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How does a citizen justify paying a parking ticket, alimony or obeying any court order? We have our example, right?

Oh, yeah, @Enco, I do enjoy the old Fleetwood Mac.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Fellow Unbelievers, I heard this story snippet below on the radio the other night going home from work. It’s yet one more reason why you can’t place trust in “watchdogs” patrolling for Misinformation/Disinformation/Malinformation (MDM 🦁 *Growl!*) The BBC just completely nonchalantly, without a hint of a suppressed giggle,…

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I got 19/20. I made up an excuse for myself that I did it too quickly! Re the Sunscreen tip….yes, that is good advice. I put a layer of it on at the weekend as summer in Ireland was on a Saturday this year….40F at the moment

Oh, I am a bit too skeptical. Impossible, these days. Didn’t have any sunscreen que…[Read more]

Brilliant parents of child killed by measles.

jakelafort wrote:
Sunday school has had a few articles involving unforseen consequences. How this apparent debacle in tariffs and related Trumpery will play out no human can know. Seems safe to predict no good will come of it and yet we don’t know.

True, however the long duration bond market is probably the most accurate economy predictor. It i…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Have you ever talked with a hardcore MAGA? Yes, once in Atlanta and once in PCB, Fl. The former was during the 2021 run off election when, for a few hours, it looked possible that Republican Herschel Walker could win. I was watching the crowds at the voting hall and talking to any random person that spoke to me. When…

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jakelafort wrote:
If so lets hope he is not a war monger. Does not seem to be. Seems like a guy who fancies himself a great negotiator who can posture his way to victory.

I agree, but he may still blunder his way to war. If you force China to become independent from the US economy…a mutually beneficial trade system is over and done. Even our…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I watched Maher’s commentary about his visit to the White House. I was surprised by it but will decide once I catch the full show later, including the Overtime section with Steve Bannon.

I get that Maher is all about cross partisan communication and dialogue. Have you ever talked with a hardcore MAGA? You may as w…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.” – Christopher Hitchens, born April 13th.

Love this quote, however as I advance towards my end with the realization that the median person is mentally and moral…[Read more]

I have pretty much ditched all the MAGA supporters from my world. Feels good.

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
That is possible, although Religious and Crunchy people, both Left and Right, have messed up the word by calling perfectly natural things in the Natural Universe “unnatural”, e.g. “unnatural food” or “unnatural acts.”

If something happens or manages to exist or to be manufactured, it satisfies the laws of…

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John Oliver enlightened me on the trans athlete situation.

I feel bad for one of my favorite bloggers who never talks trans issues. So I now really think trans were weaponized by the right.

Unseen wrote:
WHAT IS IT WITH TRUMP AND GOLF?

There has to be some sort of flaw in the homo sapiens brain when it comes to picking leaders. Every once in a while, people get lucky, but for the most part we have been and still are, ruled by the biggest assholes.

Just wondering as the US economy grinds to a crawl, if environmentalists will declare The Mango Mussolini an eco-friendly president, LOL. He doesn’t understand why drivers in Tokyo or Paris don’t want to buy a Chevy Silverado.

To many it seems the term “supernatural” presupposes a spiritual realm actually exists. It is a meaningless word. The prefix “super” is typical ape-brain bias. I will use the term “subnatural”, because all of these religious fantasies are certainly below reality in terms of worth.

PopeBeanie wrote:

TheEncogitationer wrote:
However, I still have many questions: If we assume a single Natural Universe with nothing before it or beyond it, with all energy, all matter, all space, all time, wouldn’t this mean there can be no “balloon,” no “surface,” no “outside,” no force to expand space “inside” the “balloon?”

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Those mystery science characters have more sense than most of us apparently. A buddy says he is down a quarter million already. I got mostly out of the stock market when the pumpkin head was elected.

Ah…but the leopards are just chowing on faces.

The tariff thing might be a way to gain control of taxation from congress for king tRump. Add tariffs as a tax, cause recession so billionares can buy up stocks, then be the hero calling for sweeping income tax reductions, stock market bounces back. Rich get richer.