deniers rather than not believing).

Is anyone else familiar with the story that Louis Armstrong (Pops) had Richard Nixon haul his ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

I like the story where Nixon took Jackie Gleason onto an airbase in the middle of the night to show him some alien bodies...

America's infrastructure is crumbling, its people are struggling financially while the billionaires ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Post-WWII was the peak, and many knew it. The National Security Act of 1947 that created the CIA and Deep State sowed the seeds of demise. Thank you, Mr. Truman. Eisenhower warned what was happening. The un-atoned sins of the Civil War dogged the US, and LBJ's forward thinking got mired in Viet Nam. Corporations couldn't wait to renege on every social contract remaining. And fueled by Russian rubles, the Koch family set about fulfilling Khrushchev's promise of burying the US. Oh well. "May you live in interesting times..." It is sad recalling the hype we told ourselves, but we always knew we weren't ready for prime time. That was obvious.

I want to be a nice person... but everyone is so fucking stupid.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Be glad for what you are. Just as there are so many stupid ones, those that are smarter are humbling.

Dirt! I think I have purchaed more dirt this year than ever before.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

When I was growing, yeah, the soil costs mounted pretty fast. Keeping the caterpillars away took a lot of BT spraying. Then the spiders started spreading Botrytis. I couldn't keep up...

Is there is a group for 'Real Life Examples"?

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

(That would be my daughter!!)

Two people are dead after a tree fell on a car in Fall City

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

That's gonna leave a mark...

The big lie

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

The trick is that they'll have to keep lying the rest of their lives to keep their story straight. Sucks to be them. It always sucked to be them.

That's scary

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Taking out the trash...

Amazing they thought of that

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Very forward thinking...

My confused Plum tree.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

When I moved into my first house, it had a stick in the ground. That stick grew quickly and in a few years, the plums grew so profusely, the branches looked like clusters of grapes with a few sad leaves sticking out between them. Plums rot into a messy glob, and I like a nice lawn, so it was all I could do to pick the plums off before they fell. I had to box them up and figure out who I could give them to. So I'd deliver box-fulls to all the control rooms at the facility. And they tasted just fabulous; tart and sweet; nirvana in your mouth. And then there were those that ripened faster than my picking. The globs got shoveled up along with the dog poo, and put into the same bucket. That became a problem as the two melted together into a stinky mass, sometimes increased by rain. I had a hard time figuring out what to do with that. Heaven never seems to have hell very far away...

There was a time when "free-thinker" was a common synonym for "atheist".

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

I dropped my AHA membership because of this asinine episode. I support Trans human rights. However, I do not support Tran's rights over women's rights. Trans supporters even have a pejorative term for women who object to trans over-reach, TERF. That's tribalism for you. Trans billionaire (obscenely wealthy) Jennifer Pritzker or someone similar is suspected of coercing key people with bribes to enact their frustrations. So it becomes an ultra-left litmus test. And a ridiculous distraction from real issues.

Can you spot the difference?

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

A pear that looks like an ass? !!! I've yet to see a tattoo that improved the view. Mostly they shout I have no idea what to do with my time, and I'm vain and insecure.

As some in the Western world reject traditional religion, they're redirecting their faith — not ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Religion has become an obstacle to moral, personal, creative and intellectual development. Those that have anything going at all should be able to see that. And, as a few people begin to leverage their freedom, they leave the rest far behind.

Good take on an old joke.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Nothing to see really. Just disappointing and frustrating.

Are you part of any environment group?

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

The only thing that will work at this point is something worse than Ebola.

I'm thinking they only tested a random sample.

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Nah. Either luck or looking the other way.

What he said

racocn8 comments on Oct 24, 2021:

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But it is still a kingdom of the blind.

The Young Turks - Democrats Fold on Israel, Pass $1B in Defense Aid [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Utter bullshit.

Wisdom teeth are a “scar of human evolution”.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

I had all four extracted at the same time. Before I went under, I asked and the dentist said it would take a bit less than an hour. When I woke up, I saw that almost three hours had passed. The dentist seemed peeved that he had a harder job to get it done... Pass the opioids...

October 23 Celebrated by chemists annually from 6.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Not too fond of moles (Manchin, Sinema) right now.

It needs more love.....

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Worship??? And you can't prove it exists to those who won't listen.

So True...

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Dems control SCOTUS? Dems control Congress (when the GQP have infiltrated at least 2 boll weevils )?

J.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Will they ever reach a point where their rhetoric offends their jaded sensibilities???

Letters From An American 10/22/2021

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

That House Leader Kevin McCarthy took Russian money via Lev Parnas gives yet another clear example of how the GOP has been bought by Putin. And the Republicans call liberals communists?!! The whole Republican Party has become fifth columnists for the Russians.

Gee, what does this say about the judicial system?

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

What a laugh!! This creep aligns with racists and then complains that his sentencing is racist!!! Hilarious!!! I don't think he'll be segregating with the white nationalists... Perhaps he'll have an accident in jail...

Trump lawyer John Eastman speaks about attempt to overturn election - The Washington Post

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Effing paywalls...

Louis DeJoy Had More Than A Dozen Potential Conflicts Of Interest Upon Taking Charge Of USPS, ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Still waiting, Joe... (do your effing job)

As a public figure, Donald Trump is a malevolent, two-trick pony.

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Both Steve Bannon and Paul Manafort provided Russia with Trump campaign demographic data. The Russians used this data to tilt the 2016 election in Trump's favor. Mueller's report detailed 100 meetings between Trump campaign staff and the Russians. Russian money flowed to Trump and other Republicans via the NRA. And yet the Republicans have virulently opposed Communism and everything Russia before now. How do Trump supporters look in the mirror? As they support a treasonous ex-president, they are traitors themselves.

Utah school district ignored widespread racial harassment, DOJ says - Axios

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

I absolutely cannot fathom the depth of white insecurity as shown by the barrage of racist incidents reported in the news. "Assholes" doesn't begin to cover it.

New Rule: Time for a National Divorce? [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Once again Maher dismays with his stupifying simple-mindedness. No one wants peace more than liberals. The problem is that if liberals try to 'get along' or just stand still, the conservatives lurch further into the abyss. Maher campaigns against climate change as an existential threat to the species. Does he imagine the Conservatives will ever cooperate on that one? But it's the same across the board, whether it's pushing to overturn voting outcomes, embracing gross corruption and injustice, or blinking when SCOTUS violates stare decisis. Maher has been sued by Trump. Does he think Trump will leave him alone when he can use Fox to send goons to his residence (as with Swalwell).

The Ring of Fire - Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes On Insane Rant Calling Democrats The Party Of ...

racocn8 comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Coming from a treasonous moron, who pays attention?