Clearsky

jakelafort wrote:
I think dogs read us and our facial expressions as well as we do each other.

Absolutely! And sidenote, dogs were once wolves until they started evolving with us, and then we bred them to be even more compatible with us… both of which might include newly bred abilities to read our emotions, but I can’t declare that as a fact.…[Read more]

Sidenote, withholding oil is effectively used to pressure entire countries. We need longer term energy strategies, asap. This is true not just wrt Putin’s Russia, but to get out from under the thumb of oil rich, autocratic theocracies like Saudi Arabia, as well. Notice in the graph how prices have been increasing for at least a year, giving Putin…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Not sure about that. Not an assumption i make.

I probably could have worded that better.

By saying “in ways that go much deeper than ways among other animals”, I mean, for example art, music, science. These ways of communicating more deeply are not mainly due to genetic differences, but are cultural capabilities that have…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
I just think it’s sad that there’s no place here that you can do that that isn’t church related or religious related. I have said this before… I think that it’s really sad that Community is hard to come by. Community is really hard to come by because it always exists within some kind of a context that has religion tied to it.

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I’ve mentioned before, years ago even, “beginning of life” definitions and “end of life” definitions are related in ways.

There’s not as much end of life controversy over definitions, although many here will remember opportunistic politicians jumping into the fray over Terry Shiavo falling into a coma in 1990 in Florida, which she never came out…[Read more]

What does a Jewish Pirate say?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“Oh, you would probably argue with the Pope to try to proof a point”

Oh no! I clearly need to find a website out there that backs Jon and I up. This shouldn’t take long…

While to be honest, I actually avoided watching Jon for a while after he said on Colbert’s late night show something like [coarsely par…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Let me stop…probably gonna bore the hell out of anyone who read that far.

I dunno about that. Even as a dedicated meat eater, I feel very uncomfortable with animals being bred for human vanity (e.g. in the “Toy” group of AKC breeds), barbaric entertainment (e.g. pen fights), or any other type of gambling scenario.

Hmm, maybe MA…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:

jakelafort wrote:
Maybe the MAGA’s need their own nation. Secede already.

I would love to help them with that: https://www.caverbob.com/usalong.htm

During MAGA month, especially. MAGAmonth.com is a website, but I’m not risking a visit to it. MAGAmonth.org might be available… would anyone here like to pitch in to start it up s…[Read more]

Reg, you’re awesomely up on US politics. I had to look up Nunez! While I lived in Florida for about ten years, and my brother owns property and lives near Gainesville. (I can never go back to that level of humidity. The most dehydrated I’ve ever gotten was while sweating a bucketful there, barely cooling off.)