What convinced me regarding this was Jeremiah 31:16-17, that the children who were "no more" would ...

timon_phocas comments on May 8, 2021:

"all the coasts thereof" The teacher makes the claim that all tribes of Israel had coastal territory. Zebulon, Issachar, Ephraim, and Simeon had no coastal territory. Reuben & Benjamin bordered the Dead Sea only. Gad, and Naphtali bordered the Sea of Galilee only. East Manasseh bordered ...

timon_phocas replies on May 8, 2021:

@eschatologyguy Howdy again. If my Lord can regenerate me into a new man (a miracle I do not deserve and can barely conceive of), He can certainly reserve 1% of His people to refrain from women and have no guile in their mouths. As He said in the days of Elijah, I Kings 19:18, "Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” NIV

What convinced me regarding this was Jeremiah 31:16-17, that the children who were "no more" would ...

timon_phocas comments on May 8, 2021:

"all the coasts thereof" The teacher makes the claim that all tribes of Israel had coastal territory. Zebulon, Issachar, Ephraim, and Simeon had no coastal territory. Reuben & Benjamin bordered the Dead Sea only. Gad, and Naphtali bordered the Sea of Galilee only. East Manasseh bordered ...

timon_phocas replies on May 8, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, There are 15 million Jews in the world today. I think God selecting roughly 1% of them to form our Lord's 144,000 is a simpler solution to the passages in Revelation. We shall surely find out as our Lord unfolds His purposes.

Star Trekking

sqeptiq comments on May 8, 2021:

Joey Dementia!

timon_phocas replies on May 8, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, ...and his Cling-Ons...

Reuters: Intel to invest $600M to expand chip manufacturing and R&D in Israel. [msn.com]

Garsco comments on May 7, 2021:

Link says “can’t find that page.” But it sounds like a very good thing.

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, thx for pointing that out. I'll try to fix it b

The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by ...

timon_phocas comments on May 7, 2021:

Howdy @HistoryCorner, Fast forward 150 years. Ever wonder why xi jinping is profoundly suspicious of Christianity?

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2021:

@HistoryCorner Howdy again, what I've read is that the Chinese leadership is very historically minded. The Taiping Rebellion was devastating to the Qing Dynasty's authority. A century of chaos followed. The CCP doesn't want a burgeoning Christian population to be the seed bed of another Taiping Rebellion. I say this as a devout Christian. It doesn't make Biblical sense to me. Then again, it didn't make sense for the Roman emperors to hate Christianity. But they had their cultural historical reasons, just like the Chinese rulers have their reasons.

Build a book?

sqeptiq comments on May 7, 2021:

Can you read Swedish?

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, No, but I can eat their meatballs. Does that help?

FoxNews: Rep. Dan Crenshaw says another surgical miracle saved his left eye. [foxnews.com]

Bay0Wulf comments on May 7, 2021:

Errr ... is that some sort of pun? “Saws a miracle to save his eye”? Don’t get me wrong ... its a Good, Positive Story your tag line just needs another ... eyeballing ... 😂

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, Company, villainous company has been the ruin of my life... Make that predictive spelling has been ruin of my texts... Thx for pointing that out.

CNSNews: Montana opts out of extended unemployment benefits and instead offers a back-to-work bonus.

Bay0Wulf comments on May 7, 2021:

Well, a “Back to Work” bonus seems a bit odd as well but, at least, its a positive step to get people to climb back onto their feet. Talk about a real life Stick and Carrot though ...

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, We've seen this twice before in recent history. Following the 2008 Recession, employment (and economic activity) didn't recover until Congress refused to extend unemployment benefits. In the nineties Congress passed a welfare benefits cap, which forced people back to work and triggered the best economy in the Clinton administration. It should be standard practice by now.

Creators.

sqeptiq comments on May 6, 2021:

The US also had plans for naval war with Britain into the 1920s!

timon_phocas replies on May 6, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, Well, it had to plan how to counter the Canadians' inexorable drive for a warm water port... And how to counter an invasion of Nome, Alaska. Thorny problems...

The romans were absolute PERVERTS! In the first century B.

timon_phocas comments on May 6, 2021:

Howdy @HistoryCorner, We have whitewashed the classical world. Oh, we make little ditties about Aphrodite and her see through nightie (as though we were still in Junior High) but the reality was far grittier than the lovely white statues in our museums. In Latin American countries men still ...

timon_phocas replies on May 6, 2021:

@HistoryCorner Howdy again. Yep. My reading indicates the Roman approach was originally much more family oriented than the Greek. But when writers say the Greeks "conquered their conquerors" it wasn't just rhetoric and philosophy Greeks brought with them.

SpaceX prototype SN15 DID IT! No concrete shattering kaboom.

eschatologyguy comments on May 5, 2021:

The change is that flip to horizontal on the descent. Watch the Chinese follow that maneuver 😊

timon_phocas replies on May 6, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, Yea verily. I think a key insight comes from Elon Musk. He says SpaceX doesn't patent its many innovations because China "use the patent applications as recipes."

Nice a capella arrangement of "A Man of Constant Sorrow" [youtu.be]

sqeptiq comments on May 5, 2021:

A jolly song for our times!

timon_phocas replies on May 6, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, Yep, and the sing-along chorus is a real knee slapper!

TownHall: WayneAllenRoot: This is what Republican voters believe.

sqeptiq comments on May 2, 2021:

Ordinary Republicans want Francisco Franco, not the Chamber of Commerce.

timon_phocas replies on May 2, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, Ordinary Republicans want want ordinary patriotism to be honored. We want elections to be civically sacred. We want the Constitutional Republic we were promised every time we recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Simple things; too simple for our sophisticated 'betters.'

