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Another gun manufacturer to leave anti-gun state... [bearingarms.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Let's see, high taxes, expensive regulations, and a government that discriminates against your customers. Why stay?

This is a fascinating video, and a testament to the capacity with which human beings have been ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Thank you, very interesting

Martian Nocturne It seems that the hype, fame and frenzy surrounding our venturing into deep ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Howdy @kresica, I took a lot of anatomy & physiology courses in college. The bone density problem during spaceflight intrigued me so I followed it closely. I saw a lot of mentions of the problem, but no articles about cure. Nonetheless, all the space agencies and space entrapeneurs are going ahead with deep space mission planning. I don't know what extra data they have. As for women's cycles synching with lunar phases... Let's see, Phobos orbital period is almost 8 hours. If they synch with that, they could have PMS 3 times a day. I've been married for almost 43 years now. And Yep, that's par for the course right here on Earth. Whereas if they synched with Deimos, that would mean PMS every 30 hours. That could be an improvement. Personally, I think they already synch with Martian cycles...

We are told that Muslims practice in the mutilation of Islamic womens genitals.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 11, 2019:

A clitoris is extremely sensitive. It has very dense nerve and vascular connections. A clitorectomy is agonizingly painful for days. In this way it is like a circumcision (which is why circumcisions are almost exclusively done on newborns). A clitoris is essential for female orgasm. A woman without a clitoris can have some sexual pleasure, but no orgasm. Which is one reason why it's called female genital mutilation. The other reason is that clitorectomies are mostly done by the functional equivalent of witch doctors. Read Ayan Hirsi Ali's autobiography.

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 10, 2019:

I think part of the problem is illuminated by a rhyme from Ogden Nash Who can tell if a flea is a he or a she only another flea I'm not really familiar with all the flavors of liberalism, progressivism, socialism, et al. I'm confident they can't tell the differences between all our conservative tribes. That's part of the reason we're all "alt right." They simply can't imagine we sincerely believe what we say. Another reason is pejorative, but that'll take another essay.

G20 weighs ageing as global risk By 2050, the world is projected to have more than two billion ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Nice to know I've finally made the "big time" as a global threat. Kind of gratifying.

To find out 100% facts

timon_phocas comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Most MSM censorship amounts to simply not covering information that is openly available. Often it's not the statistics being used, but the analysis surrounding it. Google often does its censoring by putting the info you want on the back pages. So you can simply scroll past rhe first few pages. DuckDuckGo is a browser whose default search engine is not Google. It also has better privacy. There are other third party options as well. As to trustworthy sources... The list is pretty long and you'll find a lot of them here on IDW.

Have you been brainwashed by watching Youtube videos by Conservative-leaning commentators (including...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Ya mean, Jay Leno's been lying to me about his garage? Renaults, Fiats and Masaratis AREN'T good family cars? Say it ain't so, Jay. Say it ain't so! :-(

StrategyPage: Iron Dome Overwhelmed [strategypage.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 9, 2019:

I posted this because it has a different conclusion than I heard on Brian Suits, "Dark Secret Place" broadcast. Brian Suits said the Hamas rocket barrage was more successful because their rockets were crudely made and ballisticly unpredictable. This gave Iron Dome's system false solutions. StrategyPage says the size and mix of Hamas rocket and mortar barrages overwhelmed Iron Dome Batteries. This can be fixed with more batteries, but those could be overwhelmed, too. New technology is needed. Perhaps rail gun, perhaps lasers.

Damning Data on Clinton's Server [theblaze.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 8, 2019:

Wow! If I had done one-hundredth of what Hillary got away with, the Corps would have manufactured a reason to shoot me.

Insight into Wikileaks' co-founder life in Belmarsh prison - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on Jun 8, 2019:

One-hundred-seventy-five years. I hear springtimes are lovely in Fort Leavenworth. Too bad Chelsea Manning isn't there anymore. She'd make a nice girlfriend. They could have been cellmates.

What's your thoughts about adding a way for group members to voluntarily send money to the group ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 8, 2019:

This can be a valuable addition IDW community. Are there any costs associated with providing this service?

ABC News admits gun laws wouldn't necessarily stop mass shootings... [bearingarms.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 8, 2019:

The 800 pound gorilla in the room is mood altering drugs. It's guys who are taking mood altering drugs to treat ADD/ADHD and then suddenly stop. Columbine, Santa Barbara, UVA, Aurora. I think the synagogue shooting fits this scenario as well. we don't talk about mood altering drugs as part of the cause because it means taking on big pharma.

