If you took away our weapons, we would be prey. While we, at an early part of our lives, were able to hunt and gather with sticks and spears...our ability to survive now without technology is nearly non-existent. The only saving grace we have is our capacity to think but sadly common sense has gone the way of the dodo for much of human kind.
In my mind, an Apex predator is one that is top of the food chain only using what it was born with.
I honestly think they both hate each other NEARLY the same but Righties tend to be worse. They embrace extremism faster and have...just....I mean....it's God awful the hypocrisy they spew every damn day. And the constant posting of misinformation, half-truths, and down right lies is astounding.
Lefties are bad but Righties (more specifically Trumpers) have gone above and beyond the call of lunacy.
I suppose it depends on the circumstances. When you are normally reserved but in a group of good people who are happy and having fun, it's a good thing. When you are normally clear thinking but in a group of assholes who are targeting innocent people...that's a bad thing.
Yup! Sure a person has the right to refuse the vaccine, but companies have the right to fire those idiots who refuse to take it when they don't have a medical reason not to....and "I don't wanna" is not a medical reason. Their google based education will never and should never trump the majority of qualified medical professional and scientists.
Of course Trump can't be blamed for closing the keystone pipeline, that was Biden and I'm not sure he made the wrong call either. Fuel prices fluctuate all the time, that's never anything new. Anytime we have a low, we always get a high, that's not Biden's fault either.
Trump and 'souring relations between our European allies' have been hand in hand for some time, up to and including him being mocked in just about every ally territory. He was an idiot, he still is an idiot, and the people who still look up to him are idiots.
That being said, Biden got elected because he wasn't Trump. That shouldn't be a surprise. Trump was THAT disliked and THAT untrustworthy that an older fella with lapses in memory beat him fair and square in one of the largest voter turn out elections.
I can't say why the majority voted the way they did. Some genuinely like Biden, other's genuinely hated Trump and his handling of things during his term. I believe I would reverse what you've said and say that currently, Biden is being blamed for a series of debacles and messes made during Trumps reign of lunacy. Is Biden perfect? God no. He isn't Trump though. I sincerely hope Republicans put forth a GOOD candidate next run just as I sincerely hope that both parties stop catering to this 'trash TV genre' style of leadership.
Any Republican who is willing to listen to reason and make decisions based on rational thought and evidence as well as what is good for the country and not their own personal benefit.
There are only a few Republican run states that don't have skyrocketing cases of Covid, where the Governor of those states is actively trying to protect the health and livelihood of his/her citizens. Those Republican run states tend to have leaders who seem to be more in touch with reality.
The mainstream media publishers and broadcasters such as Fox news, Glen Beck, Newsmax....and yes I'll say it again, Fox news... are all in bed with the Republicans.
This blatant and unashamed right-wing media bias is viewed by the rest of the free world with extreme disapproval and a certain element of dread.
Try to find the middle ground news sources. Sure some will have a little leaning to either side but the level of extreme alarmist news will blessedly be smaller.
My first, gut reaction, is yes. People who can get the vaccine but don't, are idiots and deserve some form of comeuppance especially since they put other people's lives as risk.
BUT, when I ponder that more.... should the insurance company refuse treatment if someone smokes? Drinks? Lives a life that involves risk? If you're paying into insurance, should they have the final word on how you choose to live your life?
Really? EVERY large city in America is controlled by the Left? Huh, I bet Jacksonville, FL would be surprised to hear that.
To be fair, and perhaps I wasn't to all Righties earlier. Not all of the Right is the problem. It's the backwards thinking, racial resenting, homophobic, neo-Nazi, white nationalist, funeral picketing, bigoted, sexist, and fanatical religious zealots...who are the problem. And most of those come directly from the Right.
After OVER a year, do you still not realize what masks are supposed to help against? I'll give you a hint, it's in the second article.
"Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection.
"The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through material. It might, however, provide some slight benefit in keep out gross droplets if someone coughs or sneezes on you."
