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1. 5 minutes ago on Scary Gary

   … what we would call a ‘lightning conductor’.

2. 6 minutes ago on Scary Gary

   Yes. That’s what it is. A retired vampire living in the suburbs with his demon-like assistant.

3. 8 minutes ago on Scary Gary

   When I first saw that relationship I was reminded of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and the character’s visit to Brobdingnag.

4. about 1 hour ago on Jen Sorensen

   It is what happens when politicians take charge.

   Most politicians, certainly those who get to the top, are career politicians. No actual life or work experience other than fundraising, speaking and arguing. All they know is gaining power, making an impression and ensuring votes for the party.

   When a problem arises, they have power but little knowledge, training or experience. So they use what they have to hand: the police, state troopers and the like. It shows strength, a rapid response and ‘gets things done’. It makes them feel all alpha male and powerful.

   Wars sometimes start for the same reason: not trusting the diplomats and experienced civil servants who tell them there are other, slower, quieter, less dangerous ways of achieving their aims. But wars win votes, as does using water cannons on students.

   One of the first things you learn in conflict resolution is the need to listen. Don’t silence protestors, listen to them. They are protesting because they feel the need to be heard. Silencing them will not work – it is merely a temporary treatment to a symptom of an underlying problem that will not go away by being ignored.

   (One of the things one learns in international relations, is that terrorism comes about when a minority feels they have not been listened to about an injustice over an extended period. Trying to silence them escalates the violence. Those saying ‘terrorists cannot be reasoned with’ are totally wrong; that is how very such conflict ends.)

   In short: politicians should never be allowed to be in charge of anything, most especially in a crisis.

5. about 1 hour ago on Jen Sorensen

   The same Miriam Adelson who has said the Book of Trump should be added to the bible.

   From the Times of Israel:

   Adelson went on to say she wished there would be a biblical book named after Trump in the future.

   “Would it be too much to pray for a day when the Bible gets a ‘Book of Trump,’ much like it has a ‘Book of Esther’ celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from ancient Persia?” Adelson asked.

6. about 1 hour ago on Steve Kelley

   “…But then a lot of people celebrate killing unborn children…”

   You think people celebrate abortion?

   Wow. You have been told some weird, screwed-up, stuff.

7. about 2 hours ago on Nick Anderson

   What I struggle to understand is the way they just make stuff up. I can comprehend all sorts of criminal and antisocial behaviours and the motivation for them, but not lying to increase hate.

   I don’t get how someone would fabricate a falsehood to promote an agenda for violence. Such as “Hamas is paying the students to protest”, which is as likely a the moon landings being fake.

   Is it something to do with them having so little agency in their own life, they imagine they can create pain for others and this somehow makes their own existence more valid?

8. about 2 hours ago on 1 and Done

   I couldn’t afford an electric air guitar. :-(

   But my steering wheel drum set is AWESOME!

9. about 15 hours ago on Mike Lester

   The USA has not been around long enough to count as ‘history’.

10. about 15 hours ago on Mike Lester

    Wow. What a load of nonsense.

    “I have read elsewhere…”

    The standard words that mean ‘I just made this up…’

    “I have read elsewhere you can get a degree in history without ever taking one class on American History.”

    You probably do not know this, but not all history applies to America, and most of it predates America.

    “I understand they no longer have to learn to write in cursive”

    Is this web site in cursive? Are books? What is? Almost nothing for over 100 years.

    “I understand … that math is racist.”

    Then your ‘understanding’ is standing under level of stupidity.