Evolutiony

Did you know that if science contradicts your agenda, you may just ignore it?

Unfortunately, this happens all the time on many topics spanning all social and political ideologies. Whether your interest is in vaccines or climate change or gun control or alternative medicine or, as in this case, the evolution of omnivorous humans, people seem to come up with a predetermined conclusion and work backward to prove their opinion.

A friend posted this picture and article. I pointed out that it is pseudoscience.

More words happened.

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Chicago Confidential

Ah, the old “Sensational, Misleading Right-Wing News Headline That No Right-Winger Ever Actually Reads Beyond” trick. They always fall for it.

But hey, whatever. Fuckin’ Obama. That Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Kenyan, Indonesian, Hawaiian, completely inept, genius mastermind, Chicago thug, slick politician is coming for your guns by only signing laws that relax restrictions on them. And none of all those FOX “News” talking points contradict each other. Especially the ones that contradict each other.

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Lollapalooza

These are a few topics buzzing around in my head that are too small to book their own venue. They’ve banded together to put on a big show.

BYOB

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Genesis 2

This blog may make it seem as though my entire internet presence is that of confrontation. It is not. It’s just what this blog is about.

Here is a light-hearted pseudo-confrontational discussion I had with Peter where we really agree on the topic.

Sarcasm is a beautiful thing.

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Life Buy Back

You can have your gun bought back. Not your life.

Or am I missing something…

Armchair Judgment

Everybody loves judging what other people say about George Zimmerman. And they love to complain that other people are judging.

I was judged as judging when I wasn’t judging, I was just facting.

Nobody cared. They judged themselves to be correct.

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Penis-Brain vs. Vagina-Brain

I fully understand that women defending women isn’t a situation into which a male should insert himself. And no matter what, I look like a dick here.

That was my mistake: forgetting the “vast difference in perspective.”

When people blindly, militantly and uncompromisingly draw a line in the sand, there is no use in debating. It’s like when saying we should have background checks to prevent convicted criminals from obtaining guns and the gun nuts insist you just want to take their guns. It’s irrational. And untrue. And useless to continue talking. 

I agreed with the sentiments of this person’s blog post. It is thoughtful. I just also happened to think it was kind of extreme in saying that if a boy continues knocking over a girl’s wooden block castle and no parent ever stops him, he will become a rapist. Of course, that translated into me not understanding rape culture in America. Because I have a penis.

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Facebook Case Files IV

Do you want to play a game?

How about a game of chess?

No. How about a game of thermonuclear shut-the-fuck-up?

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Trayvon Martin Found Guilty!

Sanford, FL, Saturday, July 13 – Knock, knock! Who’s there? Justice. Justice was served today as a guilty verdict was reached in the Trayvon Martin murder case. After a long period of ignoring this case until community activists shamed the justice system into action with an unrelenting publicity campaign, the Trayvon Martin case was brought to trial.

Deep Fried Southern Racism

Yeah, some more racism. Served up Paula Deen style.

I’m sure my friend wasn’t completely aware of the full story since he was away on vacation when it unfurled in the media. That’s why I tried explaining what was really going on.  But the part that actually ‘bunged’ me up was what his friend said.

White people defending their need to act racist without thinking that they’re acting racist is somewhat humorous.

Yet, not.

Oh, and in this post (as I did in Doors of Racist Perception and any others dealing with racism), I will not use the term “N-Word” when “nigger” is appropriate. Because I am a fucking adult.

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The Pledge of Allegiance

 

For the people who get all of your history lessons from bumper sticker-length internet memes, take note.

If you can pay attention long enough…

Humble Christian Soldier

This one’s a good one. Well, from my perspective.
I said something – granted, it was a little blunt (and misunderstood) – and a Christian, looking down at me from atop his righteous mountain, smugly tried to smite me.

Watch as his mind completely unravels when I point out he’s talking shit – and then begins rewriting his own history.