[mateenelass.wordpress.com] Can Islam Be Defeated?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 7, 2019:

According to my reading, most people become alienated from political Islam because of intrusive lifestyle enforcement. Burkas, arranged marriages, restrictions on women's careers, censorship, prohibitions on mixed gender events... The list goes on and on. I believe political Islam's weakness lies here. It is a campaign of ideas and ideals, not armies. After China evicted the Mongols they sent Buddist missionaries to them. They converted them to a more pacific religion and haven't been bothered by them since. In the Reformation France was a "battleground state." The Jesuits sent playwrights to Paris to write plays in which free will was extolled over predestination. John Calvin might have unassailable logic, but the Jesuits delivered their theology as entertainment. For more recent history, look at the CIA's involvement in postwar Italy. The Italian Communists were the largest single party following Mussolini's downfall. The CIA realized it was a battle of ideals, so they subsidized democracy in Italy's marketplace of ideas. Newspapers, radio programs, movies, political parties; anything that promoted freedom and democracy received a subsidy from investors whose deep pockets were the CIA's. President Al Sisi of Egypt says Islam must change. Egypt's Al Azahr University is the most prestigeous university in the Sunni Muslim world. Egypt is the center of the Arab media world. Egyptian Arabic is the Modern Standard Arabic used in literature and media throughout rhe Arabic world. Sounds like a good place to start changing Arabic ideals.

YouTube demonetizes Steven Crowder's videos after pressure campaign by gay Vox writer.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 7, 2019:

"Money is the mother's milk of politics." Jessie Unruh, sometime leader of the California senate, is most famous for this pithy summation. He said this in the late 60s and no one ever forgot it. Google is angry that conservatives are thriving on the internet. It is outraged they are making money in platforms it controls. This may be one of those, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" moments.

Don't trust the FBI to properly use its massive facial recognition database... [reason.com]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 7, 2019:

Just like they never abused their FISA privileges and the NSA never abuses its surveillance powers

Are Liberals or Conservatives becoming more anti-Semitic or neither?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Leftists became hostile to Israel when Palestinians became one of their favored victim groups. Since Muslim Palestinians' hatred of Jews is not limited to Israelis, this began to seep into society. Increasing Muslim influence in America also increased anti-Semitic propaganda. Since all Muslims are now a leftist favored victim group, criticizing anti-Semitic propaganda is considered hate speech.

Seventy-five years ago western civilization hung in the balance.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

BTW, a personal note. My grandfather, Vernon Knope was a Pathfinder in the 82nd. He never talked about combat, but he was immensely proud of his time in "the Division." He always kept his uniforms, gear and parachute. Interestingly enough, when I joined the Corps I ended up doing what he did as a Pathfinder. I was in Recon. One of our jobs was to set up landing zones. It is exhausting, demanding work. He did it with people shooting at him. All honor to you, Grandfather.

Voters in Michigan to Rally Against Republican Congressman Amash Who Called for Trump’s ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Justin Amash, you watch the skies see tomorrow's weather, but you cannot discern the signs of the times Just paraphrasing here..

Why do we need to categorize certain crimes as hate crimes?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

well, if it's a capital crime, you can always add another 100 volts to the electric chair for hate crimes...

Panicking about the “China Trade War”?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Thie agrees with what I've read. Not as dramatic, but generally in tje same line. OTOH, it sure is fun reading liberal sources pretending they care about the US economy.

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timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

"He has the backbone of a chocolate eclair." Teddy Roosevelt said this about a Secretary of the Navy. We can say it about most so-called conservative politicians.

Former Florida deputy arrested on 11 charges Scot Peterson, the former Broward County, Florida, ...

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Scot Peterson was not the only sworn officer of the law who was derelict that day. The entire sheriff's department took up stations surrounding the school instead of entering to confront the shooter. When one person does that, it's a personal failure. When the department does it, it's leadership and training problems.

Google Fires Republican Engineer Who Spoke Out Against ‘Outrage Mobs’ | The Daily Caller

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

It would seem George Orwell's "Big Brother" character has a second career at Google.

Liberal media in meltdown over soldiers who wore MAGA patches during Trump visit.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

It was a JOKE! It was "Make AIRCREW Great Again," not the 2016 slogan. The media are having a fit of vapors over nothing. Again.

