Jared Kushner's Family Company Faces More Than 170 Baltimore Violations

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Not surprising. The company has a long history of bad conduct.

So do we atheists, agnostics, own the privilege to examine others negatively, own the privilege to...

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Bravo!

Is religion the same as government?

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Only when we allow the mixing of politics and religion to create theocracy.

Michael RUSE: "Dawkins et al.

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I am an atheist. I am not interested in what Dawkins, Harris or anyone pontificating on the topic says. The simple fact is that I do not believe in any god or religion. I do not condemn people who believe in religion, I do not try to proselytize for atheism. I do not want atheism to be treated as dogma, but to be regarded as lacking dogma. Just as I do not want religious people trying to shove their ideology down my throat, I do not believe in strident activism pushing atheism.

Some not so bright atheists (even when they call themselves "brights" - a sad example of collective...

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

The reason for religion is just as you depict. But, the fact that people have needs which cause them to move in that direction does not mean that the choice of any religion is correct, enlightening, or mind-expanding.

Maybe the most common misconception about religion (common among many atheists, that is) is that ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I think that you give the intent of religion far too much credit that it does not deserve.

Hey, Democrats: Robert Mueller still isn't going to do your job for you

wordywalt comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Just as the Watergate hearings did Nixon in, we need the House of Representatives to keep hammering the public with the real facts and new evidence until more of them come back to sanity and start either putting real pressure on the Republicans, or throw them out of office.

The truth about evangelical racism

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

If you did not know it. the Southern Baptist Convention was formed in the 1850s as a break-away sect from the main Baptist church, specifically to justify and support slavery. Ever since, it has co-mingled religion, racism, and politics. It had no Black members in its leadership until the late 1960s (at the earliest). It still refuses to condemn racism among either its ministers or congregations.

The good old days.

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

The real cause is a combination of ignorance, "group think", irrationality, group dynamics, and bigotry backed by physical and emotional coercion.

Study finds guns automatically prime aggressive thoughts -- even when wielded by a 'good guy'

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Of course. I know that to be true. and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. When I was in the Army, firing an M-1, BAR, or machine gun gave a real rush and sense of macho power. That is one of the reasons I will never own a pistol. I might find myself in a situation in which I would be tempted to use it.

U.

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I think that Brexit is one of the dumbest ideas that the British ever had. the EEU has no reason to bully Britian. The problem is that Britian is trying to get a better deal than they have any right to expect.

Read an article on The Guardian and thought I would post this question.

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Yes. My 16 year-old self was fat, poor and without images of success or real dreams of my future. Today I weigh only 4 pounds more than I did after basic training in the Army, have a graduate degree, had a strong professional career with significant accomplishments, and am happily married.

Grapefruit, love it, hate it, red/pink/white, raw or baked... never had it?

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I peel the grapefruit and remove the skin from each segment, then eat it raw without salt or sugar.

Here's an argument you can use on your religious friends. God is perfect?

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I don't discuss religion with friends and acquaintances who are religious. Religion is irrational. One cannot reason with irrational. It is a frustrating waste of time, energy, and emotion. The only time I speak out about religion is when people try to shove their religion on me, when they try to mix religion and politics, and when they try to use their religion to justify immoral acts and beliefs.

What gives your life meaning? Why keep going? (just curious)

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

At age 82, what gives my life meaning is learning, thinking, pursuing causes of merit and value, my family, my relationship with friends, and simple things like vegetable gardening.

The myth of the ‘Trump economy’ is going down in flames [alternet.org]

wordywalt comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Everything that Trump touches dies.

Impeachment fizzles against Trump Trump wins again against weak democrats.

wordywalt comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Your analysis advances Trump's agenda. Give Pelosi more credit. She has more political wisdom than you or I do. Let the process play out, as it should.

It's horrible to wish anyone dead, and I've lived through presidents good and bad.

wordywalt comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Urinating on Trump's grave would contaminate my piss.

Not my problem, man. (Does this guy understand anything?) [theguardiansofdemocracy.com]

wordywalt comments on Jul 26, 2019:

What a destructive, amoral fool!

What does it mean when men say they are god-fearing men?

wordywalt comments on Jul 25, 2019:

It generally means that they are evangelicals. Evangelicals tend to be "true believers." I would advise you to stay away from them.

Generally, as perhaps too often said before, I'm a broad church skeptic, and have little interest in...

wordywalt comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Such reaoning as you depict gives me problems, too.