Finance.

coalburned comments on May 2, 2021:

Can anyone honestly say they didn't see this coming? Even without the trickle down effects of lockdowns, how could we not see inflation after the govt dumps trillions of dollars into the economy? Steel prices have tripled since September, lumber is soaring, gas is up 30-40%, and food is rapidly ...

timon_phocas replies on May 2, 2021:

Amen, brother.

WashExaminer: SalenaZito: It's Kentucky Derby weekend and Salena writes about the American racing ...

sqeptiq comments on May 2, 2021:

Have the horses been vaccinated?

timon_phocas replies on May 2, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, I don't think they're vaccinated against distemper, horses do bite...

CoffeeOrDie: Initial results from the Marine Corps' overhaul of its Infantry Training School look ...

sqeptiq comments on May 2, 2021:

Can SJW tranny Marines save us?

timon_phocas replies on May 2, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, can tranny SJW Marines save us? Only if they can pass boot camp and the Marine School of Infantry

Shootout at the Mediocre Chorale?

sqeptiq comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Shoutout at the Mediocre Chorale!

timon_phocas replies on Apr 30, 2021:

Howdy @sqeptiq, I've been in a few mediocre chorales...

DC was once an uninhabitable swamp and they drained it to build the Capitol.

jaymaron comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Can someone make a meme of Surtur destroying DC?

timon_phocas replies on Apr 29, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, Have you thought about asking the Brits to invade again?

CBN: Over 150K Russian troops deployed on the Ukrainian border.

dd54 comments on Apr 21, 2021:

Do you think the establishment on both sides of the aisle are using this escalation with Russia to pull American's attention to a potentially greater tgreat of war to try and diffuse the culture war tension or is it just their warmonger's programing for conflict/control over resources or their ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 21, 2021:

Howdy @dd54, I think the Radical Left is focused of SJW issues because they consider them to be most important issues. I think there are people on both the Left and Right who are alarmed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis because it threatens world peace. Pool this with China threatening Taiwan and rising violence between Iran-Israel and you have the possibility of reality bitch-slapping this administration.

PostMillennial: Biden and Harris say the justice system must be totally overhauled even though it ...

Serg97 comments on Apr 21, 2021:

I'll bet THEY want us to just do away with juries that can be intimidated and Constitutional Law!!! That way THEY can appoint judges that will have the only say in any trial!!! That MIGHT make them happy, total control and no challenges!!!!

timon_phocas replies on Apr 21, 2021:

@Serg97 Howdy again, Ronald Reagan said that if fascism ever comes in America it will come from the Left. Looks like he's being proven right.

PostMillennial: Biden and Harris say the justice system must be totally overhauled even though it ...

Serg97 comments on Apr 21, 2021:

I'll bet THEY want us to just do away with juries that can be intimidated and Constitutional Law!!! That way THEY can appoint judges that will have the only say in any trial!!! That MIGHT make them happy, total control and no challenges!!!!

timon_phocas replies on Apr 21, 2021:

Howdy @Serg97, After the Reichstag fire the Nazis tried Van der Lubbe and several communist party leaders. Van der Lubbe was convicted, but the Communist Party leaders were not. This caused the Nazis to form a "People's Court" in which Nazis set all the rules and could guarantee guilty verdicts. I think that's what Biden and Harris want.

TownHall: Chauvin Trial Judge says Maxine Waters' incendiary remarks may result in a mistrial.

dd54 comments on Apr 19, 2021:

I think Judge Cahill has given great leeway to the State, he is aware that the pervasive news coverage without sequestration presented a risk, batty waters publicized call for a a guilty murder charge or else increased confrontation along with all the pervasive news coverage and the fact the the ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 20, 2021:

Howdy @dd54, I initially thought the State wanted a guilty verdict (to appease angry mobs) that would be overturned after years of appeals. The fact that it would bankrupt Chauvin meant nothing. I think the weakness of their case makes them willing to accept a mistrial. Anything to get this stinking mess off their desks.

BBC: China sends record numbers of jets into Taiwan air space.

Garsco comments on Apr 13, 2021:

China is likely testing to determine just how impotent a US response to their attacking and steamrolling Taiwan may be. They obviously sense real opportunity with the Biden administration at the wheel.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 13, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, These increasingly threatening shows of force started happening when Slo Joe was inaugurated. Over on the western side of Eurasia, Russia's mobilization on Ukraine's border started at the same time. I suspect China and Russia will coordinate their invasions against Taiwan and Ukraine as well. Slo Joe says America's back. Back to Jimmy Carter? Or Warren Harding?

RealClearDefense: Israel's complex, high tech border fences reach new levels.

Sensrhim4hizvewz comments on Apr 11, 2021:

A major point Jews seem to fail to register is...they have stolen lands from 1967, originally occupied those lands and they now fence the Palestinians off from their OWN 1949 UN-sanctioned lands, which the Jews agreed to respect. There is a couple excellent documentaries I encourage everyone to ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 12, 2021:

Howdy @BubbaLouie, The Palestians could have accepted the 1948 U.N. partition plan. So could the surrounding Arab states. Israel would have been much smaller. They all refused it. I posted the article is about the high tech border walls because of their effectiveness. Our southern border walls have some of the same tech. Now even the Biden administration seems to want to 'close some gaps' in it.

NYTimes: Environmentalists and Loggers cooperate to save an Oregon logging town. [nytimes.com]

Serg97 comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I find it interesting that it has taken over 60 years for the "Experts" to figure out what my Dad was preaching most of his life!!! It is real simple, if man does not take care of what GOD has given us, Mother Nature will, and she can be a harsh mother!!!!! Either man takes the tree and uses them ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 12, 2021:

Howdy @Serg97, Respect to your father! My father was a logger for part of his career. Hard, dangerous job. Mother Nature is indeed a harsh mistress. We either take of nature or she'll step in. And brother, her payback's a bitch.