KLM funds new 'Flying V' airliner [boingboing.net]

timon_phocas comments on Jun 4, 2019:

Airports had to revamp when 747s were introduced. The current system of mobile bridges to aircraft hatches was introduced. Double decker aircraft, like the largest Airbus, can't use current terminal equipnent. Or not easily. There's market resistance. Now it's not so easy to do. Too many airports to retrofit. This design would allow for larger planes while using existing equipment at terminals. Better for business.

Around the world, governments are hitting on a modish new idea: Turn the internet off.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 4, 2019:

They're just angry about losing their information monopolies. They were angry when oil billionaires bought radio stations for conservative news feeds. That's when LBJ brought in the "fairness doctrine" regulations to shut them down. They were angry when cable brought in channels like the 700 Club with alternate news not regulated by the fairness doctrine. They're still angry with Fox News. Angry with its conservative commentary. Angry with the fact it's wildly successful and liberal channels are loss leaders. They're angry the fairness doctrine was overturned and conservative talk was allowed. Angry that it dominates radio. Angry it's wildly profitable. Angry that liberal talk goes bankrupt. So no, I'm not surprised they're angry about the internet. Way too many smelly WalMart shoppers providing content.

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique relationship to the Godhead. In Jeremiah 27 God calls Nebuchadnezzar "my servant," the same words used to describe Moses. Nobody equates Moses and Nebuchadnezzar. God used both as servants, but their relationships to God were very different.

Any Sleuths out there have any info on the Virginia shooter?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

If the murderer was a Republican, a NRA member, any of the MSM's list of boogymen groups, it would have flooded the airwaves. The silence surrounding the murderer leads me to suspect he is part of one or more favored victim groups.

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timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

They honestly believe the Iran deal is their legacy, thier finest accomplishment. It is, of course, which is what makes it so sad. Nuclear weapons are an eighty year old technology. It is a complex, hideously expensive project but if North Korea can do it, so can Iran. Revolutionary Iran always had a nuclear weapons program and they always lied about it. The fatal weaknesses of the Iran nuclear deal are that it accepted the legitimacy of the Iranian weapons program and coupled it with an inspection regime controlled by Iran. Its goal was not to prevent nuclear weapons from being developed, but to delay their advent until Obama was out of office. Like so many of Obama's "accomplishments," it was all publicity and posturing.

So many contradictions

timon_phocas comments on Jun 1, 2019:

We live in an age of foolishness. Intellectual fads pass as wisdom.

Nordstroms, a US retailer, happily sells "The future is female" T-shirts [shop.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 1, 2019:

The marketing people at Nordstroms come from universities, which are (in effect) secular seminaries. They watch liberal/progressive media. They are focusing on a core group of upscale female shoppers (who tend to share their views). Of course they are going to use themes that reflect their worldview. When the same kind of marketing people tried this at Dick's Sporting Goods it failed. Why? Because their core shoppers aren't liberal women. We live in an age of foolishness. It is not unique in history. As the prophet Jeremiah said, make a choice, walk in the old paths of faith and wisdom. You can escape the foolishness of the age.

Nordstroms, a US retailer, happily sells "The future is female" T-shirts [shop.

timon_phocas comments on Jun 1, 2019:

They're marketing to their female shoppers. Tool stores and car parts stores market to guys. I believe in free speech. Do what works for your business.

Democrats absolutely panicked about William Barr's new declassification powers.

timon_phocas comments on May 31, 2019:

I'm reminded of a passage in Heney V, for if you hide the crown Even in your hearts, there will he rake for it: Therefore in fierce tempest is he coming, In thunder and in earthquake, like a Jove, That, if requiring fail, he will compel; He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it... (From Shakespeare's pen to God's ear...)

Angry Carpenters Commit Jihad in Minneapolis - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on May 31, 2019:

I've seen videos like this from Australia, the UK and here in the States. This is a common pattern among Muslim immigrant populations. I wonder what would happen if the police came down like a ton of bricks?

I was just at the store today with my son and he stopped by the magazine section because he wanted ...

timon_phocas comments on May 30, 2019:

My children's generation fought the same kinds of tough battles our parents fought in WWII. They have the same moral resources displayed by soldirs on Omaha Beach. They reached greatness, they just haven't had the same media coverage. I rhink we'll realize it, given time.