I know, I hate it too, BUT it does make sense. The case against impeachment. [thinkprogress.org]

wordywalt comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I would prefer to see Trump in jail, instead of being impeached.

Religions: Mutualists, commensals or parasites?

wordywalt comments on Jul 24, 2019:

All true believers in any religion see themselves as mutualists. But they are all victims to a parasitic dogmatic theology and controlling priestly cult. The more fixed the dogma, the more parasitic the religion and its leaders. When the dogma and the priestly cult do not allow the theology to evolve with changed physical and social circumstances, they threaten the viability of those its dominates. We saw that with Confucianism and are now seeing it with Islam,, fundamentalistic strains of Judeaaism, and with fundamentalistic Christian extremists among the evangelicals. All religions evolve with changed circumstances, or they eventually die.

My heart just aches...

wordywalt comments on Jul 23, 2019:

All too true.

Trump is leading a hate movement, and the world is watching - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Jul 23, 2019:

Let's hope that more and more people are catching on to the fact that Trump is a hate monger.

Trump Cancels Appearance At The NAACP Convention Because He Doesn’t Want To Be Asked Questions | ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Who knew? Everybody with any sense.

Last call finds us all

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I do not know. I am 82 years old and I can guarantee that I will not.

I have a question for the people that are 100% certain that no gods exist. How are you THAT certain?

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

As far as I am concerned, there is zero evidence that any god exists. Understanding probabilities, I would say that is 99.9 percent certainty. That is close enough 10.. percent for me to say that any discussion about the existence of any gods is simply moot or irrelevant.

I keep hoping that one of these call-outs will be a tipping point and open the floodgates! It ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Damned right that is is going to!

Secular Churches Rethink Their Sales Pitch - The Atlantic

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I am not surprised. When I left religion, I never felt the need for any kind of a church or congregation.

Our collective disdain for Orange Cakes is getting the press in trouble.

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Who is being fired?

Religion has been credited with creating trust in our prehistoric human societies, eventually ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

All that is required for a good moral code are two sets of beliefs. First is the belief that all human as and our environment should be treated with full dignity and respect, and we can judge morality by adherence to or the failure to adhere to that principle. Second, is the belief that we are always responsible for our choices and actions, as in all cases we could have chosen otherwise. Religion has nothing to do with it.

Did you believe in ghosts ?

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

No.

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says white supremacy could be 'issue that ends this country' -...

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

It is that dangerous.

How do you motivate yourself to exercise?

wordywalt comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Health has been my motivator. I began walking several miles a day in 1988 after my diabetes got worse, and continued that on a daily basis. After a heart attack and insertion of a pacemaker, I added weight lifting two to three times a week, adding additional weights and repitio9ns over time. At first, that was hard, but I forced myself to do it. After 13 years , it is habit.

Yikes! Trump is even determined to take over the dictionary!

wordywalt comments on Jul 21, 2019:

And, those are just for starters. Try sociopath, fraud, con=man, cheat, traitor.

Stephen Miller is 45's Joseph Goebbels.

wordywalt comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Geobbels was smarter, but Miller is his equal in his deviousness and degree of evil.

Anyone else noticing that a number of the investigations into 45 and his businesses are being ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 21, 2019:

I hlpe that honest career members of the DOJ are keeping damned good records so that Barr can also be indicted in 2021

Here in the bible belt we have beautiful churches but 60% live having little or no money, goods, or ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 21, 2019:

True of too much of the south.

It’s interesting to me that saying anything remotely positive about religion brings accusations of...

wordywalt comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Intelligence has many facets. It is not at all uncommon for a person to be brilliant in one or more facets, and far less than stellar in others.

His Job: Running Shelters for Young Migrants. His Pay: $3.6 Million.

wordywalt comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Trump and his cabal are spreading greed and corruption far and wide.

"................

wordywalt comments on Jul 20, 2019:

True.

'I'm A Holocaust Survivor—Trump's America Feels Like Germany Before Nazis Took Over'

wordywalt comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Under Trump, unfortunately, there is movement in the direction of irrational right wing extremism.

A world without religion?

wordywalt comments on Jul 20, 2019:

There will likely never be a world without some people committed to the total ideology of a religion or (in its place) total commitment to some political ideology. Simply put, there are simply some people who feel so weak, poweeless and lacking in knowledge that they will give up their freedom to think for themselves to have a false csense of certainty, power, and destination. Rrich Fromm describes it well in his ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM.