Ancient cave art from France

DesireNoDesires comments on Apr 10, 2021:

and just to think I remember getting my ass spanked as a kid for doing almost identical work on my bedroom walls

timon_phocas replies on Apr 10, 2021:

Howdy @DesireNoDesires, They should have saved and framed the drywall. Could be valuable now!

Blaze: Utah law requires biological fathers to pay half the costs of the pregnancies.

Mechanic comments on Apr 7, 2021:

I had to pay 100% for both.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 8, 2021:

Howdy @Mechanic, Same here for all three of my kids!

AcademicTimes: A new take on space elevators.

jaymaron comments on Apr 6, 2021:

A spece elevator is vulnerable to micrometeorites. Because the elevator material is under extreme tension, a micrometeorite hit triggers a large release of elastic energy. This issue makes the space elevator inviable.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 6, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, I remember reading about ISS experiments with extending cables for power generation. Would a conducting cable travelling through Earth's magnetic fields act like windings on an electric motor?

Natural Gas - Southern Africa. [onafhanklik.com]

timon_phocas comments on Apr 6, 2021:

Howdy @JennaGardner, Mozambican natural gas partnered with South African Industry, that could be profitable for everyone involved.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 6, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, I am reminded of Leland Stanford in the California Gold Rush. Everyone else rushed off to Sutter's Mill (site of the gold discovery). Standford stayed in San Francisco and bought up every pick, shovel and wheelbarrow. Some miners got rich, but Stanford got fabulously wealthy. If Mozambique becomes energy rich, I think South Africa could very well become richer.

Federalist: Stephen C.

Hanno comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Ok... so let’s see the score card for “proof of god”. Gnostics “science”: 3 in a century. Agnostic science”: 100 per decade. The author completely fails to concede that all religions believed the “beginning” was only a few thousand years ago. Religions are as clueless as were ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 3, 2021:

Howdy @Hanno, I hadn't heard of the deep sea vent RNA experiments. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Very interesting. I'll do some more reading on those. Experiments of these types demonstrate that skilled scientists, carefully controlling laboratory conditions, can produce complex organic chemicals. In other words, it takes intelligence and design, not random chance. In the article I have read, it said it, "could form RNA strings or polymers up to four ribonucleotides long." That is enough for one codon in a DNA sequence. The E Coli bacteria requires 64 which would be exponentially more complex (at least 2 raised to the power of 64 times as complex) as a single codon. And that's just the DNA, it doesn't include any other parts of the bacterium. In a broad sense, it really doesn't matter whether God created life in 6 days (then took off Saturday to watch Natre Dame play football), or if He took billions of years tinkering with DNA. Life is still a divine miracle.

GreekReporter: Ancient sculpture of a Greek Boxer still haunts us today. [greekreporter.com]

MikeHunt comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Would gladly do battle with

timon_phocas replies on Apr 2, 2021:

Howdy @MikeHunt, I think he'd be a tough opponent. I pretty certain he doesn't have a glass jaw...

MarineCorpsTimes: Accident Investigation into the AAV sinking and loss of 11 Marines and 1 Corpsman.

eschatologyguy comments on Apr 1, 2021:

Any possibility of sabotage?

timon_phocas replies on Apr 1, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, No, I don't believe there was any sabotage, the transmission had an oil leak. The track Commander decided to go into the ocean anyway. A number of other failures exacerbated that failure. They should have had rescue vehicles close by, but nothing was available to them. A very sorry chain of failures both mechanical and human.

Curiosity selfie at Mt. Mercou.

eschatologyguy comments on Mar 31, 2021:

It would be ***awesome*** if Curiosity could open an account with Slug 😁

timon_phocas replies on Apr 1, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, I wouldn't doubt NASA has opened social media accounts for their Mars rovers. I'll look that up and see what's available.

They've been reporting on TV that more and more people are crossing the US-Mexico border.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, I don't blame the migrants. They are hoping for better lives for themselves and their children. that's what brought 100 million other immigrants to our shores. We cannot however, feed, house, clothe, and employ millions of people on a moment's notice. This is simply a failure of ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 30, 2021:

@Naomi Howdy again. The Gallup polling firm did a poll of the 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean a few years back. A hundred-twenty million said they would like to migrate to another country. Forty-two million of them said they would like to migrate to the US. We obviously couldn't handle either of those numbers. One of the basic roles of a nation state is to regulate borders. This administration says it will no longer so so. We are suffering the consequences. The Trump administration erected regulatory and procedural barriers to immigration. These were more effective than the 400-odd miles of wall he had built. Central America suffered a years-long severe drought. As nature's pendulum swings back they are now suffering torrential rain storms. Both of these natural events cause terrible suffering to the people in Central America. These are the economic driving forces of this current migration surge. It would take massive aid to Central American countries to alleviate the economic suffering. But just flooding them with food would destroy local agriculture. Why farm when food is free? This has happened before with Western aid to African countries. A very subtle problem.

NYPost: VP Kamala Harris has had no meetings about the border crisis, even though she's in charge of...

2FollowHim comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Transparency? Missing?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 29, 2021:

Howdy @2FollowHim, MIA seems to be the modis operandi of this administration.

TownHall: ScottMorefield: MIT researchers say COVID ‘Team Reality’ Is Effectively Winning Minds ...

Garsco comments on Mar 29, 2021:

If Team Reality is winning minds and changing opinions with their interpretations of hard data, what does it tell us about Team Apocalypse’s interpretations of the same data?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 29, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, I don't know. There's been a project to exalt 'expert' administrators over the individual decisions of the people for over a century. The 'expert class's has a pretty bad batting average from Vietnam to the present. The flailing responses to COVID are just the latest example. Experts were supposed to free us from the predjudices of the ignorant masses. Turns out the experts are just as predjudiced and about as ignorant.

