Yale Fires Dr. B. Lee, of "Just How Sick Is The Donald" Fame: [alternet.org]

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

This is like Godwin's Rule. The problem in both cases is that Trump is the exception to the rules. Trump's depravity should have prevented him from getting the presidency, and his fondness for despots like Hitler should subject for discussion. Censoring that criticism led us to a disastrous president, rampant cult delusion and half-a million horrifically dead.

An ethical conundrum.

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Like cattle mutilations? (I was always impressed that cell culture papers reported the use of Fetal Calf Serum to grow their cells).

Just out of curiosity ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Most of Humanity resists being educated. And religion is a major part of that.

Hello guys, I miss you all 😉😊 how are you these days?

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Morphine has a bitter taste. Is coffee any better?

The real reason

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

No, it's because they believe no man is good enough... and they hate them anyway.

Now that's funny

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Except that the Confederates have never really given up. (Kinda like the Palestinians)

Powerful Pentecostal Movement Aims to Conquer “Seven Mountains” of American Life | Val Wilde | ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

As long as the scientifically verifiable facts are taught in schools and in the media, people can realize on their own that Christianity is not just wrong, but hopelessly silly and viciously cruel. Young people get it and that's why Nones are growing rapidly. Suck it up, Pentecostal and other Christian psychopaths.

GOP Senator: No One Should Be Allowed to Vote on Sundays Because That Angers God | Hemant Mehta | ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Gee, if he talks to God, can he start writing a new bible?

All things considered, yeah!

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

God needs a manicure?!! Probably from biting his nails, neurotic fuck. (Not really. ) (It also needs a perm...)

Strange pattern found inside world’s largest atom smasher has physicists excited: ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Great, a slew more unanswered questions... That's good. Sort of...

About naturalism/nihilism. Naturalistic Nihilist ?

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Words like matter or purpose or meaning have application within our subjective experience only to the extent we use them. Deeper reflection, or broader universal context, casts them into the fire. We have a little choice on the directions we send our minds, but not much more.

Mid-week Atheist Pig!

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

The Question is: What is the biggest fraud perpetrated against Humanity?

He is crying

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

What, Is she already divorced with a fat settlement?

Distorted views of Florida. This is more true than you know!

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Except that police used the occasion to stage riots against non-whites.

Good to see journalist's doing their job [spj.org]

racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:

It would be good to allow RESPONSIBLE journalists to see the border condition, which would recognize that Biden has only been in office 2 months. Let's remember that this policy has been held over from the Trump Administration, which blocked reporting on a large number of fronts, as well as stonewalling a host of issues.

As a lifelong Democrat, I refuse to acquiesce to: racism, sexism, bigotry, lies, ignoring gun ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Rand Paul is a nut-case and a fake doctor. The others have commited sedition and insurrection and should be put in jail forever.

The fact that white shooters are most often captured shows that the police know how to do that, it ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Ramirez is a psychopathic right-wing hate-monger. Almost all of his cartoons are cheap-shots. Given that the Atlanta shooter is an almost stereotypic Trumper, this cartoon makes no sense coming from Ramirez - - Don't imagine for an moment that Ramirez is capable of empathy.

Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 23, 2021:

How is her claim (that no reasonable person would believe her) relevant to her action? She was working for Trump, so Trump believed her enough to employ her. Working for Trump conferred respectability to her content. If she was deliberately lying, that doesn't mitigate her behavior or the perceived claims.

I'll Bet That No One Here Is Surprised! [slate.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

I love this part: Republicans, led by Reps. Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes, parroted a Russian-planted narrative “to falsely blame Ukraine for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election.” Almost certainly there is a long list of Republicans who can be immediately removed from office, thus ending Joe Manchin's obstruction. This should happen as soon as possible so the Biden Adminstration can proceed.

Keeping it all in the family

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

You forgot Adam...

The only flavor left on the shelf... wonder why.

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Where's the ER ? (down to road next to the hospital)

McConnell Threatens "Scorched Earth" as GOP Attacks Voting Rights: A Closer Look - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

And how is scorched earth different from the last 10 years?