Big game hunter killed when shot elephant collapsed on top of him

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

I grew up hunting small game for food, but have never understood trophy hunting.

I had my issues with Obama, but the right-wing totally ripped him to shreds for the flimsiest of ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Trump has consistently shown that he is incapable of maintaining a train of thought for more than two sentences.

Tomato plants running amuck. But we're finally getting ripe tomatoes.

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

When you support them and train the leaves when the plant grows, they will grow to 9 or 10 feet tall or more. What variety of Tomatoes? I grow heirloom black tomatoes exclusively now, as I find them the most delicious of any I have ever grown.

AOC and her progressive colleagues are truly impressive.

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Dick Armee and his Tea Party moved the Republican party and the entire country considerably to the right. Let's hope that AOC and her colleagues can shift the country back to a bit left of center.

"Each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, 'regretted,' that ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

SO< SO ltrue!!! Every person in America who stands by and just lets it happen to us in America is complicit. Wake up, all true patriots and speak out, lash out in righteous indignation against the Trump cabal!!!

20 Quotes From Children’s Books Every Adult Should Know

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Really good stuff.

Germany has his number.

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Oh, yes. Sie wissen dass er verrueckt ist (They know that he is crazy).

Donald Trump's racist tweets: There's a sobering truth that we don't like to admit - CNN

wordywalt comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Racism is still alive and sick in too much of America.

Struggling to die in peace: A family fights to turn off a pacemaker - New York Daily News

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

I am 82 years old, and have a pacemaker. To date, I am still active and work out with heavy weights. However, if or when I reach the stage at which I have no quality of life and am a burden on others, I would approve deactivating my pacemaker.

Maybe this is why I am a failure-to-thrive here in my town. I can never say what I really think.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

An important statement.

Trump's USDA buried sweeping climate change response plan [politico.com]

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

It's the Trump Cabal. What did you expect?

U.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

How many Republican politicians disappeared thereafter? That would show how effective the exorcism was.

Are you superstitious?

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

No.

Most Obese states are known for.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Notice that 8 of the 10 most obese states are states that support Trump and that the majority of them are southern states. Bascially, they are states in which the population is not noted for good judgment.

Racism is a potent drug.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Regretfully, all too true.

A cartoon quote from July 26th, 1920.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

We are definitely there.

Ain't it the truth?

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

An accurate depiction.

Eee gads.. we all know who would be the centerfold.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Reminds me of the "MAIDENS"calendar of the late 1960s. It would be hilariously gross..

Right on schedule. Here's what's next.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Regretfully, true.

Column: An Ohio farmer sizes up President Trump’s failing trade policy - Opinion - The Columbus ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Some farmers are wising up. Let's hope that many more do, as well, before Trump's policies lead farmers into bankruptcy.

Ok, he's done it.

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

I hope that you will do your utmost to see that this vicious, vile excuse of a man will never serve in public office again.

Kris Kobach Demonstrates Why Republicans Have to Pretend That Trump Isn’t a Racist ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Kobach is a sleazeball, so far to the reactionary right that even his own home state of Kansas, a real right leaning Republican bastion, rejected him for the role of governor. When Kansas Republicans see through him, he is REALLY bad.

When Trumpette Racists shout "send her back" I say

wordywalt comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Damned right!!!

Hi everyone.

wordywalt comments on Jul 17, 2019:

I am not in love with atheism. It is simply a fact and I am neither proud of it, nor ashamed of it. What brought me to atheis was increasing and compounding doubt, and increased knowledge and reasoning power.

Does anyone here worry or care about the ripples their actions make, or are you more of a boulder ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Of course we should think in advance about what effects our actions will have. Bur, as is is not possible to know all of the effects, we should not let ourselves be immobilized by fear of the unknown.

I hope people pay attention!

wordywalt comments on Jul 16, 2019:

About what can be expected from today's morally bankrupt Republican party.

Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 16, 2019:

This is a truly evil administration.

All in the family! [theguardian.com]

wordywalt comments on Jul 15, 2019:

A recurring family history of draft-dodging.

Donald Trump & Jeffrey Epstein Rape Lawsuit and Affidavits | Intentional Infliction Of Emotional ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Indict Trump, and make sure that he goes to jail for many years when he is defeated in 2020.