They've been reporting on TV that more and more people are crossing the US-Mexico border.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, I don't blame the migrants. They are hoping for better lives for themselves and their children. that's what brought 100 million other immigrants to our shores. We cannot however, feed, house, clothe, and employ millions of people on a moment's notice. This is simply a failure of ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 29, 2021:

@Naomi Howdy again. Taking over other countries, even by consent, is fraught with peril. We did reasonably well in West Germany and Japan. They were developed nations, however. Projects to improve Vietnam or Iraq were abject failures. Heck, we can't even improve Haiti.

Apparently, there are two kinds of wisdom recognized in the bible: Godly wisdom and worldly wisdom.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 29, 2021:

In the book of Proverbs, written by Solomon, wisdom could be defined as skill in the art of living. But that included reverential fear of God.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 29, 2021:

@eschatologyguy Howdy again. Praises to our El Shadiai, the All Sufficient One!

Is this a free country? As of today dancing and singing allowed in NSW Australia.

HistoryCorner comments on Mar 28, 2021:

Nazi Germany banned dancing for a while too....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 28, 2021:

Howdy @Poncho69, The Nazi party peaked at 37% of the vote. They were the largest party, a plurality but not a majority. They lost some regional elections. Then in the next national election they declined to 32% of the vote. At this point establishment politicians thought the Nazis were a spent force and invited them to head a coalition government. It was like getting in bed with Jack the Ripper. The Nazis never got a majority of the vote until they outlawed every other party.

Joe Biden promised to fling open the borders if he was elected.

toronto_Georgia comments on Mar 27, 2021:

Two points. One: Our current international affairs with so many countries are a complete kibosh and smoldering to the edge of full flame in far too many regions. It's not just China, he's working on torching the agreement with the Afghanies resulting in loss of life to our troops; Iran is ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 27, 2021:

Howdy @toronto_Georgia, Well, I've followed Slo Joe's career from 73 to the present. He's been wrong on every international issue he's involved himself in. Quite a batting average. Dismally predictive, however...

This sounds like a noble idea.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 27, 2021:

The student loan mess lurched towards the quicksands when President Clinton federalized student loans. Under federal management it has gone from mire to morass. This is a federally created problem.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 27, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, I am reminded of Something Senator Everett Dirkson said, "A billion here, a billion there; pretty soon you're talking serious money." That was back in the sixties, but now we're talking about very serious money. If the government directly owns the loans, as opposed to insuring them, then it's easier to erase them. If private parties own the loans and the government insures them, then they represent a massive loss the government would have to pay to lenders.

NationalDefenseMag: F-35 numbers are going to be affected by 'Robo-Jets'.

eschatologyguy comments on Mar 25, 2021:

How do you turn a drone (sword) into its appropriate "plowshare"? Crop duster would be an overkill 😄 Thoughts like this intrigue me 🙂

timon_phocas replies on Mar 25, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, I remember a conversation I had with an agriculture consultant. He said he was using drones to monitor moisture content, crop health, and micronutrient needs of the growing plants.

Spring Equinox today.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, When the wind howls and the ice growls Like an enemy in the night, When the cold gnaws like wolves' teeth Waiting cold to bite Oh how we wish for Spring's soft kiss And the touch of bonny May But outside still where frost is king The icy winds do play.....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, I'm trying to remember it rightly. It's been awhile, so I keep editing it.

Jared Polis (our leftist, vegan governor) declared this to be "Colorado Meat Out Day.

Garsco comments on Mar 20, 2021:

Sounds like the Meat Ins won this battle over the Meat Outs. Any idea how many chemical burgers were consumed at the governor’s shindigs?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 20, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, Our Governor Polis seems to have stepped in it. Axios, quite the liberal site, says his "Meat Out Day" has skewered him. https://www.axios.com/how-meatout-day-backfired-on-colorado-governor-jared-polis-20d28c82-c44e-48be-8753-0531c7e2ede2.html

At least, she has her heart in the right place! Still.

jaymaron comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Harry should have married someone that can gracefully handle attention. Harry should have married a Kardashian. It would be marrying into American royalty.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 18, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, Hey, go easy on those poor, oppressed lovelorn royals. After all, what are the job prospects for a Kardashian wannabe with a posh accent?

RedState: New data analysis shows election irregularities in 2020. [redstate.com]

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Honestly ... I KNOW They Cheated ... They Stole the Election. While this is interesting to see yet more confirming evidence, I don’t see how that election is going to be “fixed”. Worse, with the “New Election Laws” being pressed by the DemLeft, I don’t see any Future Election as ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 16, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, And that's why they're building a Praetorian Guard in D.C., they view the US population as a threat.

WashExaminer: Salena Zito: Our woke cultural curators want to think for you.

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 15, 2021:

This might be the Wrong Link? Just based on your post I would insert the following; Our woke **”Self Proclaimed”** cultural curators want to think for you.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 15, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, Thanks, corrected that. Annoying mistake.

Starlink batch 21 launch and recovery.

eschatologyguy comments on Mar 14, 2021:

The Harpazo would be **THE** ultimate for me 😊

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, Way beyond orbital... Way beyond Mars...

PhysiciansWeekly: Physiological barriers to space flight and Mars colonization.

pbuck0145 comments on Mar 14, 2021:

Despite the allegations of some "visionaries", Earth's biosphere is the only environment wherein humans will ever survive and thrive.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

Howdy @Edgework, "Oh yeah? Tell that to Captain Kirk" A hit, a very palpable hit! 😅😛😘

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

Howdy @parsifal, Thanks. I try to keep it factual and impersonal. It helps to pray for him.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. Words and grammer mean things and imply things. If they don't, then language is impossible. If you cannot draw conclusions from what is said, then it is not language, but just background noise. The Gospels can be verified as regards to their historicity. They reference people we know who existed, places we have verified existed, and events that we know happened. The Gospels we now have can be verified by their provinance. There are fragments of the Gospel of John that have been dated to within a century of Jesus of Nazareth's life. Many other ancient biblical manuscripts are dated back to 200 AD to 250 AD. These datings far exceed our earliest copies of Homer, Herodotus, Tacitus and Plutarch. They even compare favorably to documentary provinance trail of Shakespeare. Dates in the Gospels are complicated by different dating systems. The system we have now was devised in the Middle Ages. It was inaccurate, but at least it gave us a common dating reference. The Gospels give us both month and year of Jesus of Nazareth's birth. It is not emphasized because Jesus of Nazareth's birthday was not considered an important issue.