One last, more modern, "Yo' Mama"...

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Hard to snap your fingers wearing a glove like that.

Evidence Piles Up Against Trump As Grand Jury Takes Over - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Don't hold your breath. Trump is protected by the real Deep State. As well as Putin...

Is the evangelical view of sex at the root of our sex scandals?

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Yes; that and Disney princesses.

Do asexual people ever partner up with another asexual person?

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

It's called marriage.

Tell me you haven't noticed...

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

For most, it's not a choice.

This is from a PRANK TV show in Ireland [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Funny, but mean.

Pretty much, and too much money.

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Stupid is a major market share.

Vice Killing People Because of ‘Sex Addiction’ Isn’t a Thing [vice.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Sex addiction is an Evangelical meme.

His eyebrows looked like they were sending up smoke signals!

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

That's the dwarf contribution

The path of least resistance...

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

The word cunts being substituted for racist...

Christian's job interview in UK. [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

A person who is stuck with a 1500-year-old world view, knows people view that as idiocy, and then lies about forgiving people who made a rational choice. Pegged it.

Who knew all these tough-talking bullies were just wimps? Oh - right, we all did!

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Careful with that soap in the shower...

This, I would be SO HAPPY to see!

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Don't forget the FBI to make the arrest.

When you are completely ethically and morally bankrupt, these are the things you have to ponder.

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

The answer being: His dignity and his life.

Does ask the question...

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Get him some drawing paper.

All are tombstones now collecting grass.

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

And Trump's followers ignore all this and embrace his treason.

Not bad advice, honestly. Surprised it didn't mention a cast-iron pan

racocn8 comments on Mar 20, 2021:

In my Nucleic Acids course, the instructor described how fat dripping onto the coals would partially burn and vaporize, and condense back onto the cooler meat. Fat has lipids and cholesterol. The multi-ring cholesterol degrades into molecules that cellular machinery mistake for nucleic acids. The substitutions then give rise to genetic mutations. Of course you have DNA-repair enzymes that put everything back the way it should be, hopefully.

GOP firm tied to Trump running pro-Biden, anti-tax ads in NY

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

If we distribute psilocybin, that will raise the IQ level of the population to where they won't fall for such obvious lies.

Spring breaker fishing

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Fishing for worms...

Let us all laugh at religion! post something you find very funny about your previous belief system.

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Decades later I was sitting in a pew and took the occasion to actually read the prayer book. Prayer after prayer after prayer described the act of lighting incense. But I never, ever smelled incense in all the times I went as a child. And speaking of pew, I DO remember sitting in a Christian church for Jewish high holy days (which was too weird), looking at the absurd stained glass depictions. While admiring the beauty, the most putrid stench hit my nose like the seat of an outhouse. The ladies in front of me must've had a diet of preserved dead vegetables or worse. Yeah, pews... well named.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Why Space Trash Could Threaten The Future of Space Exploration...

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Trump's Space Force looked at clearing up the debris as one of its tasks. However, at 100 M$, the whole thing is regarded as a joke by the Pentagon.

Not bad advice, honestly. Surprised it didn't mention a cast-iron pan

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Heart attack or cancer, take your pick...

Tony Perkins Says Biden’s Agenda Is ‘Literally From the Pit of Hell’ [rightwingwatch.org]

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

It is sad that so many people are delusional and have nothing better to do than to listen to other morons.

Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching it | The Daily

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

If only we could allow people to have at the real thing, one punch apiece.

"Schaden-Friday" [dailykos.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Trump could have gotten vaccine for the club and staff, but he DOES NOT CARE.

Trump was a Russian asset, new Intelligence Community report shows.