This is something that most of the world outside America has known for a good long while now. The masks, are to protect other's FROM you, not just you from others. With Covid, you can be a carrier for about two days before you start showing any symptoms. At that time you can infect others who may not be able to have the vaccine for health reasons, that will cause the infection to spread, again.
The mask provides SOME protection for you, (and as most people with at least one functioning brain cell know...some is better than none) but mostly it's to protect others around you. You know, Gods children. But if you hem and haw over doing something so minor to protect His children that'll be between you and Him.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/
Also, again, after a year of this you should know by now, ONE of the main problems regarding Covid was how INNONDATED the hospitals where. Sometimes it wasn't about stopping it, but slowing it down so people could be helped. Stopping it would be great but since it was so prolific and easy to spread (and at the time, still being studied....that's what science is), hospitals where packed and people had to be shuffled to medical facilities further away, causing THOSE facilities to reach overflow capacity. There weren't enough rooms, beds, even workers to help the needy.
But again, you being Christian and all and not wanting to protect His children....that'll be between you and Him. So yeah, good luck.
Ahhhh everything you just said explains why you went to such an alarmist method.
I didn't realize God wanted walls and borders, wanted women excluded from any form of power equal to or greater than men, and didn't want His children to treat each other with respect. You use Gods word to condemn, deny, and subjugate those you personally don't consider His children. No wonder people are turning to Atheism.
Carry on.
CLEARLY, you did not read what I wrote.
No, it literally isn't. Without context, they are just two pictures.
What time was each picture taken? What was the weather? What month was each picture taken? What was the weather before and after each picture was taken?
I can take a picture of the river behind my house at two completely different times in a decade and claim it's never flooded or changed.....and it would be an absolute lie.
Don't rely on meme's to get your information, "you should do the same research for yourself. You won't, but you should."
Amazing how a group of LGBT students criticizing a woman who proclaims to be champion for equity and a defender of minorities, and isn't actually a champion for all minorities,...suddenly becomes OMG LEFTISTS ATTACK DEMOCRATIC MUSLIM FOR BEING ANTI-LGBT.
While your "proof" would certainly be concerning if true, unfortunately it falls under the bull-crap category for alarmist news.
They aren't demanding her head, just requesting a formal apology.
Phew, where to unpack this.
I saw that meme of Sydney Harbour, which is most likely the one you are referring to where the water is the same level. First.
TLDR: Tides rise and fall, that's not a surprise. Two pictures, taken at different times with NO additional information is not evidence, so taking a picture at different times may indeed show the same water level. Example: if I take a picture of a full cup of water, drink half the water, then refill it to the same level, I can't use that as evidence that I didn't drink from the cup. All you get is two pictures of a cup full of water and nothing else.
Meanwhile, there are hundreds of before and after pictures, which include information and scientific study, that show climate change in action. There are reputable sites (at least more reputable then FOX or a dumbass congressman with a snowball, or any other meme you can find) that have published studies and statements on climate change from 18 scientific associations who concur that it's real:
https://climate.nasa.gov/
Look, right or wrong, the people who are deniers won't believe it no matter how many experts come forth, they'll always cling to the one or two people who profess to be experts that'll tell them they don't have to change and say anything they want to hear. Whether it be out of fear or ignorance. My thought is, we know we are having an impact on this planet, anyone who doesn't think that is seriously, incredibly, unquestioningly, stupid. How much of one, is the debate. That doesn't mean we should stop trying to find better, cleaner alternatives for energy and better ways to live where we don't have such a negative impact on the only planet we live on.
Pro-left or pro-right, it's pretty fucking stupid to politicize a real humanitarian crisis, such as climate change and an epidemic.
Absolutely they should be challenged. Anyone who is a part of the 'manipulative elite' (I like that term) should be challenged or at least what they say should be researched using credible sources. They have a power that few do in that they have a large group of people who listen to them and some who take their opinion as fact when it is simply opinion.
