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Modern democracies have to demonstrate zero tolerance for aggressive dictators.

That is just plain stupid. You can call it puffing. Or you can call it hyperbole. But it is demonstrably false.

And i see some of the names on that subcomittee. Yuck. As if that is not a tendentious pile of crap. I get the parallel to France after the first world…[Read more]

Robert i think the 2nd world war as precedent is not terribly probative here. Russia has shown itself to be what it is-a paper tiger. There are no world domination motivations in this case. Putin is a motherfucker but not stupid. There is no way i at least can extrapolate from this invasion to something that endangers the world. The world is…[Read more]

Robert, that is not exactly an on-point hypothetical analogy. Kiev was part of Russia and the cultural center of Russia until the rise of Moscow. Russia has been around a great deal longer than the USA. You are talking over a thousand years since Kiev was that focal point as opposed to fewer than two hundred since the Mexican American war.…[Read more]

To recapitulate and clarify an earlier point i made in regards to the Ukraine war-the world takes sides. Nations do what is in their perceived interest in terms of which side they back. Citizens follow the propaganda mostly. I doubt many are capable of being objective, starting without a viewpoint or a bias. Letting the evidence take us where it…[Read more]

Yes indeed, that was good.

Not exactly relevant but DEAD GUY took me there.

Yeah nuns have a reputation of being sadistic and cruel. I’ve read many accounts of the torture and murder inflicted by nuns on kids in those homes. Heard many anecdotes. And of course the one with the great reputation Mother T. we all know about her. And it just figures that she is held up as paragon of virtue by the ignorant and religious. woops…[Read more]

I have never been a patient but i have spent more time in hospitals and nursing homes than i would have liked. And crosses in patient rooms make me feel a little awful. I have an emotional and visceral reaction. If i got stuck as a patient would i want the cross to be removed? YES. Problem is whether i take it down or ask for permission i would be…[Read more]

Ok Unseen. That is news to me. I assumed cuz i had seen it in two Catholic hospitals that it was universal. Teaches me to paint with a broad brush.

It is exactly as one might expect. Goody two shoes with conditions on their largesse; plus policies that interfere and obstruct the doc/patient relationship and the expectation of secular policies. It is arguably unconstitutional to have the feds giving money to the religious hospitals.

Fuckerz. It is never live and let live. It is how can i…[Read more]

And there are crosses, big fat ugly crosses, in each room. Fuck them and the horse they rode in on but exempt the horse from bad treatment. I like horseys. nnnnnnnhhhhhhhhhhh.

Recently had a friend come to me for advice. She is single mom of two daughters. One of the daughters recently told her mom she has been depressed for a while and is suicidal.

Next my friend reveals that her daughter has a gf and that as a result of her Catholic upbringing she is not cool with homosexuality and even if she is not usually…[Read more]