Let the smiting begin…

Doors of Racist Perception

This one I posted in a private message. I felt I didn’t need to embarrass this person for posting something she may not have realized she was doing. I understand it’s easy to get caught up in blind hatred and you may not intentionally mean something.

Or so I thought.

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Dissonant Encounters of the Cognitive Kind

 

I do not understand why women, LGBTQ people or any other minority would ever choose to be in the Republican Party. I hear this reason excuse all the time: “We are not a group of people with a singular mind. We don’t all vote the same way. We are a diverse group with many ideas and personal beliefs. Don’t try to put us all in the same group. We may not agree with everything they represent, but we agree with many of their policies. That is why we are Republican.”

Bull. Fucking. Shit.

Peek-A-Boo

Kind of a short rant this time. And the government already knows.
 

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Go Tweet Yourself

I don’t always immediately post a Tweet when I think of it. Sometimes, I’ll put them aside to post later. Some of the neglected Tweets have slowly built up into a little mountain that I’ll never get around to posting. Some topics are a little out of date, some are timeless. Either way, I’m going to clear out my unposted Tweet collection here.

You may have to visit this post a few times. The links included with most of the Tweets will all add up and I wouldn’t want to interrupt anyone’s poop time.

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Facebook Case Files III

Another travelogue of my adventures through the exciting, misinformed opinions of Facebooklandia.

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Real Reasons

Republicans love to hate on President Obama. He’s further to the right than their lord and savior, Ronald Reagan, but that’s not what’s stuck up their ass about him.

Yeah, it’s because he’s black.

If it wasn’t, then why do they hate all of their own policies immediately after Obama endorses them? Why do they attack policies that were developed and pushed by Republicans for years, decades?

Deception Accomplished

We recently had the ten-year anniversary (March 19, 2003) of being lied into illegally invading and occupying the sovereign nation of Iraq. This invasion occurred for no reason we can yet discern, which resulted in more American deaths than all the terrorist attacks on America combined. We now know (well, some of us always knew) that Bush never went after Osama bin Laden, for the purpose of keeping the fear-drums beating for more war, as Republicans do.

“Hey, bin Laden’s still loosie-goosie, we gotta invade Iraq, cuz nukuler weapons! Freedom! ‘Merica!” – Georgie W.

Here’s a short conversation I had after the successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden, approved by President Obama, was announced. Then some related material afterward.

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Our Gun-Grabbing President

It has become clear to me that the President does not believe in the Constitution. Or at the very least, the Second Amendment. He has said and done many things that would restrict a citizen’s Constitutional right to bear any arms to which they feel entitled.

Let’s take a look at some of those things now:

Republican Math

Succinct post today.

Whitewash

 

I have a few words to say in honor of the George W. Bush Lie/Bury opening.

Explosive Hypocrisy

Due to small government (for corporations), a deregulated corporate sector and austerity measures, an uninspected fertilizer plant in West, Texas exploded in a blast that could be felt 50 miles away and registered as a 2.1-magnitude earthquake. Killing so far 14, injuring approximately 200, with 60 still unaccounted for, it is being called 'the worst American industrial accident in decades."

Government Tyranny

Just a few words for you mentally unstable gundamentalist twatwaffles who believe the Second Amendment is about protecting your addle-brained asses from a tyrannical government:

Bullying

Usually, it’s not ok.

“Usually? What do you mean ‘Usually?’ It’s never ok to bully someone!”

Fine. I’ll do my rant thing. Life would be so much easier if I didn’t always have to explain everything I say. (My posts would be way shorter, as well.)

Time Warp!

While researching things, as I do, I came across two speeches by President Harry S. Truman. One was from when he was running for re-election in 1948. The other was at the end of his second term in 1952 (when he said he wasn’t going to run for a third).

All I have to say is, Holy Fucking Shit. These speeches could have been given by President Obama TODAY with some minor topical updates. Does NOTHING change? Republicans fought for Wall Street banks, corporations and old, regressive, out-of-date policies, and Democrats fought for Labor, civil & economic justice and progressive policies.