Courageous Teacher Rant.

parsifal comments on Mar 14, 2021:

So where are the hundreds of thousands of other teachers? Cowards? Absent? Or agree with the policy?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

Howdy @parsifal, "Old age doth make cowards of us all" My daughter is thinking of her retirement and medical benefits

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 14, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. This reminds me of a passage in **Alice in Wonderland ** "When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. 'The question is, " said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'" If you accept what Josephus wrote about his defense of the Decapolis, the siege of Jerusalem, and the siege of Masada as accurate (and all these things are confirmed by hard archeological evidence) then you implicitly admit Josephus was a reliable witness of history. You also, however, assert he uncharacteristically lurched into fairy tales when he wrote about Jesus of Nazareth. A question "whether you can make words mean so many different things" indeed. As to your assertion about there being no contemporary accounts of Jesus of Nazareth; there are three eyewitness accounts of Jesus of Nazareth's life, along with an account drawn from eyewitness interviews. That are called the Gospels and they are the best attested ancient documents in Western Civilization.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. "None of which confirm the existence of 'Jesus'" So you implicitly admit, by the grammer of your statement, that Flavius Josephus wrote about thoses things and was accurate. But you assert that what Josephus wrote about Jesus of Nazareth were singularly false. You're saying that an otherwise reliable witness to history was uncharacteristically unreliable, and only when writing about Jesus of Nazareth.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. Just a reminder that, for the purposes of this discussion, I am not making any theological assertions about Jesus of Nazareth, just his existence in history.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. "what 'confirmed facts' are those?" Facts about the great Jewish Revolt. Facts about the siege and destruction of Jerusalem Facts about the siege and capture of Masada. Facts about the aftermath of the Great Jewish Revolt.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. Just a reminder that, for the purposes of this duscussion, I am not making any theological assertions about Jesus of Nazareth, just his existence in history.

CBSNews: utter chaos in Biden's border detention facilities.

jaymaron comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Imagine if Trump went there personally and pointed out the appalling conditions.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, That would be a weird photo. Imagine Trump standing in front of a parking lot, knees bent, fists at eyes, pretending to cry...

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. "really low rent " Ad hominem attacks are the sign of a lost argument. God bless in all that you are.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. "Just the one about Jeebus." Does this mean all assertions about religious figures, even when surrounded by otherwise confirmed facts, are ipso facto false? Or just those about Jesus of Nazareth?

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. "there is contemporary evidence for Stalin, and Lincoln, including film and photographic evidence" Does that mean George Washington did not exist? William the Conqueror? There are no photographs of them. And, BTW, Josephus' never said he was a Christian. As a Jew he would have no reason to propagandize for Christians. There are three eyewitness accounts, and one very competent account account drawn from eyewitnesses. They are called the Gospels. They were written about the time of the Great Jewish revolt. They are both sacred and historical documents.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. Which of Josephus' assertions do you dispute? Just the ones about Jesus of Nazareth's life, or all of them? Does that mean you can dismiss any historical account you dislike as irrelevant? Are you saying his other assertions are correct (because many have been confirmed by hard archeological evidence) but only his assertions about Jesus of Nazareth have no relevance? Or are you saying he did not believe what he wrote about Jesus of Nazareth?

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. Flavius Josephus was a competent historian. The Great Jewish revolt went from 66 AD until 73 AD. Josephus was born AD 37/38 and was a commander in the revolt. He was born just after Jesus of Nazareth's death. So yes, Josephus was born after Jesus of Nazareth. So so were most biographers of Abraham Lincoln or Joseph Stalin. Flavius Josephus has been proven right in detail after detail, so his accounts of Jesus of Nazareth have credibility. At the very least, his writings prove that an educated man who lived in Judea in the time of the Great Jewish Revolt believed Jesus of Nazareth to have been a real historical person.

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@AdrianRainbow Howdy again. OK, proof by assertion is not enough. Flavius Josephus writes about Jesus of Nazareth as a real historical figure. He refers to him in two separate chapters his Antiquities and confirms details in the biblical accounts. Tacitus writes about Jesus of Nazareth in his Annals as a historical figure. Again, his account confirms details of biblical accounts. Pliny the Younger wrote in the reign of Trajan that Christians in that era worshipped Jesus of Nazareth as a god. The Babylonian Talmud refers to Jesus of Nazareth as a historical person, attributes his miracles to sorcery, and attacked his teachings as heretical. Let's see, his most vehement opponents admitted Jesus of Nazareth was a real historical figure, that he was a teacher, and that he worked miracles. Satirist Lucian wrote about Jesus of Nazareth as a historical figure. Like his appellation suggest, he pilloried Jesus of Nazareth (like you do), but he accepted that Jesus of Nazareth was a real person. Sextus Julius Africanus quoted an earlier historian named Thallus, who wrote around 52ad. Africanus records Thallus writing the following: “…in the time of Tiberius Caesar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth..." This parallels the biblical accounts of the crucifixion. There are other sources, of course, but as Paul said to Festus, "I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner." Acts 26:26

YahooNews: "We're going to lose fast.