Sea level data ALTERED by scientists to create false impression of rising oceans

timon_phocas comments on May 30, 2019:

I think those anthropogenic global warming types should check the warranties on their crystal balls. The Arctic Sea was supposed entirely ice free by now. Polar bears were supposed to be extinct and Eskimos were supposed to be wearing white linen suits, sipping mint julips and discussing their banana crops.

[thegunblog.

timon_phocas comments on May 30, 2019:

Howdy @Seasteader, Canada is your country, and it's a country with a proud heritage. Your fathers fought and died so you could use the freedom they bequeathed you. Take Canada back. Get out and organize, agitate, and vote. If Canada was worth dying for, then it's certainly worth living for. God bless and godspeed.

Why is the world so silent about South Africa? - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on May 30, 2019:

It is not covered because it does not fit the world view of the news media. Not only is it a bad fit, but it contradicts their world view. I remember a throw away line in an article about Zimbabwe from the 1990s. It was sinking into chaos, runaway inflation and hunger. It said that Ian Smith (head of the old Rhodesian government) was being cheered on the streets of Harare. South Africa is wealthier, but the same pattern of kleptocracy is playing out. Elites get the banks, factories and mineral resources. Agitators break up the farms using racial hatred to distract the masses. And lastly, the people get the shaft.

Another question - how many of you feel you were born in the wrong country or even the wrong ...

timon_phocas comments on May 29, 2019:

I was born in America at the flood tide of its postwar power and influence. I got to watch space flight transform from science fiction to ordinary. I was born into a society where racism was ordinary. One improved by becoming ordinary, the other by becoming rare. We have won some battles and lost some. We have transformed the world, mostly for the better. Deep poverty has been reduced by over 80% worldwide It has been a good time to be alive.

I’m curious about something.

timon_phocas comments on May 29, 2019:

Why would I do that? A lot of my growth has been the realization I am different from most people and I need those different people in my life.

Modernists Defeated - So it should!

timon_phocas comments on May 29, 2019:

The Notre Dame cathedral is an exquisite design. It was audacious in the Middle Ages and still stunning today. It has inspired and awed for eight centuries. So just how would they ever "improve" it with steel, glass and carbon fiber?

Mueller just another Soft Coup Conspirator

timon_phocas comments on May 29, 2019:

Mueller's job was not to investigate Russian collusion with the Trump csmpaign. Mueller's job was to postpone discussion of the Obama Administration's systematic use of national intelligence agencies on behalf of the Democratic Party. Any questions about the suborning of law enforcement and intelligence for this purpose was "obstructing" the Mueller Probe. Proof for this lies in the text messages exchanged between Lisa Paige and Peter Stzrok. They sent texts saying they knew there was no evidence of collusion when the Mueller Probe was only a couple of months old. And yet Mueller's investigation ground on for nearly two more years. It wasn't an investigation, it was a deception operation.

It's an interesting concept when a metaphor becomes so prevalent that you cannot research its ...

timon_phocas comments on May 29, 2019:

Metaphors, like jalapeno poppers, fare badly when mixed.

I see the big KKK rally in Dayton broke records, 9 idiots showed up.

timon_phocas comments on May 28, 2019:

This is what the leftists want to hype in order to have boogeymen to frighten their audiences.

Can You Read or Watch ATLAS SHRUGGED and Get the Wrong Message?

timon_phocas comments on May 28, 2019:

I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged when I was seventeen. I loved the full throated defense of capitalism. The dense, turgid ontological passages left me numb. I feel something missing in her assertions about human nature. Fifty years later I understand from history and experience that brilliant entrapeneurs are just as willing to use government to hinder competition as socialists are.

FBI tapes show Martin Luther King Jr had 40 affairs and 'laughed' as friend raped parishioner | ...

timon_phocas comments on May 27, 2019:

This is old news. Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson printed this info in their daily column called "Washington Merry-Go-Round" back in the early 1970s. J. Edgar Hoover hated womanizers and communists. Martin Luther King Jr. was a womanizer and he accepted help from communists. Hoover had King's movement infiltrated and bugged. King's womanizing is actually beside the point. African Americans had deep, legitimate, long standing grievances with America. They could have started a bloody revolution. They could have have started a jihad. Instead, Martin Luther King Jr. started a movement that offered a way forward for both blacks and whites. And it worked. Not perfectly, but we all moved forward. I thank God that Martin Luther King Jr. (flawed as he was was) called us to our highest ideals.

