Gregg R Thomas

Ah yes, good old Kentucky Ham and his lark with the ark in the park.

I can’t help but to argue with Creationists. I keep telling myself not to debate Science with this “kind” of people, but it is fun and sometimes I get a breakthrough.

“God seems to have spent most of his creative effort on beetles, not humans. I mean, there are 400,000 described species of them and only 1 species of human. Funny how God saved a…[Read more]

An Ode to The Trump Slump

Old Trump he shuffles, his head hangs low,
Another factory its workers dumped.
He used to whistle, watch the good times roll,
This time the economy has him stumped.
Within his chest, a heavy, aching dread.
The vibrant pulse of commerce as it fades.
He reads the news, the fearful words are read
About the faltering country…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Obviously Islam causes humans to be much worse than their natural inclinations.

It is human nature.  There are many similar situations throughout history.  But there are unique things about Islam.

There’s a special combination of moral purity, God, and sacredness.  The religion itself has been made sacred and therefore su…[Read more]

I have added a few more terms to the dictionary, starting with ‘Cardinal’.

@_Robert_

Let’s call it “Sickofancy“.

Musk’s Parting Gift: The Construction of a Surveillance State.

jakelafort wrote:
Jews and Asians seem to make great citizens wherever they go.

Jewish gangsters. Asian gangsters.

Both lists are long.

Just sayin’ that nobody’s perfect.

Here’s a dictionary I started to compile recently.

@ Enco  – If I were using a hard copy dictionary…..I did and my parents made me eat it!  We used to get a new or uncommon word to learn every few days. I am addicted to cryptic crosswords and have done at least one but usually 2 or 3 every week since I was 18. I average about 35 books a year. So I am very good at sophisticated blasphemy 🙂

Funny, before I looked it up, I thought jejune was when SeSummer began.

Enco, please take a seat at the front of the class 🙂

Reg, you’ve confused me with Enco…

Apologies to you both…..I was thinking that you Jake, would appreciate the word when you read it.  Not quite a mondegreen though. Mrs. Malaprop, you have a rival in Lisa Simpson, but don’t worry Lisa, iconoclasts are very welcome here 🙂

Right now, christian nationalism is the #1 immediate threat to our nation and democracy on this planet. Not Islamists, not trans athletes, not antisemitic  Harvard, not China, not Ukranian Nazis, not even climate change. Anyone fighting this shit, I am gonna root for them. When the threat is over, then back to the regularly scheduled program.…[Read more]

Here is one of the reasons that Jews were discriminated against at Harvard and many elite American institutions in the early 20th century.

Jewish enrollment at elite colleges in the U.S. began to rise significantly due to merit-based admissions (which emphasized academic achievement). By the 1925, Jewish students made up more than 25% of the…[Read more]

Permit me Jake the indulgence of extending my most effulgent approbation for your recent prolix perambulations through the luxuriant lexicon of our beloved English tongue. Your sesquipedalian predilections, far from being an impediment to intelligibility, represent a salubrious balm upon the oft-diminished art of articulate articulation.

Indeed,…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
cromulent

Umm, you know, I have a far larger vocabulary than the average American, yet I had to run to the dictionary.

A little advice: if you want to be a smart communicator and not just a narcissistic egghead show off, use the common vocabulary.

The dictionary gives several synonyms: fine, acceptable or normal;…[Read more]

Watched the video. Was dumbfounded at the Nazi (or Naziesque) palm-down salutes.