I’ve never done this before, but I’m just going to post Truman’s 1952 speech (in full) and an excerpt from the one in 1948.

Please read them. I think you’ll think you’re experiencing déjà vu all over again for the first time, once more.

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Twitter Fight!

So, I got into my first “conversation/argument” on Twitter.

I don’t like it. 

All you readers out there in the wasteland, you know me. You’ve been reading my rants for a little over a year and a half now. I give a lot of information all at once (sometimes too much), often to multiple people simultaneously. I can’t argue within 140 characters, one person at a time. Hell, I can’t keep up with all the tangential conversations leading off the original. 

No. I just can’t.

I'm not even sure if this is where the conversation started. 

Here’s my story as it unfolded.

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Hypocrite Attack!

An oldie but a goodie. All I said was the pseudo grass-roots movement should have left a message – albeit in a colorful way. De-friender, Richard decided I was being a childish asshole, so he made up a bunch of things to illustrate his invented perception of reality.

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Health Issues

Last summer, the Supreme Court deemed Obama’s Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to be Constitutional. But that didn’t stop Republican Governors from refusing to implement this Republican-developed plan in their states.

This conversation, I think, is the most reality denying-est one I’ve ever been involved in. No matter what I say or prove or disprove or provide information directly from the source for – it is denied, ignored or laughed at as being crazy. And then dump trucks full of bullshit are emptied out all over the conversation and touted as fragrant petunias.

Ah, Republicans (I mean, professed non-partisans), the bubble in which you live is so impenetrable.

I apologize for the length of this post, but hey, I haven't posted anything in over a month, so I'm actually under my monthly word quota.  

(Spoiler Alert: Romney lost the election.)

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Breakfast Burrito

Bit of a different kind of post today. Apolitical.

Facebook Case Files II

Just some more of my adventures through the land of uninformed opinions. I have changed the names so as not to sully otherwise distinguished reputations. Well, except for my name. It can’t be sullied much further.

I did not edit out any comments. When the threads abruptly end after I post my comment, that’s because no one replied.

Go figure.

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Science, Bitches!

I’m no scientist, but here’s what scientists say. You can either put your faith in them, or in the magic genies that were invented thousands of years ago by, let’s face it, really ignorant people.

Some of this stuff is from comedians, but frankly, I also give significantly more credence to their insights than I do the magic genies.

And some others are my own information-based opinions. 

Also more credible than the idea that "a magic genie did it."

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Trust Issues

A little pre-election banter between bubble-dwellers and reality-enjoyers regarding one of the presidential debates.

If you’re not interested in reading it, let me sum up the conversation:

“A simple observation is stated.”

“Bullshit is smeared over the observation.”

“Facts are introduced, backed up with references.”

“Facts and references are ignored. More bullshit is produced. No references cited.”

“More facts with references are presented.”

“Denial of facts. Laughter. Insults. No counter argument or references presented.”

Or, you could just enjoy the real thing…

Poor Rich People

I'm sick of rich people pretending that only making a 75% profit on their millions instead of a 90% profit on their millions is destroying their lives.

Meanwhile, fuck the poor.

This discussion occurred immediately after President Obama was re-elected.

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Foxic Shock Syndrome

Foxic shock syndrome is a serious malady that affects millions of Americans. But there is a cure.

Fairly Imbalanced

 

Oh, Fox “News,” why are you so fucking pathetic? It’s sad, really.

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Guns: Epilogue

Since the crazies won’t stop defending the ability to murder, I won’t stop criticizing their lunacy.

Plus some observations.

And let it be known that to any fucktard who believes we now need to arm firefighters, I say: Fuck you, you fucking mentally stunted fuck.

This one’s short and sweet.