Just as some prominent leftist celeb's and politicians promote themselves as champions of the poor, there are some prominent righties both celeb and politician who have an incredibly warped/jaded view and understanding on how the poor live. The simple fact is, very few if any who have risen in status (both financially and in popularity/power) tend to lose their ability to really realize or understand how 'the other side' lives. If one is going to challenge the social norm for the majority of society, they need to live it. Otherwise it's just blowing hot air to the people who could use help or need change, and not really believing in the message.
I see where you want the topic to focus on and I get it, but I see this topic as an issue that spreads across the board on all sides. Lefty, Righty, Indy....it is a problem that isn't indicative of any one side but is more an issue of elitist's attempting to show those 'beneath' them how they should live, without in fact living said lifestyle themselves. That can range from your example (which I believe is fairly flawed, a black man living in the 'whitest place' can be the beginning of diversity, it doesn't always happens at once) to mega churches refusing to open their doors to the poor and needy at any time but particularly during times of crisis. They have the money and the voice to be far reaching, whether they have the desire to practice what they preach has yet to be seen.
Hi there, Are you sure it's mint you put in your tea?
I take it from that load of gobbledegook that you never properly recovered from the psychological damage caused by your long since past menopause period.
How boring.
I haven't yet reached my menopausal period but thank you for being concerned about my bodily functions and age. If that's all you have against what my point was then you either finally understood it or can't argue against it.
If Sleepy Joe started WW3 then I would be going against him unless there is a damn good reason, which my "seasoned" mind can't think of one, for starting another World War.
What is funny is how gung ho you are about a woman putting her face on cookies. Oh dear god no...not...cookies.
HoldingThe Holy Bible has nothing to do with egotism.
I never said it did.
The boarded up windows and battered walls of St. John's Parish Church bear witness to the peaceful nature of the protesters whose watches must have all been miraculously running slow simultaneously as the shrieking, menacing mob managed to miss the 19.00 hours curfew deadline.
Where those peaceful protesters breaking the church where Trump wanted his photo opportunity? No. He choose to tear gas innocent people just so he could get a picture.
Had the baying mob of thugs not been dispersed they would have set upon Trump with catastrophic results.
And you know that for a fact how? OHHH I see now, you think Trump saved the church from something that would certainly have happened....in your mind. Causing pain to others who were peaceful at the time, just to get a picture, was him being a damn hero. My bad. I should have seen that.
Should Trump have used the Bible to advance his political cause?;- NO.
He could have held up the Torah for all I care. My point isn't that he was holding a book and if you think it is then you missed it entirely.
Should Americans face up to the fact that this Biden-Harris administration is the biggest disaster in American history?;- YES.
Yes. All because Harris gave out some cookies with her face on them. Such a disaster.
This is a hilarious. One of the most right wing fellas I know is ADDICTED to Starbucks. He loves talking about Trump daily and he usually does it with a fresh Starbucks drink in his hand.
If people want to fork out money to buy from Starbucks, that's their right. It's only exploitation if Starbucks has a monopoly in coffee, which they clearly don't since consumers can make their own at home.
I worry about the housing market. Where we are, people are buying houses within days of them being listed. Now most likely that's because interest rates are low, but I worry that there will be a lot of foreclosures and bankruptcies in the nearby future as well. Same with cars.
It's unfortunate, it really is but how long did people think the moratorium would last? Covid cases are dropping, there are multiple vaccine's out there, the country is slowly going back to how it was, there may be some slight changes but the pause on evictions wasn't going to last forever. Hopefully people are prepared, hopefully people were smart and saved if able, and hopefully there will be continued assistance for those who are really hit hard by what happened.
Do you know what the vaccine does?
It's an unfortunately common misconception that the Covid vaccine completely stops a person from getting Covid. What it does is reduce the symptoms so that hopefully hospitals won't be overrun and people won't suffer from major complications. It's not a shield against any strain of the virus that pops up and there is no guarantee that you won't still get it, and you CAN still be a carrier of the virus even if you don't show symptoms. THAT is why people still push masks, (which by the way masks are mostly worn to protect others from the wearer and not to protect the wearer from others), and that is why there is a chance there may be booster shots later on down the road.
