Striving for Zen
@ebcollis.bsky.social
Old fat white dude. Trying to come to terms with living in a country that is 50% willfully ignorant and hateful. Proud atheist becoming more and more anti religion (faith/belief is a slightly different conversation). Nullius in verba
created November 16, 2024
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I don’t think people who take money from any corporation or PAC, or profit by trading stocks should be in any elected office. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Take money out of politics completely. Publicly funded campaigns with air time provided as part of broadcast licenses, 6 month only
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You still have a phone book?
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You’re a goood boy Mikey.
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They are both all about the rules. But Huskies are about breaking them and then yelling at you about it.
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My son had a real friendship with the garbage man when he was 3-5 and home during the day. They were always genuinely happy to see each other.
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You know what would be so cool? If some filthy rich author maybe along with a large book publisher set up a fund to give banned books to kids who ask for them at bookstores. Just a thought.
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I need to have a Jack day!
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People booed the National anthem because the state of Israel is committing genocide. Winning a basketball game doesn’t change that.
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This is enough to buy school lunches for every kid in FL public schools for a semester. Priorities.
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This administration makes me wish I could believe in hell more than anything else ever has!
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Maybe it’s just me, but I think the chances that Rude boy was being a Good Samaritan are less than 0. I bet the “domestic violence victim “ turns out to be a cross dressing hooker he was about to employ when some drunk rear ended him.
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I was totally blown away at how little my wife and her family knew about the Bible or the church. And when I started having conversations about it she was disgusted by what was there. Along with some other things in her life this caused her to lose her faith.
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I grew up completely non religious. We were secular humanists. When my wife and I decided to get married she wanted to get married in a Catholic Church. So I started to read. Read the books now cover to cover and read up on the Catholic Church beliefs and customs.
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Well we have a future cosmologist in this video! Thank you Neil for being so approachable.
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I find that much more believable than that he is a naturally occurring human.
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90% of life is just showing up!
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The UK, like the US, has a rule that bars entry to convicted felons. I would love for UK immigration to block entry, or better yet detain him.
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Everything this administration has done is illegal. But of Congress doesn’t stop him, it doesn’t matter. SCOTUS has ruled against him over and over and they ignore it. Unless someone at DOJ finds their balls and arrests him for contempt it doesn’t matter.
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He is, at the very least, an expert in heroine addiction, brain worms, tanning beds, steroids and whatever supplements his wife is hawking. Not so much with infectious diseases, actual pharma, vaccines etc. which is unfortunately his job now.
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All my dads “guys” seemed to be grifters who just knew how to work my dad.
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We don’t want him either. Send him to FL, he will fit right in as FL man.
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Also subpoena all the communications of all the members of the cabinet.
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Senator, with all due respect; our democracy is in jeopardy, POTUS is sending armed troops into cities he doesn’t like, he is installing a fascist regime. What the fuck are you doing? The house is on fire, stop vacuuming the carpet. I am getting so frustrated with the feckless impotent democrats
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That’s what you get for fare jumping!
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Pulled his weapon on an unarmed kid in a room full of kids. Somebody please tell me that cop has left the department to pursue other opportunities. This guy should be anything else as long as it doesn’t involve carrying a weapon and dealing with people. He should be in jail.
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(Hand raised) Detroit had a little part to play in the rise of unions and labor as well. Meat packers, autoworkers and miners lead the way and took the brunt of the violence. 8 hr work days, 5 day weeks, overtime pay, sick days, vacation and much more pall thanks to them.
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That would explain so much
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Some of them looked just as embarrassed as they should be.
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Also, this guy shot from outside the school.
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Waste, fraud and abuse
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Waste, fraud and abuse
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That is a really stinging but accurate description of her colleagues in the administration.
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Unfortunately anyone with authority to carry out the arrest works for Pam Bondi so…….
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Just to put a finer point on it. Canada has guns too. It far fewer, no assault rifles, no high capacity magazines, no suppressors and red flag laws. Oh and they don’t have a significant portion of the population hateful and afraid of minorities.
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I’m sure Der PedoFuhrer will want him fired too. Just for consistency.
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I would like to give a thoughtful and measured response to KKKaroline….. fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and your performative cross and Christianity. I would like to be thoughtful and measured but I can’t in the face of such hypocritical evil bullshit.
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Well she is just as smart as she is beautiful on the inside. Someone needs to give miss digger a lesson in copyright law. She applied for 20 + of them and none have been approved. The fact that a boil on the ass of humanity has its own leach is kind of funny. Looking for gold and just sucking puss
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You can always tell if it’s a home run by watching the pitcher. His reaction was priceless. Like watching your gf kiss another guy.