Garsco comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Other than China seizing control of Taiwan and gaining a firmer grip on the South China Sea, what does the US losing a war with China really look like? Do they effectively destroy our military and go home or should we expect them to attempt to exert direct governance over us? And I suppose we ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, Good question. The question NCOs ask is, "what do we do now?". The question officers ask is, "what happens next?". Chinese writings say their aims are the First Island Chain and then the Second Island Chain. The First Island Chain is Taiwan, Japan and Korea. The Second Island Chain extends to the mid Pacific. They've already claimed almost all of the South China Sea. The article sheds light on another topic. They talk and radically strengthening US command and control systems. Now think about Starlink and how strongly the US government supports it. A C&C system, received by everything from handhelds to ships, with tens of thousands of satellites would be very robust.

ArsTechnica: University College London reconstructs how the Antikythera Mechanism worked.

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 13, 2021:

AT comes up with a lot of fascinating stuff. I’m not sure I’m completely on board with this explanation of the mechanism but its an interesting hypothesis. The problem I have is they consider it is based on an Earth Centric idea since this is before Copernicus but ... I would think were ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, There are many wrinkles in Ptolemaic Astronomy. That they could actually calculate eclipses kind of amazes me. All this with ancient Greek mathematics! No wondered they made a machine to do it! The Ptolemaic model required resets every few years as their models contradicted what they observed. I wonder if there are adjustmemt instructions on the machines, or if they had to do the adjustment math by hand and then start the machines using new assumptions. Virtual reboot?

Here's a little Easter Joke.

parsifal comments on Mar 13, 2021:

A better joke would be to have Jesus call for one of the disciples - Peter or James, or the others. Jesus and Paul never met...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Howdy @AdrianRainbow, There is more evidence Jesus of Nazareth existed than Tacitus, Josephus or Homer existed.

More than 90 Montana lawmakers call on Biden to get Kestone XL pipeline from Canada built.

timon_phocas comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Can they complete the pipeline within Montana and then use interstate compacts with South Dakota and Wyoming to extend it?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Howdy @1patriot, Yep. The original Exel pipeline is already completed. It carries 550K barrels of Alberta oil every day. Alberta is due to double oil production in next ten years, and the new XL would carry over 800K barrels/day.

My twin sister wrote a short story. [jessicagphoto.wordpress.com]

eschatologyguy comments on Mar 12, 2021:

If people had known that Mandela was a Lefty, would it have changed anything?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Howdy @eschatologyguy, We always knew the ANC was a haven for communists. Communist countries were their financiers, suppliers and trainers. When Mandela was on Robins Island, the Communists were organizing and agitating. I hoped Mandela would start a era of compromise. My hopes were not fulfilled.

AmGreatness: Julie Kelly: "Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve" was patriotic.

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Yeah ... I’m not sure about the Article’s title but ... this is another I could’ve written ... 🧐 “ What’s truly alarming is how many Americans want this cruelty to persist despite its proven ineffectiveness at “stopping” the spread of the virus. According to a new Pew Research ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Ack! I guess last copy and paste didn't go so well...

5 Ways Elon Musk and Other Billionaires Get Welfare for the Rich [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Mar 11, 2021:

Howdy @Krunoslav, Every business (with the possible exception of PayPal) Musk started is absolutely dependent on market distorting government subsidies or the government as customer. Solar City depends on regulations forcing utilities to buy electricity from rooftop solar panels and tax ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 11, 2021:

@Krunoslav Howdy again. I read Robert Downey Jr. based his portrayal of Tony Stark on his friendship with Elon Musk. I once had a conversation with the guy who started the Barefoot Cruises cruise line. As America's business boomed in the 80s he started another company for office janitorial services, which also boomed. He said starting businesses has two critical hurdles. The first was identifying market needs. The second was finding the cheapest money to start them with. Even in the 80s, the cheapest money came from the government. JP Morgan put together US Steel, which was essentially a monopoly. He avoided antitrust because US Steel was extraordinarily cooperative with the US government, especially with Navy building programs. I think the best parallel to SpaceX' relationship with the US government is the transcontinental railroad expansion in the late 1800s. The government essentially guaranteed their profitablity. I see that happening with SpaceX.

TheIndependent: Japan's Hayabusa probe finds both water and organic chemicals in samples taken on ...

jaymaron comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Water? Bah! What matters is hydrogen and oxygen, which are present in all rocks. With nuclear power you can brute force extract the hydrogen and oxygen and make water from any rock. Water articles are red herrings. Water is everywhere. Water water everywhere. Just get there, and get there with...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 8, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, As I grew up, astronomers told us the solar system was arid. Now we see water as a basic building block of asteroids, moons and planetismals. We're even finding new forms of ice formed under immense pressure (kind of reminds me of pycrete proposals in WWII) forming the core structures of the ice giant planets. The organic materials are fascinating as well.

Is this the normal kind of reality in America?

RobD1 comments on Mar 7, 2021:

theres more to this story. Alabamas state law is the problem and the federal minimum wage will not increase her pay it will make it worse. the state law allows the bar to use her avg tips to make the difference between what they pay and the federal minimum wage. on 7.75/hr instead of the actual ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, It might not be as bad as it sounds. There are two kinds of tips. The first is what gets added to the bill, which gets reported and taxed. The second is what's put on the table, and that's pure profit. So the waitress might be taking home a whole lot more than the photo indicates. Our tax code is full of absurdities like this.

Which song really grinds those gears? 🤣

timon_phocas comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Well, Stevie Nicks' rendition of "Silent Night" makes me think she revived the Medieval discipline of goat singing....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Howdy again @Naomi, and there are several whistle based tribal languages in isolated parts of the world.

Which song really grinds those gears? 🤣

timon_phocas comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Well, Stevie Nicks' rendition of "Silent Night" makes me think she revived the Medieval discipline of goat singing....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

@Naomi A woman's falsetto is called bird singing. Interesting.

Which song really grinds those gears? 🤣

timon_phocas comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Well, Stevie Nicks' rendition of "Silent Night" makes me think she revived the Medieval discipline of goat singing....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Howdy all, here's a youtube video of Scandanavian goat singing. My voice professor got his Masters in Renaissance Goat Singing from CSU Long Beach. After hearing this youtube, I decided Nicks' "Silent Night" sounds like a hillbilly reviving Goat Singing. https://youtu.be/LX2wru-XVoI

TheTexan: Texas State Representative introduces a bill to finish Trump's border wall.