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Gun Regulations Kill

Alright. One last gun control battle. I’m going to dump this shit on a Friday because I want to end this fucking stupidity before the weekend before Christmas. Read it or don’t. I’m getting sick of these paranoid delusional assholes that need to carry their balls in a holster. But I have to say, this guy is the most paranoid delusional guntard of them all.

Oh, and just in time for this post, another mass murder JUST RIGHT THE FUCK NOW FUCKING HAPPENED. Four killed plus three Pa State Troopers injured. That’s like the fourth this month.

Oh, and fuck Wayne LaPierre. He’s personally responsible.

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Lone Gunmen

Here are a bunch of gun-related observations and whatnot. I think there’s going to be only one more gun post after this. I can’t handle debating paranoid, delusional people much longer.  I prefer the real world.

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Have Gun Will Travel

This gun theme was supposed to end two posts ago (excluding the Happy Whateverthefuck interlude), but mass murderers don’t always abide my wishes. Neither do anti-gun-control advocates.

Here are a few short blabberings that were originally going into a post of other short blabberings. I have teased out the ones concerning guns and stuck them in here.

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Happy Whateverthefuck 2012 Edition

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Here’s the 2012 addition to my commentary, ‘Stop Fucking Pretending there’s a Fucking War on Fucking Christmas, Fuckheads.’ It’s the third year, so I guess this is going to be an annual thing.

This narrative has apparently been zipping and morphing itself around the emails and social media sites for the past several years, but this is the first time its light has reflected into my eyeballs. And has done so several times over the past couple weeks. I’ve posted it in its entirety, then added my simple thoughts afterward.

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Seeing Guns From The Wrong Angle

Okay. That last post about guns was supposed to be the final one in my gun control series, but I can’t control the actions of mass murderers. They occur so often now. And I can’t control the gun lovers declaring that guns never kill people. I could control my bothering to even comment on their posts. But why should I?

Before we get started, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: A gun is not a fucking "tool." It is a fucking weapon. Specifically fucking designed to fucking kill.

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Gun Rights - More Important Than Life

The fourth in my series of Facebook gun control discussions. The longest. And the last.

For now.

In every discussion I’ve ever had, the anti-regulation side always equates the limiting of magazine capacity or having mandatory trigger locks with ‘taking away my guns.’ And they stick to this argument no matter what. I do not understand how blind devotion (to any topic, really) causes facts to disappear.

No one wants to take away your guns.

I am for the Second Amendment. I believe in the right to own guns. I do not believe everyone should be able to have and do anything they want at any time and any place without any regulations or background checks – basically our current gun ownership system.

And I do not believe that whenever someone goes on a shooting spree, it is the fault of people without guns.

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Gun Control Is For Idiots

The third in my Facebook gun control debate series. 

Fear-mongering riles my feathers.

It all starts with my innocent question.

Ok. I know it wasn’t innocent. I totally knew what it would happen. What can I say? I’m a dick. Deal with it.

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Yet Another Shooting

Here's the second in a series on guns. 

After another in a succession of publicized shootings, all I did was ask a simple question.

This is what followed.

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Guns - Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

Showers don’t clean people.

Clothes don’t cover people.

Cars don’t transport people.

Houses don’t shelter people.

Chairs don’t seat people.

Forks don’t feed people.

And guns don’t kill people.

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The gun control issue is a perennial topic. The left-wingers believe there should be some common sense limits. The right-wing’s extreme, ignorant, alarmist overreaction is always that ‘Librulz want to take away all law abiding citizens’ guns then only criminals will have them how are we supposed to stop a tyrannical government freedom liberty don’t tread on me!’

I won’t tread on you. You’re doing a fine enough job of it yourself.

Needless to say, I get into this fantastically stupid argument all the time.

This weekend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend – the mother of his three-month-old daughter – then committed suicide.

This event, as well as the two presidential candidates never fucking even fake coughing the word ‘gun’ during the entire debate season (much like the climate change issue), has inspired me to post a series of my conversations on the issue. Several other gun-related musings have been posted in this blog already. And I’m positive there will be more in the future.

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