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Howard Stern Live Interview with President Biden
Live now 10:20 a.m. est
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Harvey Weinstein
Do you think the major media coverage and outrage would be different if he was a Republican donor?
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In Honor of Earth Day
Earth's majesty from on high Astronauts offer different perspective on value, beauty of our planet By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press First published: Sunday, April 22, 2007 The rarest view in humanity -- Earth from afar -- moves many of the lucky few observers to tears and gives them a new appreciation of that blue…
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Happy Earth Day
Happy Earth Day to everyone! And to you Planet Earth, I’m sorry us humans have lost sight of and have forsaken your capability for our survival. One of these days you’ll shake us off like a flee to a dog, and so it will go.
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Sociopolitical forecasting.
Once in a while, we come across an example of things people have said that accurately forecast, foretell, or predict where we are at today. (P.S. This is not a metaphysics thread. This is an example that was based on logical, critical thinking.) "The wilderness should be preserved for political reasons. We made need it…
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The right to bear arms
Enough already I have had enough of the gun violence here in America. Enough already. How do we end it? How do we get the guns off the streets? How would we be able to make this happen? There are millions of guns out there, legal and illegal, and we need to get them off the streets. How would America accomplish this? This…
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Canada: genocide and attempted extermination of indigenous peoples….
Canada: remains of 215 children found at Indigenous residential school site | Canada | The Guardian Just sad what these children were put through...and many of our 1st nation peoples struggle with mental health and substance abuse issues because of this evil. It was "genocide."
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Police abuse
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/apollo-dog-hometown-illinois/ I'm starting to believe I need to carry a defensive firearm just so I can protect my dog when I take him for a walk.
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Cryptocurrencies
Anyone do bitcoin or any other digital currency? I am in btc, eth, etc, ltc, doge, xem, pivx, and gnt right now. Maybe we can learn a little more from others.
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Good News
Why not- let's through some good news around here now and then! I got this thread topic idea from Huffington Post's web page. They have a section called "Good News". Here's a cool one from today's Huff Post Good News page:…
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Greta Thunberg
For many of us, Greta Thunberg is a modern day hero. Can we please have a civil thread about this amazing young woman? Thank you!
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Finland and Sweden join NATO
Finland must apply for NATO membership, leaders say (nypost.com) Fix the cumbersome and broken quoting feature on this site @Sea Kat @elonmusk
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Dynamic Pricing coming to a fast food restaurant near you
Fast food restaurants are now taking a page out of Ticketmaster’s book. 🤦 It appears this may be the way of the world. Oh the humanity! https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/food/wendys-test-surge-pricing/index.html…
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"How To Have Sex" movie and the importance of consent dialogue
I am a father to two teen girls. So reading about this movie, it really hits how often I worry about this stuff. I think it's super important to show these movies not just to women, but to GUYS too to show them what consent means, how to have discussions about it in "the heat of things" if someone were to suddenly want to…
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Trans-Gender Kids
https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/laverne-cox-meets-7-year-old-transgender-girl-words-of-wisdom-161812805.html The Above story is about a seven year old trans-gender boy. Now I am all for adults doing what they feel is right, but how does a child at 7 know that he is a girl. OI also read that the child has been…
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Julian Assange Arrested.
Should have had to stand trial for rape and other sexual crimes in Sweden. But seems the crimes has reached its "period of limitation" ? though. So disappointing in Pamela Anderson for falling for this dude. On 18 November 2010, Marianne Ny ordered the detention of Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, three cases of sexual…
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Social Media
Social Media has infested our lives with everything from telling the world you're taking a ten LB crap, to taking pictures of the process.. So, where do you stand on the line? For it? Against it? Don't care? Moderate user? Addicted? And why? Personally I hate it. I did the whole FB thing, and am stuck with Twitter.. ( wish…
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Plastic producers' lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8mduTEvnU0 Yes, John, you bet, I have. Recycling of plastic is a farce. ‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds Plastic producers…
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Accidental Incest (fertility doctors using own "donation" for clients)
this is horrifying. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/fertility-fraud-accidental-incest-invs/index.html
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Article 25
Curious as to know,how bad does a sitting president's mental faculties need to be before congress has him resign?President Regan was diagnosed with alzheimers during his second term,and his administration kept the public from knowing about it.