John Wayne died of stomach cancer, caused by long-term heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and possibly radiation exposure from when he filmed near a nuclear test site. The 40 pounds (of) crap thing is a debunked urban legend.

I remember hearing about stuff like this back in the Art Bell days, so it seems to be a perennial phenomenon. Whether there's a conspiracy behind it, I have no idea, but I rather doubt we'll find out even if there is.

I remember climbing the pyramid of the Sun when I was there. There were butterflies at the top. Freaking awesome experience.

I always chuckle when people tell me they've been to Mexico, when they actually never went anywhere other than a gringo resort that takes USD. If you didn't have to exchange currencies, then you've never been to Mexico.

If even one supernatural creature comes through this portal, it was worth it.

And #7 would vote for him, just like he voted for Trump.

fLOOD THE Z0ne

That's weird. Nobody cares about active shooters anymore?

Smoking was once deemed safe and effective for pregnant women, because it relaxed them.

Try Sufi Islam.

Not sure why "investigates" is in scare quotes. I don't doubt Netanyahu and his cabinet are pissed about this, since it can't even be spun to support the narrative that they want in any way.

"I left the Catholic church in large part due to the institutionalized corruption, and it was at the parish level, to the bishop level, cardinals, all the way to Rome."

Ah, the irony.

"Society and employers have every right to protect the people it serves or the business they control by implementing appropriate measures. If those measures are inconsistent with your beliefs, you have the right to exclude your self from society or not work. Your choice. It is pure arrogance to think that you have enough juice to impose your will on society or businesses."

Corporations love trained little whores. Never mind the fact that we're not even talking solely about Covid-like diseases here. Never mind the fact that there are other options besides mRNA vaccines. But the mRNA stuff is cheaper for the corporations to produce en masse. It won't be long before they see it more profitable enough to replace all traditional vaccines with it.

How much of your illegally generated bitcoins did you invest in mRNA drugs, little bit miner? I bet you have huge shares HFCS too.

I have no problem with mRNA vaccines if people want to subject themselves to it completely voluntarily, without any pressure from society or employers. I'm sure the side effects of it are outweighed by the potential benefits for a small percentage of the population, depending on what it's used for. But you're just as stupid as the Ivermectin people if you think corporations and investors of it haven't been hyping it up to try to push it on the general public for personal gain. Just like AI has been overhyped and integrated into software without fully thinking about the potential long-term consequences.

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Concerned about the implementations of AI, cryptocurrencies, bioengineering, predictive markets, etc.? Clearly you must be anti-progressive. Don't ask questions, especially if you don't *have a PhD+ in these areas.

Concerned about the implementations of AI, cryptocurrencies, bioengineering, predictive markets, etc.? Clearly you must be anti-progressive. Don't ask questions, especially if you don't a PhD+ in these areas.

Indeed, that's exactly what the proponents of the things I mentioned thought, if not actually said about them.

"the Israeli's."

The Israeli's what? And which Israeli are you referring to here?

It's a shame that people hate the overuse of electroshock, insulin-shock, and lobotomies. They must be anti-science.

"Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, one of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's closest allies, allowed his territory to be used for part of Russia's February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour."

Doesn't Reuters have editors who understand grammar and clear communication in writing? This is a faulty pronoun that creates ambiguity about whether "its" is intended to refer to Russia or Belarus, unless the readers are already aware that Ukraine is larger than Belarus (which most of them probably aren't).

"The best sitcom of all time."

It was actually a very sharp and witty satire when it first started. It devolved quickly after David Garrison left.

Apparently ClownHack thinks it just magically appears in diapers... or he's being coy here.

And now he's asking me to breathe heavily...

Hard pass.

I have a feeling that after this current saga is over, there's going to be a hard look on what the limits should be for honoring pardons.