Garsco comments on Mar 7, 2021:

At the very least, just filling in gaps in the wall to complete the wall where it’s been started and abandoned would be a great achievement.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Howdy @Garsco, I think wherever the property is state or privately owned they should be able to build it. This will act to herd immigrants mobs into more predictable areas. And protect property rights.

Biden called Republicans neanderthals.

govols comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Units?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Yep, I think that should be grams

Mars image from Perserverance mast-cam

Jedly comments on Mar 6, 2021:

Sure that’s not Afghanistan or Iraq?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 6, 2021:

Howdy @Jedly, Or Detroit?

Mars image from Perserverance mast-cam

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 5, 2021:

Is all that stuff in the foreground ... Litter?

timon_phocas replies on Mar 5, 2021:

Howdy @Bay0Wulf, debris from Starship RUDs?

Space.

jaymaron comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Give thanks to Jackie Chan and SpaceX for making great outtake reels. Musk coined the term "RUD": Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Musk should make movies using SpaceX explosions as special effects. Jerry Bruckheimer can kiss Elon Musk's ass. An exploding rocket is a loss for satellite revenue ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 4, 2021:

Howdy @jaymaron, There's a sequence of launch failures in "October Sky". It splices the West Virginia boys' failures with footage of Redstone misfires back in the late fifties.

Wow! Roosevelt was well ahead of time. He was progressive in the true sense, no?

RobBlair comments on Mar 3, 2021:

Good Republicans

timon_phocas replies on Mar 3, 2021:

@Naomi Howdy again. Republicans and TR have a complicated relationship. First of all, the GOP was antislavery from its founding. John Wilkes Booth finally decided to kill Lincoln after hearing him speak about the necessity of granting full civil rights to freed Blacks. And Republicans were the party of Lincoln. In this TR was fully in accord with Republican Party. Teddy wanted an activist federal government. But he felt constrained by limits the Constitution placed on his actions. This split the party into progressive and classical liberalism (conservative) wings. So, for example, Republicans pushed through the 19th Amendment (Women's Sufferage). Both wings of the party wanted this. There's no denying Teddy Roosevelt accomplished amazing things.

Wow! Roosevelt was well ahead of time. He was progressive in the true sense, no?

RobBlair comments on Mar 3, 2021:

Good Republicans

timon_phocas replies on Mar 3, 2021:

Howdy @Naomi, "TR" was a brilliant man. He spoke five languages. Wrote many books. Negotiated the end of Russo-Japanese War, got the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He felt he deserved everybody's attention because of it. Teddy's daughter said her father "wanted to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral." Taft was a solid President, but not as flashy as Teddy. Teddy formed the Progressive party, split the conservative vote and gave the presidency to Wilson.

Is God coming back into fashion? [thecritic.co.uk]

sqeptiq comments on Mar 3, 2021:

Yes. Just watch out for Pope Franky's bleedingheart god.

timon_phocas replies on Mar 3, 2021:

Robbed a bank? Mugged an old woman? You obviously need a hug!

OneZero.

TheMiddleWay comments on Mar 3, 2021:

It's not Big Brother if all they are suveiling are public spaces. While at a much lower percentage, many cities do that in the USA and IMO they don't do it enough. Public spaces are public and thus anything and everything that goes on in them is fair game for law enforcement. Imagine how much ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 3, 2021:

Howdy @TheMiddleWay, All cell phones are surveillance devices in China. GPS, conversations, contacts, apps, and photos are fed into the Ministry of State Security. It is indeed more than Orwell ever dreamed of.

RealClearDefense: Marines love their new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. [realcleardefense.com]

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 1, 2021:

Would’ve been nice to see the item ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 2, 2021:

@Bay0Wulf Howdy again, A friend of the family was a SAW gunner in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said its long barrel was awkward in house fighting. He also said it wore out quickly unless you cleaned it several times a day. He is one of those OCD types who cleaned so his stayed functional. The debate about 5.56 rounds has been going on since the 60s. I'm not sure it will ever end.

RealClearDefense: Marines love their new M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. [realcleardefense.com]

Bay0Wulf comments on Mar 1, 2021:

Would’ve been nice to see the item ...

timon_phocas replies on Mar 1, 2021:

Try this article: https://www.americanspecialops.com/special-ops-weapons/m27-iar.php

NYPost: Biden's getting exactly the border crisis he asked for. [nypost.com]

Penrodster comments on Mar 1, 2021:

Of those who allowed themselves to be DNA swabbed: only 1/3 of the adults were related to the children they were bringing in. I want to believe the govt doesn't know it is engaging in human trafficking....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 1, 2021:

@Penrodster Amen, brother. Same here

NYPost: Biden's getting exactly the border crisis he asked for. [nypost.com]

Penrodster comments on Mar 1, 2021:

Of those who allowed themselves to be DNA swabbed: only 1/3 of the adults were related to the children they were bringing in. I want to believe the govt doesn't know it is engaging in human trafficking....

timon_phocas replies on Mar 1, 2021:

Howdy @Penrodster, My wife worked with a UNC student who just returned from National Guard duty on the border. She was appalled at what she saw there. Coyotes would throw babies over the border fence (just one of many disgusting things). Heartbreaking. And our president is enabling these heartless cartelistas.

Bill Gates and Poop Water

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 28, 2021:

All the water you drink has at one time been through a dinosaur as pee or poop. H20 from feces or pee is still just plain ol' H20 All food and water has bacteria which is constantly pooping into your food. Mouse poop in food in small amounts is legally acceptable in the USA

timon_phocas replies on Feb 28, 2021:

Howdy @TheMiddleWay, It's humor, not science. Dave Chappelle the prominent comedian is not Dave Chappelle the prominent hydrologist.

