Retired Mark

Happy Birthday Edith! (12 Aug 1867-1963)

"It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming educated, the enormous interest it adds to life. Caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated." -Edith Hamilton, educator (1867-1963)

"The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people." -Herbert Hoover, 31st US President (10 Aug 1874-1964)

Happy Birthday President Hoover

"cherry picks distorted versions of platitudes in Bible stories to prove a point, and disregards others that contradict those points." Thanks for pointing out that the Buybull contradicts itself. As someone that has read it cover to cover and studied extensively, I concur.

I doubt he is reformed.

Any gods are not needed. Time to let modern science and progressive politics have it's day.

I agree. The kids are alright. I hate when I hear "grown ups" starting conversations with "Kids these days!". Most of the young people I know are just fine.

The man obviously hates women. How do guys get like that? Is he really that insecure?

"When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life will have given me the truth, / And taken in exchange -- my youth." -Sara Teasdale, poet (8 Aug 1884-1933)

Happy Birthday Sara!

"One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged. -Richard Hofstadter, historian (6 Aug 1916-1970)

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Babysitting Ronan the Grandrabbit for a couple of weeks. He best be on his good behavior!

Guess his new girlfriend likes fem guys

Christian Mike Johnson Looks The American People In The Eye And Lies About Taking Away Their Healthcare Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) falsely claimed that Medicaid was full of waste, fraud and abuse, and lied about people losing their healthcare under the new tax cut law.

Christian Mike Johnson Looks The American People In The Eye And Lies About Taking Away Their Healthcare
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) falsely claimed that Medicaid was full of waste, fraud and abuse, and lied about people losing their healthcare under the BBB!
www.politicususa.com/p/christian-...

Utah?

"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business." -Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (25 Jul 1902-1983)

Happy Birthday Mr. Hoffer

Soon they will say that the detainees must work to help pay for their own detention! Guess who they will work for.

Radon can cause different types of cancer. If you have well water, like I do, install a good radon mitigation system. Not cheap but it could save your life. I know in the area I live in, incidents of brain cancer are higher than normal and radon is prevalent in the area. Just sayin'.

Whitehouse: "Let me mention first just how very bizarre it is that the Deputy AG is going out to do a witness interview. It really raises the question whether he's doing that in the role as Deputy AG, or if he's stepping back into his role as Trump criminal defense lawyer."

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph." -Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (23 Jul 1892-1975)

"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" -Emma Lazarus, poet and playwright (22 Jul 1849-1887)

Happy Birthday Emma!

Well dangit, it is bigly for Tim!

Sounds like Tim Burchett may have "flown on the plane"!

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. -Ernest Hemingway, author (21 Jul 1899-1961)

Happy Birthday Ernest!

She was single when she got pregnant. And since Joe didn't do it (or so he said) god had sex with a woman out of wedlock. The whole story is BS anyway. You are right that people will believe anything. Obviously you do.

"A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness." -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (18 Jul 1918-2013)

Happy Birthday Mr. Mandela.

I am betting Thomas is

Yep. "You don't need an education. Just read your Buybull. It will guide you." My parents called themselves Evangelical Fundamentalists. Not sure what they would have thought of Trump. The good news is that reading the Buybull cover to cover multiple times made me an atheist.

"Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities." -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)

Happy Birthday Northrop!

"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism." -Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet, Nobel laureate (b. 13 Jul 1934)