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

We've known Trump worked for Putin; Hillary mentioned it in her debate, and we've had 5 years of evidence pile up. The real issue is that the Republican Party hasn't just ignored Trump's treason, but has scrambled to become traitors of their own. There's Moscow Mitch, Ron Johnson, the ones that went on the NRA junket, Nunes, etc. And knowing that the Mueller Report exposed the Trump campaign's 100-plus contacts, the whole GOP lined up behind Trump. As Putin knows, fear is an effective motivator. Putin has established a beach-head in Florida and Washington, and really, the rest of the country. The GOP has no shame about supporting Putin's policies and won't even acknowledge that Putin has a hold on Trump. The Evangelicals will gladly trade their loyalty to America for overturning Roe, not that they ever had any loyalty in the first place. We have a country of de-facto traitors in our midst. This threat to our country will go on until it is addressed with the seriousness it deserves. Trump and the co-conspirators must be indicted.

You say "Poe-tay-toh". I say "Poh-tot-toh".

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

It give the phrase new meaning: Having eyes on the back of its head...

I never thought of it this way

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Mashed potatoes may be bad for your arthritis because of the solanine present.

"The Southern Baptist church attended by the alleged Atlanta mass shooter has responded to the ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:

An eye for an eye or turn the other cheek? Are they reducing their profile or did they have something to hide?

I really love these celebrity family shots

racocn8 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Quoting the reference where it describes a Momoa fan's reaction: "“This is SO incredibly wack and disappointing, especially given you are a man of color married to a woman of color. Mel is not only anti-Semitic, he has espoused words and beliefs that are insanely racist, misogynistic and homophobic,” @citizen.peace added. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jason-momoa-backlash-over-photo-with-mel-gibson-053313171.html

Who's the new bartender?

racocn8 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Two Irishmen, Finn and Neal, are baseball fans, and they're talking about their favorite subject. Finn asks Neal: “Do you think there’s baseball in heaven?” Neal says: “I don’t know. Tell you what, whoever dies first will come back and tell the other one whether or not they play baseball in heaven.” Finn said “It’s a deal.” A few years later, Neal dies. About a week later, Finn has a vision of Neal. Neal tells Finn, “I have good news and bad news. The good news is that they do play baseball in heaven..... The bad news is you're pitching next week.

To go or not to go?

racocn8 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

When we practiced putting out oil fires, that's what it looked like.

My neighbors are all blaming Biden for the of gasoline going up.

racocn8 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Biden is absolutely responsible for working to end the pandemic and reinvigorate the economy. Getting the country working again will certainly raise demand and gasoline prices. The economic collapse caused by the Trump's incompetent response to Covid reduced oil prices, at a cost of half a million Americans.

Putin Admits Defeat MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Asserting that his “darkest fears have been ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

That is more satirical than you know...

Do you like henna?

racocn8 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Much, much better than permanently disfiguring yourself. If you need attention, get a therapist.

Want a date?

racocn8 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Maybe she got it from watching Wonder Woman?

& a classic (& the tee I'm wearing right now!)

racocn8 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

How is this night different from all other nights? Oh, it isn't...

Margaret Thatcher

racocn8 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Just more misandry...

Absolutely not

racocn8 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Now open wide...

Don Lemon knows the mind of God. [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Of course no one can say whether a god would or wouldn't judge people. Still, Lemon's criticism of those (ie Catholics) who do make such mean-spirited claims is spot on. But good luck getting those a-holes to listen.

How aAbout That? [earthsky.org]

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Impressive. It will be interesting to see what organic compounds are present, and if they are complexed with nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus. The real question is whether we'll ever find remnants of life, or life itself. We may need to be prepared to find a form of life that is not based on DNA/RNA. Almost certainly, the Earth has fully contaminated our own solar system.

Ron DeSantis looks a little like Alfred E Neuman

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

That would be a hugely undeserved comment, by a couple orders of magnitude. De Santis is lower than the Earth's core.

Ringfinger.

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Oooh, can it even break the skin? Careful, you might put out someone's eye...

Nothing's better than not giving a shit.

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Bzzzt, Nothing is better than giving a shit (to the toilet). Whew...!!!

Gee, How could That Happen? [rawstory.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Republicans steam-rolled the Kavanaugh nomination in the most grotesque way. His testimony confirmed that his psychotic partisanship should have disqualified him, never mind his history of abuse and contempt for women. Republicans have a habit of recommending people like Bork, Miers, Thomas, and now Kavanaugh and Barrett who are patently unfit to serve. If sane adults have any options to remove these saboteurs, they should be pursued. Much of this is comes from the Catholic wing of Christian Nationalism. The absurd imbalance of Catholics on SCOTUS must be remedied. Whether it can be received or not, the message must be sent.