I don't know what to think of this yet.

timon_phocas comments on May 25, 2019:

I find myself at a quandry about nuclear arms development. On one hand, it's seventy to eighty year old technology. Dirt poor, poverty striken countries like North Korea can recreate the Manhattan Project. And they did it despite a world-wide blockade of nuclear materials. If they can do it, how can we stop other nuclear weapons programs? OTOH, the countries pushing hardest for nuclear weapons are fascistic police states constantly threatening neighbors and the US. North Korea has extorted economic aid and food for decades using its nukes. Iran promises to exterminate Israel every day. It does the same for the US, while testing ICBMs to use as the wherewithal.

Meadows On Declassifying Russia Investigation: Info Coming That Will Curl Your Hair | Daily Wire

timon_phocas comments on May 25, 2019:

Nixon was forced out of office for, among other things, trying to subourn the CIA to obfuscate the investigation into the break in of the DNC at the Watergate Hotel. Nixon's request was refused. Here we have the Justice Department, the FBI and national intelligence agencies suborning themselves into surveiling a political campaign they disapproved of, attempting to overturn an election, and then using spurious "investigations" to cover it up. This is worse than Watergate. This strikes at the heart of our Republic. When appointed officials and career bureaucrats decide they can veto laws and elections we become just another banana republic.

One of my favorite military minds of all time Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, ...

timon_phocas comments on May 24, 2019:

Jackson's campaign in the Shanendoah Valley and Chancellorsville are classics of military art and practice. He was a brilliant leader.

A retired NYPD officer pleads guilty to running a prostitution ring.

timon_phocas comments on May 24, 2019:

retirees, the new entrapeneurial class 💲💲💲☺️

Good News on the “Trade War” Front.

timon_phocas comments on May 23, 2019:

Good to get more sources on this. The MSM simply don't cover anything that doesn't trash Trump.

Abortion banned in Alabama: The cold civil war escalates - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on May 23, 2019:

Fascinating and informative. Thank tou.

Megan McArdle: Did Roe V Wade Backfire? [post-gazette.com]

timon_phocas comments on May 23, 2019:

I think the point of the article is that Roe V Wade is emblematic of overreach by the Supreme Court. Abortion, like so many other issues, should have been thrashed out in legislatures, not imposed by the Supreme Court. As the title suggests, Roe V Wade focused conservatives attention on the Supreme Court to the detriment of liberal causes. This focus is one of the factors in Trump's victory in 2017.

Sen Kirsten Gillibrand and her anti-gun hypocrisy... [bearingarms.com]

timon_phocas comments on May 21, 2019:

One of the weird things about getting old is remembering politicians and their original talking points. Everything changes once they "go national."

Trump freaked out at Fox News for hosting a live event with Pete Buttigieg, who got a standing ...

timon_phocas comments on May 20, 2019:

Pete Buttigieg receives adoring treatment from the news media. He is attractive. He is well spoken. He is openly gay. He is engagingly in favor of all the progressive positions favored by leftists. He is the media flavor-of-the-month. "Beto" O'Rourke was the media flavor-of-the-month last year. The news media tend to have fads. They're kind of fickle. I don't know if Buttigieg has staying power.

DNA pilot tests show 30% of migrants stopped at US border not related to ‘their’ kids - report ...

timon_phocas comments on May 20, 2019:

Wow, let's see. Illegal aliens, controlled by cartelista coyotes, would actually use fraudulent "families" to get across the border? Who woulda thunk it?

Question.

timon_phocas comments on May 15, 2019:

On one hand, the Iranian regime holds weekly "Death to America" and "Death to Zionism" rallies. They are disturbingly similar to Nazi rallies in the 1930s, complete with fulminating speeches with blood curdling threats. They are developing nuclear weapons, whatever they say to the contrary. Their assurances to the world are a taqiyah, a deliberate lie to advance Islam. They can bring world commerce to a halt by closing the Straights of Hormuz. They regularly threaten to do so. That threat causes the US to deploy the 5th Fleet (our largest overseas naval deployment) to the Straights and the Arabian Sea. They regularly threaten the 5th Fleet. I do not believe a preemptive US attack is in the offing. I believe we do need to take their threats and capabilities seriously.

