Judi S.

This woman died recently from Covid after intentionally contracting the virus. She is dead from the consequences of her own actions. Moral? Immoral? Or just worth a Darwin Award?

There is some “breaking news” about the betrayal of Anne Frank here. Not yet verified.

@Autumn – I think is problem is that people just won’t clean up the forests as they did in the U.S. with the “Make America Rake Again” campaign. It was the greatest campaign ever. It really worked although my fellow farmer friends in Mendocino County would disagree. They are just too liberal, I guess.

Have a great week everyone! The last video above on refugees reminded me of a poem I once posted on TA.

A poem by Warsan Shire:

no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well
your neighbors running faster than you
breath bloody in their throats
the boy you went to…[Read more]

@Jakelafort – No Flies on You then is there? (unless they pay rent of course).

Thanks Enco – I collect new words and try to use the best ones when I can. As for insults my favorite  for a long time has been the end of one of the tirades by Hitchens on the death of that vulgar Liar for Jesus, Jerry Falwell when he said that “if you gave Jerry Falwell an enema you could bury him in a matchbox”. At the very end of this video.

If someone has been clinically assessed by a qualified professional as having a psychological disorder, then it is descriptive of the symptoms of the condition that the patient manifests.  Its usage outside of those settings is generally abusive and most often not even accurate.

Of course when we say theists are deluded we are just being factual 🙂

Is it dismissing someone, or describing them?  It depends how you see it.

As Davis noted relativism can lead to one to thinking that reality is the way you look at it.

The use of big words can lead to a certain amount of opprobrium when someone turns out to be a sesquipedalian. There is no need to be given to prolixity or using pleonasms unless…[Read more]

@Autumn – Yes, I agree (In general I find it difficult to disagree with anything you have written over the years and I do like to argue with people :-))

@Autumn…or that their surface level understanding of affairs qualifies as insight.

Good comment. Reminds me of an adage I sometimes use; “what is common sense to one person is special knowledge to another”

I have no problem listening to Dawkins when he sticks to what he knows best. He is a leading academic in Modern Evolutionary Theory and has spent his life studying and teaching the subject. He can lecture on it to grad students and also teach it to lay persons via his books in a concise and easily understood manner. He can also speak on the…[Read more]

I think you will enjoy the first few minutes of this post – the question posed, Shirley Williams answer and then the reply from Hitchens – the first 4 minutes but you could watch some more as it is all quite good.

Thanks @TheEncogitiatoner, I hope that Raif Badawi will be set free next month for putting his own thoughts on paper. I have an Arabic tattoo on my right elbow that reads “I am Raif Badawi” whose was imprisoned for 10 years by members of the Religion of Peace.

There are good people on both sides hunting some good will. I suppose you mean Liberty apples as they are very red in color? I would be a happy man if I had a big bucket of them…and of course the doctor’s wife 🙂

“Hey Reg, why don’t you speak your mind when it comes to your opinion on the role of right-wing Christians on Jan 6th” is what somebody recently said to me. Jokingly, of course.

As always Strega you are most welcome!

Have a great week everyone!