First 2019 tomatoes! I had salmon cheeseburgers last night with garden lettuce and fresh picked ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 15, 2019:

It is great to have juicy, home grown tomatoes so bit that one slab can cover a sandwich. Mine are already gone in Florida, and I am looking forward to new spring.

Unbelievable!! Is he melting down?

wordywalt comments on Jul 15, 2019:

No, he is not melting down. He is just that evil and malicious at his very core.

Thousands of people have taken a Facebook pledge to storm Area 51 to 'see them aliens' - CNN

wordywalt comments on Jul 15, 2019:

It is astounding that so many people can be so stupid as to be led by athe nose to absurdity.

THIS is how we make America great again!

wordywalt comments on Jul 14, 2019:

It will happen after we defeat him in 2020. Add your wholehearted efforts to make it happen.

Feral blackberry canes growing in our strawberry beds.

wordywalt comments on Jul 14, 2019:

I grew up0 eating blackberry jam and blackberry cobblers made from berries from feral blackberry patches.

The three stooges

wordywalt comments on Jul 14, 2019:

I do not like your depiction. The original "three stooges" were simply stupid bumblers. These are truly evil and destructive men.

Trump means treachery

wordywalt comments on Jul 13, 2019:

No doubt whatsoever.

Flesh-eating bacteria kills a Memphis man who visited Florida waterways [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Jul 13, 2019:

The third recent case.

What kind of moron has his golf caddy handle his Twiiter account and make important political ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Try ever, instead of "a long time."

Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump? - Quora

wordywalt comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Every word true!. The damned excuse for a man is a moral monstrosity and the nadir of human intelligence, morality, and patriotism.

Fox News Hasn’t Asked Paid Contributor Ken Starr About His Pedophile Client Jeffrey Epstein ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

They also have not asked him about his actions adding the over-up of sexual abuse by Baylor University football players and getting fired from his post of president of that university as a consequence of his role in the matter.

Trump tells confidants he's eager to remove Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats [axios.com]

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Trump cannot tolerate honest , truly patriotic men.

What we all wish would happen if sexual predator, misogynistic, racist, bigoted Trump had the balls ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

She is ten times the "man" that the idiot Trump is.

It is so muggy right now here in the Pacific Northwest I just went out and did two hours straight ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Be glad that you are not in Florida.

What Is Patriotism? How Is It Different to Nationalism?

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

There is a huge difference between nationalism and patriotism. I consider myself a patriot, but I am NOT an aggressive nationalist, and definitely not a white nationalist. My view of patriotism says that "my country, right or wrong" is a destructive point of view. To me, if you are a patriot, you work to make clear your country's errors and failures so that they can be corrected. Thereby, we make our country better.

My ex keeps telling me I'm shallow because I will only date women who are small.

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Such opinions are why she is your ex. We have a right to preferences simply because we find them more appealing.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Contorted reasoning.

I came across the word "soul" in a book I'm reading and wondered if the word (aside from relating to...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

I am an atheist, and I do not believe that we have a soul.

Understanding Unbelief – Understanding Unbelief is a major new research programme aiming to ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

I find nothing surprising in these results.

The Unbelievable Hypocrisy of Trump’s New “Unalienable Rights” Panel | The New Yorker

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

It is impossible to overestimate just how evil and destructive Trump is.

Acosta has resigned. Drip, drip, drip. Happy Friday, heathens!!!

wordywalt comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Acosta's fate is well deserved.

I am not sure the authenticity of these documents.

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

Of course, you donnot believe that.

Will Iran be attacked the day Mueller testifies?

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

With Trump, we can expect a major diversionary incident of some kind.

What do you think are some of the root causes of apathy in our society?

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

Self-centeredness, ignorance.

For the past week I've been beside my best friend and his 2 sisters as their mother entered the end ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

Your consciousness lives on only in the things you have written and in the influences you have had on others while cause them to act or think in specific ways. Other than that, I fully and easily accept that my consciousness ends at death. Death is a peaceful oblivion or nothingness.

Peterson thinks we got our ethics from our Judeo-Christian heritage.

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

A typical justifier of religion. I have a very strong moral code based on the simple idea of treating all people and our environment with full dignity and respect, and I totally reject all religions and their dogmas. I am responsible for my decisions and actions and the ensuring consequences, since because, in each and every case, I could have chosen otherwise. No god or theology has a damned thing to do with it.

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer ...

wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:

You thinbk of others. That is very good of you.