In the trial of the sex slave cult NXIVM, testimony was heard yesterday of illegal campaign ...

timon_phocas comments on May 15, 2019:

"isn't it likely they are also taking bribes from other organized crime operations, like urban drug gangs (MS13) and Mexican Cartels (keep that border open!)," They always have and always will.

Possibly have some accountability for the Russia Russia Russia witch hunt ...

timon_phocas comments on May 14, 2019:

Promising appointment. It will be fun to see the leftist media fan rheir faces, complain the vapors and start screetching about "witch hunts" as rhe investigation proceeds.

Russia Probe Under The Microscope?

timon_phocas comments on May 14, 2019:

The Founding Fathers put together a hedge of competing authorities to prevent goverment oppression. What happens when these different authorities agree together to evade constitutional limits? The Russia probe.

How President Trump can break up the Democrats' fragile coalition Well, this and a few other ...

timon_phocas comments on May 14, 2019:

From his lips to God's ears

Despite proliferating doomsday scenarios, it's yet to arrive The good news is that the ...

timon_phocas comments on May 14, 2019:

Catastrophic, end-of-days prophecies have been a cottage industry of academics for my whole life. Here's my off the cuff list... In the mid-60s they said birds of prey, particularly eagles, would go extinct. CBS said there were only 12 pairs of nesting eagles in the US. My friend counted more than that on his ranch. In '69-70 they said we would run out of oil in the 1990s. I watched it on the news, read it in magazines. Dang, I must be pumping espresso in my pickup... I read Paul Erlich's "Population Bomb" about 1970. He predicted nuclear war because of resource starvation. Kind of glad he was wrong, lead umbrellas are really heavy. Rachel Carlson's "Slient Spring" predicted ecological collapse and horrifying famines. Instead, we got Jenny Craig diet franchises In 1973 the news media were agog about the coming ice age. Or should I say, ICE AGE!! I was upset because I invested heavily but the snowshoe industry failed to take off. In the 1980s we had the twin spectres of acid rain and ozone holes. Acid rain would turn all ponds and lakes into acid bouillobaise and holes in the ozone layer would let in too much radiation. That was actually kind of nice because we'd all die of skin cancer before the fishing got bad. And, of course, in the 1990s the same people marching against global cooling did an about face and started screaming about global warming. Dang, I was still hoping that snowshoe thing would finally pay off. There's so much more to I could say, but you get the point. It's all been a march of folly.

Kamala Harris Lies About Truancy Laws, Defends Criminalizing Parents Whose Kids Miss School: Reason ...

timon_phocas comments on May 13, 2019:

There was a season in our son's life where we would drop him off directly at the school's front door and he would head directly out the back door. It was a season of much heartbreak for us. He staightened out later, thank You Father God. His truancy, however, was not a function of our negligence.

‘No Way Obama Was Not Told’ - Former Intel Officer Tony Shaffer on Spying on Trump Campaign - ...

timon_phocas comments on May 13, 2019:

wow. thank you. lots of new info

The Sexual Identity argument is a rhetorical battle where lots of smoke gets used.

timon_phocas comments on May 13, 2019:

I've read your post a few times and pondered it. You're right, it's hard to argue with people who deny reality. We are in a revolutionary age when rage trumps reality, at least rhetorically. After all, nobody really wants to discuss Aristotle and the nature of reality when they're busy accusing you of being transphobic. I came across this article over on FB. It discusses theistic vs revolutionary worldviews. It covers the same ground from a different perspective. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/unbelief-revolution/ Thank tou for providing food for thought.

Cooke: Xcel’s green energy con job collides with reality Last year, Xcel Energy sought and ...

timon_phocas comments on May 12, 2019:

It's a con job money laundering scheme. The utility says "renewable." Politicians go all gooey and approve. The utility decommissions coal fired plants and charge the costs to rate payer Then builds wind farms and charges it to the rate payer. Wind farms deliver expensive power and wear out faster than coal or natural gas plants. And, you guessed it, the ratepayers get charged for it. And then, because wind is never constant, they have to recommission the fossil fueled plants. And, you guessed it again, the ratepayers get charged. But it's all for the environment!