And Lefties don't hate religious people.
The point is, making a broad claim about an entire group of people sets you up to be pigeonholed yourself.
Some people who happen to be left leaning certainly dislike religious people. That doesn't mean all Lefties do.
Some people who happen to be right leaning certainly dislike science. That doesn't mean all Righties do.
Why would you feel conflicted on this? What should be more important to Republicans, pissing off Lefties or choosing a candidate that fits what they feel would best serve Americans? This isn't a hard choice, unless of course being petty and bringing in another clown is more important than improving and fixing America.
Hardly. I don't hate religion, I dislike people who use religion as an excuse to do terrible things to other people. Religion is a tool, the user is the one that deserves the censure.
Lefties don't hate religion, they hate the religious who act in ways that are disingenuous to the beliefs they themselves preach about their God.
In Florida, the city with the largest population is Jacksonville with roughly 890,500 people living in 840 sq miles. In comparison, New York City has roughly 8.4 MILLION living in 302 sq miles. The number of deaths in NYC alone is 32,626 and the number of deaths in ALL of Florida is 35,267. So yeah, you're comparison doesn't really work to your favor.
I doubt I could name 5 from either party, why limit me to just Dems? Jimmy Carter, Roosevelt (Franklin and Teddy), are some I can think of off the top of my head where the positives out weigh the negatives. As I said before, it's a needle in a haystack.
There are quite a few caveats to this.
Am I in the car at the time? Are my kids in the car with me? Do I fear for my life? Are they just trying to attack the car or do I believe my life will be next after they are done with the car?
Also, I don't give a crap if they are left or right wing. If someone is attacking my car and I know they won't stop there and my children are with me, I'm running them over to get away if I have to. I'm less inclined to care about the lives of someone who is putting my children in danger, then if it were just me in danger. If the mob is just going after the car and no one is in it, then I don't care about the car.
Nope. I want a politician who works for the people and spends less time trying to keep their seat, and a President who realizes the first job is to try to unite and fix our country. Someone with morals, honor, and integrity. Needle in a haystack, I know.
As much as I disliked Trump as a person, if he'd handled the pandemic better I wouldn't have been so against him for a second term. Too much golfing? ok whatever. But his absolute shit show of action in trying to nip Covid in the bud, his constant down play of the virus, and his further lack of action when running for President again, shot him in his bone spurred foot. His main and only concern was saving his ass and it showed when people voted for Biden. Trump spent ALL his energy fighting the loss and none of it went to fighting FOR Americans and our health. He had the ability to be something great, instead he mocked, bitched, and whined his way to a pathetic end.
So yeah, I completely agree. Biden won because he wasn't Trump.
I don't have to care about someone to understand that they are cared about and those who do are mourning. Perhaps in your fervor to mock others you confused that with worship.
I only respect men and women who, through selfless dedication and hard work have contributed something of tangible benefit to the world in which they live and their fellow human beings.
That's great, hopefully you'll find the drive to be a beacon like that one day too.
So your bias isn't against them personally, it's against anyone with money and/or power and/or popularity. It doesn't even matter what they do in their life or who they affect and how, (since you compared Prince Philip and Princess Diana to Mao and Stalin) if they have any of those three qualities then common people shouldn't mourn for their loss, even if the deceased meant something to them? Seems to me the sickness in society stems from a lack of empathy and character.
If Americans do actually get a third party system, it will most likely be the Republicans who branched off from the foam-at-the-mouth Trumpets. The problem is, while they do hate each other, I don't know if the Republicans who actually can't stand what their party has turned into have the balls to actually create that third party.
That's really neat. I was talking to someone earlier about a show I love called Time Team. It's a three day archeology show that goes all around the UK (sometimes even in the US but that's super rare) and goes into all the "lumps and bumps" of the land as well as the history. They've done parts of Scotland and Ireland as well.