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I would add: - Dentistry - irony - a job - facts - math - windmills - people who don’t carry guns (again irony)
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If Trey Gowdy has become the voice of reason we are well and truly fucked.
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No he will not testify. He will stonewall, deflect, answer questions that weren’t asked even lie. To testify is to provide evidence and answer questions. Neither will happen with Dr Brainworm.
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There may be pension implications.
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Well that was the most useless message ever. Almost like you thought you had to say something without having anything constructive to say. As a member of the state house WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? Fight for responsible reform or shut up.
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Someone needs to tell Judge Box-o-wine that her pen is leaking.
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That’s the way to keep him guessing and on his best behavior!
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Why do we have to show proof of anything to the government in order to get medical treatment? How do you show proof of physical inactivity (it’s on the list)? Is this the Brainworm doing the talking?
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In addition to the long list of gun laws and reforms we need to put in place here is another one; stop making these maniacs famous. Erase them from history. Don’t release their name or picture. Don’t interview their family and neighbors. Send him to El Salvador and forget he ever existed
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More in a series of brilliant technical and business decisions. Tesla’s autopilot doesn’t work because it relies on inferior (and cheaper) technology. Going ahead with it is killing people. And never settling is making for big pay outs and paving the way for many more law suits. Ketamine kills
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Remember the reports of admin officials coming out of the meeting in Alaska looking “ashen and visibly shaken”? If it hit an idiot like KKKarroline that hard imagine what it did to someone who has spent their entire career gathering intelligence on Russia and Putin. HE IS A RUSSIAN ASSET,Gabbard too
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“The most illegal search I’ve ever seen.” Is the scariest thing I’ve heard a judge say in a long time. The most chilling part is Fed agents were the ones doing the search. These are the most well trained LEOs in the country. Well at least they were 8 months ago.
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Interesting that the one Fed Gov Der PedoFuhrer goes after is a black woman……..
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When our kids were young we bought a book called “Material World: A Global Family Portrait” by Peter Menzel. Basically it showed a family in front of of their house with all their possessions. It was stark. I will tell you that 90% of them had less total possessions than these 4 have in just guns
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What’s the difference between a business month and a calendar month?
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If you have a brain that you use to think critically and use empathy towards others then you are better than them. Thank him for his book, you can add edit marks in red. Then hand him either Cosmos or Demon Haunted World, both by Carl Sagan, as a thank you.
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Having spent time on 4 continents I can concur that the last one is the consensus.
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Could you maybe help with their trip to hell please? I mean being the almighty and all. And while you are at it tell all those preachers who say they talk to you in the regular to get their folks on board with gun control and safety.
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Yes, famously Hitler negotiated by blowing his brains out. Japan negotiated by getting nuked, twice. I guess they don’t teach history in the polisci program at Ohio State. That’s right, his undergrad from OSU is in polisci, and he spews this shit. The Buckeyes might want their diploma back.
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I feel bad for the kids. They aren’t to blame for the idiocy of their parents.
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Oh the sandwich is going down! That veggie wrap is going to rot In Gitmo. But the freedom fighter who was wielding it, he’s going to live his best life! Looking forward to seeing him on MSNBC.
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Listen, as a grumpy old man who is not a Chiefs fan I am not a fan of those 2 professionally. But they seem genuinely happy and totally in love. They remind me of the HS football star and cheerleader who are actually really nice and sweet and having a blast. When she did his podcast it was amazing
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“you can take our lives, but you’ll never take our veggie wraps!”
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Yes, her literal music empire now that she controls all her rights. Her record label, her production company and her $200 million dollar real estate empire as well as her worldwide touring should definitely inspire women to stay at home and make babies and take shit from their husbands.
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To be fair (to be fair), he is no more stupid than every guy. Which may be your point but I’m not smart enough to get it. And if you actually listen to him talk he is pretty well read and surprisingly erudite ( guys, look it up). My wife taught me that word.
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For 5 years running gun shot wounds are the leading cause of death for those under 18 in the US. If this does not shame you, you are dead inside.
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Hakeem Jeffries needs to be primaried out.He is the house minority leader.This is not leadership. Mamdani is the Dem candidate for your cities Mayor. The Dems in your city chose him. What the fuck is the hold up? Oh that’s right AIPAC doesn’t like him. You are a Paid stooge for a terrorist org.
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I’ll believe it when I see it. 1) you have to have cops willing to do it. Philly not known for progressive cops. 2) you have to have the courage to go toe to toe with the admin and all the bullshit that will come your way. IRS audits, raids of your office and home, frozen bank accounts …..
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He needs to start smoking pot again
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Don’t mix correlation with causation. I. E. The cities with the highest per capita crime have more cops, therefore cops cause crime. In this case the teams that steal the most bases generally have a hard time generating runs otherwise. Stealing doesn’t cause losses, vice versa.