Because it is Sunday and ... [babylonbee.com]

timon_phocas comments on May 12, 2019:

To say nothing of His non-binary exclusivity...😊

[wsj.

timon_phocas comments on May 11, 2019:

From what I've read, this is as good a time as any to address trade issues with China. We're at full employment, the economy is hitting on all cylinders. China, OTOH, has to continue economic growth in order to keep rolling over its enormous backlog of non-performing loans. Growth won't happen if China's trade with the US shrinks. If the balance of trade was closer to even, both sides would hurt equally. But it's not. China runs a $500B trade surplus with the US. Unlike like my Dad saying, "this will hurt me more about than it hurts you.", this really will hurt China more. The Chinese Communist Party has lost its ideological basis for ruling. Xi Jenping is trying to re-establish that. But for now the CCP relies on its success in growing prosperity and growing the prestige of China as a great power. We'll have ro see which path forward Xi Jinpeng takes.

Comey's believe-ability

timon_phocas comments on May 10, 2019:

Saint James is the most patriotic patriot who ever patriotically subverted justice, perjured himself and then wrote a best selling book about it. And virtuous, too! ohh! Just ask him and he'll go on and on and on about his virtuosity at being virtuous. And ethics! Why he can lie more ethically than anyone else in Washington. Yes, Saint James is believed by one and all. Well, except for those narrow-minded, smelly WalMart shoppers who believe that telling the truth actually involves, well... um... telling the truth.

Today's theme: Does workplace diversity improve company performance?

timon_phocas comments on May 10, 2019:

A diversity of approaches helps resolve problems. I don't think that necessarily means a diversity of EEOC categories. Forbes' assertion about diversity equating to profitability reminds me of a classic example taught in statistics classes. Folklore in Germany is that a stork building a nest on your chimney will ensure fertility for your house. In the 1930s a headline trumpeted statistical proof for the folklore. People hosting storks had more babies! Magic was true! The truth was that people WANTING large families would build nesting platforms on their chimneys. Storks built nests on the platforms because it was easier. I imagine the parents did other things that actually increased their family size. They became a classic example of a self selecting population in statistics classes ever since. When companies become successful they hire human resources managers who put equal opportunity procedures in place to comply with government regulations. They become a self selecting population.

It’s become clear where election meddling is coming from.

timon_phocas comments on May 10, 2019:

The Mueller Investigation succeeded. They knew from the beginning there was no collusion. They succeeded in obscuring that fact for two years and they succeeded in postponing investigations into Obama administration spying for two years.

SpaceX confirmed that its Crew Dragon spaceship for NASA was 'destroyed' by a recent test.

timon_phocas comments on May 10, 2019:

I think the question about saltwater exposure might be a replay of the Richard Feynman's Challenger question about low temperature O rings.

Students walk out of vigil for fallen student over anti gun message... [ammoland.com]

timon_phocas comments on May 10, 2019:

I was crass political ambulance chasing. They were trying to exploit students' grief for partisan gain.The students slapped back.

Check out this "Illegal Immigrant Success Story": Illegal with $1,000,000 CASH! ...

timon_phocas comments on May 9, 2019:

And "they only want to do the work Americans won't do."

Naval Corpsman Training StrategyPage.

timon_phocas comments on May 9, 2019:

I took EMT training before nursing school. We took two shifts at the local hospital Emetgency Department. There I saw the results of accidents and fights, along with acute illness. Then they sent us for a shift at Denver Health's ED. It's famed as the "Knife and Gun Club." And there I saw patient after patient. African-Americans with bodies like Greek statues with holes in them.As Billy Sunday famously said, "It's Saturday night, but Sunday's on the way." And so it was.

STEM School students walk out of planned vigil, frustrated by political talk They were frustrated...

timon_phocas comments on May 9, 2019:

Anorher link to an article about rhe "vigil" and walkout https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/bennet-crow-join-school-shooting-vigil-students-walk-out-over/article_13689ece-7250-11e9-bd00-035cbd2e9ed9.html

STEM School students walk out of planned vigil, frustrated by political talk They were frustrated...

timon_phocas comments on May 9, 2019:

Link to another article covering this: https://www.theblaze.com/news/students-walk-out-of-school-shooting-vigil-when-speakers-push-gun-control?utm_content=buffer00800=social=facebook.com=theblaze

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. [m.washingtontimes.com]

timon_phocas comments on May 9, 2019:

Federal programs have vastly increased the cost of education. It takes more and more administrators to document compliance with federal regulations accompanying all that "free" federal money. Little of it actually gets to the classroom.

What is the Democrat platform at this time? Elect us and we will continue to investigate.. a lot