We are planning on moving hopefully in the near future. As much as I love having a river in my backyard, I'm not a fan of the floods. Right now we have a piddly little 3 acres too, definitely looking to get more land. The air quality is just so much nicer in the country and at night the stars take center stage. Once Summer comes around we get so many lightening bugs (fireflies) that it looks like you're surrounded by stars too! I freaking love it in the mountains.
Aw why did you delete it? I was looking at some of the pictures of that building you were talking about with the Jade roof. It looks stunning.
My father was Army so we were blessed (sometimes cursed) with the ability to move to a new location every three years. My times in Germany were some of my favorite but I never got to go to China or Japan or S. Korea. I feel like I missed out on that but hey, my retirement may be twenty or so years down the road, I'm sure I'll get the chance!
Also, if you type a word then hold the space bar down about 50 characters worth then type another word, that counts as the 50 character limit.
Really? Have they not become accepted and a societal norm?
No. It's heartbreaking really.
If Americans don’t think it’s normal it speaks of a dysfunctional society who use abnormal remedies to cover up a problem that isn’t going away
I do agree that it is dysfunctional that the solution to school shootings is to put a band aid on a gaping wound instead of addressing the root of the issue. Something needs to be done but the two loudest sides are so busy screaming over each other they refuse to hear or TRY. Often times the favorite argument of gun nuts is "give them an inch and they'll take it all".
The US ranks 126 th in the worlds safest countries and has fallen every year since 2016
It's my understanding we've fallen in rank for education as well, I wonder if there is a correlation between the two.
Yes apologies on that I normally say a fair proportion I forgot to do so this time
Fair enough, thank you. I do the same. Sometimes it's hard to hear over the screaming assholes. There's some imagery for you. ;D
parents think it perfectly normal that schools require armed guards
I don't think there is a single parent that I know of that thinks armed guards at school is normal. Necessary? Maybe. I don't want them there but unless the gun "nuts" (yes I am labeling some people as nuts) can start negotiating with those who want better protection (without total removal) and any/all loopholes closed with gun ownership, I don't see it changing. It goes the same for people who think ALL removal of guns is necessary. There HAS to be a middle ground and we need to start working towards it. Will it be completely effective? Won't know until we at least TRY.
Dermot you are basing your opinion of all Americans, on the worst of Americans. Don't fall victim to Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough. Believe me, plenty of asshole Americans are loud enough to make others think they are the majority. They are not.
If this "controversy" is the best they got then they are mewling in the dark at nothing. I'm sure eventually Biden is going to do something that is worthy of the level of reproach that Trump has been at often, but for now, this is just funny and pathetic. Falling down stairs equals unfit for office....wow.
ERMA GERD HE FELL DOWN!!!! UNFIT FOR OFFICE!!!!!!!!
Really?
Ford fell down AF1 stairs, Trump had toilet paper stuck to his shoe when boarding AF1, Pence fell on AF2, Bush hurled his cookies in Japan...Presidents are people, not Gods. Perhaps it's best if Biden used handrails with more fervor. Other than that, I don't give a crap about him falling anymore than I would care if Trump fell, Clinton fell, Bush fell, or a dog fell. Well ok I may be concerned if a dog fell.
I've typically found that the people who are pissed off about others being against racism, are indeed racist. I don't believe every old book, story, movie or song that happens to have racist elements should be removed from society, however I do believe there should be a learning element attached to them. Perhaps once people stop being racist/sexist (if ever that happens) then the learning element can be removed and the entertainment can be taken for what it is but in the meantime when we still have people spitting fire over minor censorship instead of actual...you know...racism....we will need it.
Ehhhh, it's less about fearing Trump and more about fearing the utter fanaticism and hypocrisy of the supporters who sell all of their highly touted and "prized" morals just because someone has a R next to their party.
Trump is just a dude.
Interesting argument for it. In regards to rape I would argue that forcing the woman to continue with her pregnancy would be kin to torture. Yet again, she is being denied rights to her own body by someone else and is denied the right to say no. While no child has a choice in being born and is innocent from the sins of the parent (in this case the rapist), there is another will at power here and that is of the Mother.