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Gutless, feckless cowards. Owned and operated by AIPAC. Dem leadership all need to be primaried out. Clue #1, if you agree with Der PedoFuhrer on anything, you are on the wrong side of the issue.
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Paint that kid orange and it could be the Oval Office
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Well with a name like “Robby Starbuck” you expect stupid, and that’s what you get! Truth in advertising thanks dude.
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You missed the really important ones: - No bump stocks - No high capacity magazines - Red flag laws. - No armor piercing rounds - No suppressors - safe storage laws with felony - Parental accountability for their children’s violent acts - No gun access for anyone with any domestic violence
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First off, take that block M of your chest! You’re a Buckeye man f I ever saw one.Please tell me he live streamed this whole thing.And it doesn’t dawn on him until after 34 hours that it’s a waist of time.I don’t think I would have made it 10 minutes. Also, 30 seconds of math would have clued him in
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Actually looks more like service than repeatedly tasing a delivery guy or taking a sandwich in the chest for your country.
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If by successful you mean a disgusting display pay of bootlicking by the toadyest group of sycophants ever assembled, then yes it was.
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The other big problem is that the census only tells the states how many house seats the state gets. The states draw the districts. And also, Biden was not President. And Meatball Ron was the governor. Those pesky facts!
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At 3% inflation costs (on $50k/yr) have gone up $1,500 so a net loss in living standard of 2%.
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Just 5 minutes. 5 minutes alone in a room with him. And it would all get better.
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Yes, Ukraine into war by being invaded by Russia tho king that they would win……. What? The right to exist. He is just a blithering idiot.
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The axis of evil.
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Is Oscar Wilde working for the war crimes tribunal? Those legal briefs will be much more interesting.
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I love my dad, but having Ian Anderson as a dad must be magical!
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Lots of organic materials generated from lots of organic processes. Similar to the rainbow beef some may remember from cafeteria food. There are 5 stages to dorm cafeteria beef. Rainbow is #2.
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Why is she being given work release? When will congress get a chance to question her. Where are the rest of the Epstein files, all 100,000 +of them? Just off the top of my head a few questions that for some reason no one in the media is asking
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We need to throw all these useless, feckless cowards,who answer only to AIPAC seemingly, as soon as we can. If you are a Dem who has not endorsed Mamdani (or any other D candidate) yet you do not deserve to keep your job. AIPAC s blood money to keep you supporting a genocide. Fuck Trump
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2 trombones in the same house? I was a drummer. My parents loved that when it was just a rubber practice pad. But Ben with a whole drum kit, still better than my sisters violin. Until you get good at the violin ( which apparently takes forever) it is torture for those around you.
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Hmmmm he realized he doesn’t have any hope of winning the election even with all the D leadership refusing to climb on the Mamdani train. Or maybe he read a book.
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Orange
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Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in teens, for those with gender dysphoria it is #1. This is going to cause unnecessary suffering for kids at an already challenging time of their lives. Once again the cruelty is the point and U of M is complicit. “First do no harm”
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U of Michigan just broke my heart again. Cancelling all gender affirming care for trans youth. I expect more from the leaders and best. No backbone and no balls for the Maize n Blue. Sigh, nothing worse that when those we have respected turn out to be spineless, feckless cowards.
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Or the other thing.
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It’s not like it was a surprise. He kept saying it over and over again and it was in project 2025. The press has been complicit since 2015 when he road down that escalator. As another brilliant brown woman once said “When someone shows you who they are believe it the first time” -Maya Angelou
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Remember what the smart brown woman told you about the stinky orange rapist grifter with no moral compass? This is the narrative for the next 4 years. However, having their hatred legitimized and disappearing brown people is all MAGA really wants, and it’s enough for 40 % of Americans, to our shame
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I can feel my IQ rise every time I watch Sir David. I watch him after every time I read or listen to anything the Orange Mobster says. It’s an antidote to the intelligence snuff that he does. MAGA didn’t start off dumb he eventually killed enough IQ among them to make them dumber than a Raven.
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This is a swing and a miss. The results weren’t delivered to the President or the states for districting until 2021.
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Best team in the NFL? They aren’t even in the top 3 of their conference.
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If you’re not already awake, why should this be the alarm? He is a former member of his administration who got thrown under the bus for telling his side of things. It has happened over and over. If pardoning all the 1/6 mob and disappearing people since day 1 doesn’t have you awake, go back to bed
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They’re eating the burgers! They’re eating the fries!
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The moss will literally eat clay brick. Holding in moisture and putting roots into it.
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Tin roof………rusted