Tea party was too high brow...

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Too often we lament that the political parties appear to be in a race to the bottom. Now, however, we have just one party competing against itself, not just racing to the bottom in mere propriety, but fully racing to the bottom against itself morally and intellectually.

My two worlds coexisting!

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

How the hell does Carl Sagan correlate with blasphemy?

More disgusting Repugs in our government.

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

I wish I could believe casting the party as being Neo-Nazi would offend a significant percent of Republicans. I'm afraid Trump and Co. have successfully radicalized the GOP that much. The reaction of the business community to Jan 6 may be more instructive. Seeing that the GOP is heading toward fascism may be key to cutting off some of the corporate money, and maybe even redirecting it. Also, to the extent that Trump sucks up GOP grassroots contributions to his own wallet, actually paying that money out to candidates may be a bad bet (His propensity for stiffing people is infamous). What other gambits are good ideas or are unwise?

How would the existence of a god confer meaning on our lives?

racocn8 comments on Mar 16, 2021:

What I am trying to get at here is that even if a god did exist, that would not confer meaning in and of itself. Also, one cannot describe a god where the loyalty that is apparently demanded has any conceivable purpose - It does not, cannot, benefit either party.

Diversity of thought? [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Oh yeah? Take a look at the show audience and see how diversified it is. What a crock...

Became the proud owner of my country retirement house.

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Where the heck is that? Also Ontario?

Write your answers below...

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Nowadays, we'd have to ask them.

To Kill a Mockingbird

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

7 Days in May, Forbidden Planet, Avatar, Paths of Glory, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, Things to Come, War of the Worlds, ...

(Read Andrew L.

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

What is censored is that Christian Nationalism is merely a tool used by the wealthy and powerful to manipulate the gullible. Fascist autocrats use these dolts to elect corrupted() representatives who then make them more rich and more powerful. (bribed with campaign contributions)

Omg

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Is that any worse that body piercing? Maybe he should just leave it in? It makes as much sense...

Who would think that if you degrade over 50 % of the population and dis the military and deny the ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Can non-Republicans agree to slow-walk vaccination outreach to Republicans? I'm not sure why anyone is wasting their time now that the rest of us ARE getting vaccinated? Let them get brain fog, heart disease, 10% kidney function, etc.; it's THEIR choice. They need to glimpse just how much contempt they deserve. We know they'd kill all of us off if they could figure out a way. But we don't need to blame a mythical devil for our feelings, Trump has been all too real.

This is not good.

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

I have the impression that the regime of vaccination is much greater than when I grew up. Do kids need all the vaccinations they get? Are vaccines excessively marketed to doctors?

I'm reminded of the poem Trees, by Joyce Kilmer...

racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Not good to be growing another plant in the debris inside a knot. It looks cool, so enjoy it while it lasts. Yeah, looks like the Ent is vomiting...

Do Atheists Hate Things? | Jackson-LA | The Atheist Experience 25.10 [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2021:

The level of misunderstanding and confusion is beyond tragic. It's like a big part of their reasoning has been lobotomized. Ugh!

Summer is just around the corner

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2021:

Hey, at least they're not tattoos...

Nooooo say it isn't so... I want my heavy metal and those infamous pot parties.

racocn8 comments on Mar 14, 2021:

Please note the absence of anything relating to fascism, Nazism and hatred of non-whites, such as burning crosses or lynching blacks. Those are all OK in American Christianity. Kind of hilarious that they include fornication and vegetarianism. Also, re-birthing fire-walking and levitation? Just nuts...

Take that idiots

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

I wish that kind of shaming worked, but if it works at all, it only works poorly. That's why those people are often regarded as having no shame. We need much more effective angles to change their behavior. Keep trying...

What a big courageous jackass she is.

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Psychotic karen. Greedy and devoid of empathy for others; completely self-absorbed.