Space.

warminster100 comments on Feb 27, 2021:

Do you actually believe this?

timon_phocas replies on Feb 27, 2021:

Howdy @warminster100, Ten years ago reusable boosters were still science fiction. Now it's a business model everybody's trying to emulate. SpaceX made it work, Virgin Galactic hasn't. So there are successes and failures in space entrepreneurs. There are a lot of challenges to overcome. If SpaceX's Starship/SuperHeavy combo works, it should make lifting to low earth orbit economical. Assuming that works out, I'm sure there are a lot of other problems to overcome. The ISS is nearing the end of its projected lifespan. So there's a need, and that might make a suffient market demand.

Im sorry you cannot convince me that Castro is not this mans father

timon_phocas comments on Feb 27, 2021:

Howdy @1patriot, Perhaps Pappy Trudeau had a tryst with ol Fidel when he visited Cuba back in the 70s...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 27, 2021:

@WayneHawthorne Yup, thx for pointing that out. Dang autocorrect/predictive outcome

FreeBeacon: Bomb a cop car, get a plea deal.

1patriot comments on Feb 24, 2021:

can't open any thing, asking for me to buy subscription

timon_phocas replies on Feb 24, 2021:

Thank you for pointing this out. I resorted to copy and paste to get the article in the comment above your's

NYPost: GE’s Immelt-down: Harsh light on in-the-dark CEO’s failure.

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 22, 2021:

I agree that in capitalism, a corporation has one goal and one goal only: make money. With the exception of corporations whose *explicit* mission statement is to help society at any cost, money is the primary motivation. Having said that, the pursuit of profit shouldn't *harm* society. As such, a...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 22, 2021:

Howdy @TheMiddleWay, Yes, it's that whole problem with "off book" costs.

GatewayPundit: Tired of Messing With the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Serious question, if the Senate gets everything their way, selects their auditors, and still finds no widespread fraud... do you think that will be the end of that and Trump supporters will move on? Conversely, if they do find evidence of widespread fraud do you think that will be the end of that...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 20, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Howdy again. I have White's 1960 & 1980 editions and his autobiography. I used to have his 1972 edition, but it got glommed. That account of election night 1960 might be in the 1980 edition, or perhaps his autobiography.

GatewayPundit: Tired of Messing With the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Serious question, if the Senate gets everything their way, selects their auditors, and still finds no widespread fraud... do you think that will be the end of that and Trump supporters will move on? Conversely, if they do find evidence of widespread fraud do you think that will be the end of that...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 20, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Howdy again. *The Making of the President, 1960," was an account of following politicians, not election fraud. Where does that book speak of election fraud?* Theodore White speaks of the election night where the Daley Machine and southern Illinois Republicans played a game of chicken, trying to find out how many votes they needed to win the election before announcing their vote totals. He describes how there was jubilation among Democrats when the Republicans announced first, because now Daley knew how many votes to announce for the win.

GatewayPundit: Tired of Messing With the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Serious question, if the Senate gets everything their way, selects their auditors, and still finds no widespread fraud... do you think that will be the end of that and Trump supporters will move on? Conversely, if they do find evidence of widespread fraud do you think that will be the end of that...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 20, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Howdy again. */Could the argument simply be made at that point that the forensic artic wasn't open enough, that there are hidden data? Or that the peer review wasnt honest but that they were paid off or had a bias against trump?*/ Have co-chairs of the audit. Say, ... David Clarke (a prominent Republican) and an equally respected Democrat big county sheriff. Let them each choose an equal number of staff. Have a common report with dissenting appendixes. Or go further afield. Choose auditors from Japan, Australia and Europe. That way nobody had a partisan axe to grind.

GatewayPundit: Tired of Messing With the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Serious question, if the Senate gets everything their way, selects their auditors, and still finds no widespread fraud... do you think that will be the end of that and Trump supporters will move on? Conversely, if they do find evidence of widespread fraud do you think that will be the end of that...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 20, 2021:

@TheMiddleWay Howdy again. "Because while there is a long history of election fraud, that history has never had any impact on national elections" "The Making of the President, 1960," written by Theodore White (a personal friend of JFK) says otherwise. "Means of Ascent," volume 2 of Robert Carrow's biography of LBJ says otherwise. "The Civil War: A Narrative," by Shelby Foote says otherwise. He wrote that votes for Lincoln in the 1860 election simply weren't counted in the South. There were strongly Unionist regions in the South whose votes were deliberately ignored.

GatewayPundit: Tired of Messing With the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Senate ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Serious question, if the Senate gets everything their way, selects their auditors, and still finds no widespread fraud... do you think that will be the end of that and Trump supporters will move on? Conversely, if they do find evidence of widespread fraud do you think that will be the end of that...

timon_phocas replies on Feb 20, 2021:

Howdy @TheMiddleWay, Give me an open, peer reviewed forensic audit of the vote. If it proves Biden won honestly, then I will be mollified. After all, my side has lost as many times as it has won. Quirky abnormalities in the vote count raise suspicions about the vote. Vociferous refusals to allow audits raise suspicions they are hiding something enormously nefarious. This is poisonous to the legitimacy of the Republic. I'm not sure a successful forensic audit is possible after 3 to 4 months have passed. Much of the physical evidence has been destroyed. That verdict is one of the possible outcomes on a forensic audit. Nonetheless, there is a long history of electoral fraud in our country. 75% of Republican voters believe there is there was widespread fraud in the 2020 elections. Roughly speaking, that's 56 million voters. Real, open, carefully documented audits are necessary to put these fears to rest.

BabylonBee: Californians who moved to Texas finally feel at home.

sqeptiq comments on Feb 19, 2021:

Less power usage—less pollution. Clean and green!

timon_phocas replies on Feb 19, 2021:

And frozen, too!