Give me an answer.

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Right?! Next question...

China violates all UN conventions on genocide: [theguardian.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

China is a repressive, totalitarian regime. However, Muslim Uyghurs have behaved as Muslims often do. Neither the United States nor the United Kingdom have a record that provides standing to condemn China. And the UN is not exactly a bastion of morality either. The fundamental problem is that you can't shame people who have no shame. If we want to address this problem, we should start closer to home.

The tactics of the current Republican party are designed to destroy the nation should social ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 13, 2021:

I keep running into people who say we should be sympathetic and bring them along. The problem is that they don't want to come along... They don't want to cooperate. They only want to obstruct us. And they want the rest of us to believe the nonsense they don't even believe themselves. They don't have modern enlightened values and they don't want them. They want to go back to the good ole days of Hitler's Germany or the Inquisition.

Sir Arthur Bliss's theme for the highly prophetic 1936 British science-fiction film "Things to Come"...

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2021:

I consider the Things to Come scores to be among the most memorable in filmdom. I am so glad someone else has enough fondness for it to post it. Thanks.

The traitors portrait

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2021:

And yet the Jan 6 morons wanted to hang Mike Pence...

Study Finds Link Between Evangelicals and Google Searches for a Bigger Penis | Hemant Mehta | ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Or, all that sexual repression causes reduced development and a tiny pecker. Then, when they get their first time, the gal falls over laughing; It can't be good. That explains the guns, lies and the self-doubt.

This one only took me a few seconds... Please don't spoil it for others in the comments.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

9:15, half-way...

March 11, 2020 The World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic.

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

And in the midst of a world pandemic, with millions of lives at stake, Donald Trump defunded the World Health Organization. Why? We'll never know for certain but my best guess is that WHO would not support Trump's political lie that the virus was created and released by China, and that WHO representatives sought to protect virus researchers in China who were put there to research such outbreaks. China's government may well have sought to downplay the severity of the illness when it first became apparent, and Trump may have had frustration with their lack of cooperation. Yet Trump also downplayed the severity, and fully abdicated his responsibility to address the emergency, murdering a half-million Americans with his incompetence. China got its outbreak under control in short order with stringent emergency protocols. Trump chose to politicize all the preventative measures, especially mask-wearing, as a matter of political branding. That evil insanity continues to this day in Texas and other red states. Trump also decapitated the CDC and HHS with stooges and ruined their ability to respond to the pandemic.

SciManDan Evolution Denier Can't Science...(Not Even a Tiny Bit)!! [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

Hovind mentions asking if anyone had ever seen 60 % or 80 % of a wing. Has he never heard of balancers? Many insects (ie flies) have vestigial balancers instead of a second set of wings, like bees and butterflies have.

Johnny Damon’s DUI arrest body camera video released | WFLA

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

Why would such stupid people need to get drunk?

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

I wouldn't want to kill god, necessarily. I'd have a few questions (first). What would anyone ask? Why does the Bible make no sense? Why do your believers have their heads up their asses? Why are people so hopelessly stupid? Why is your story based on all the other cretinous myths common to the bronze age? ...Like that. Precisely because of those questions being out there, I'm not holding my breath for a second coming, nor a first coming. Christianity can only be believed by ignorant morons... Morons in the sense that they have more than enough sense to disbelieve it, but choose to go along and have their innate curiosity utterly destroyed in favor of bowing to the local bullies.

Doctor, can you please take a closer look?

racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:

Going for the wrong orifice.

So, how do you do open mike night?

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2021:

I don't expect those electrodes on his chest are going to pick up anything. Also, I believe autopsies are usually done on a steel gurney that can collect fluids and be easily cleaned. The subject appears to still be alive. Vivisection is certainly more interesting.

The Four Shitholes of the Apocalypse: [thenation.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2021:

Their success is our failure. We must do better if we hope to survive.

Coming Home to Roost?

racocn8 comments on Mar 10, 2021:

Or, was he blackmailed into running with suitable incentives thrown in? Much history indicates Putin selected and prepared Trump for his biggest role.