Helveticus
Army veteran - Retired Special Ed Teacher
Joined Feb 2023
#politics De Santis recently said that he would "destroy the left" if elected president!
Interesting choice of words. A regular politician would have preferred "defeat the left"!
"Destroy" implies two disturbing concepts: 1) Violence, a regular staple of the far right 2) Intolerance regarding different opinions!
All the above betrays the true goal of de Santis and his compadre: Dictatorship!👹 👹
Food for thought!
#war Putin gets mad when Ukraine attacks civilian targets in Russia even though he is responsible for thousands of dead Ukrainians!
What seems logical, Ukraine responding to Russians bombing them. is in reality a serious and very dangerous mistake!
Putin's propaganda is using these incidents on Russian soil, whether caused by Ukrainia or not, as a further excuse to increase the offensive. "They attacked us, says Moscow, we must defend the homeland."
Will Kiev understand this?
Another company is suing Fox news after Dominion won a settlement of more than 787bn. for defamation:
"Smartmatic accused Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false narrative about the 2020 election that damaged the company."
They seek 2.2 bn or three times the amount paid to Dominion. What is worse for Fox is that they, Smartmatic, can use all the evidence presented at the trial by the other voting machine company!
You want to echo Trump's lies? Go ahead...!
😭 😭
#psychology If a kid is capable of killing small animals or pets, beware!
He could well develop into a cold-blooded killer!
These individuals are incapable of empathy!
Make sure you take him to a specialist as soon as you notice such behaviors!
#culture When we meet a new person, we often feel the need to draw erroneous conclusions!
We examine behavior, the physical appearance, and the socio-economic class this individual appears to belong to!
Once a judgement is established, it will be very difficult to change that evaluation, even when provided with new evidence!
Since we ignore the actual circumstances that this person has gone through, we tend to favor our first impression, thus causing all kinds of problems!
Food for thought
#politics Is Elon Musk trying to become Vice President?
His hosting De Santis at Twitter may indicate that and although a candidate to President MUST be a native of the US, there is no such requirement for VP!
Now what happens if the VP becomes President due to illness or death of the incumbent commande-in-chief?
Hmm, perhaps some astute legal minds can answer this interesting question before a South African takes the helm of our nation!😋
"Overall, the study findings showed that medical cannabis use resulted in sustained improvements in all SF-36 domains assessing health-associated QoL."
Looks like cannabis does have a medical use and yet, the stigma associated with marijuana prevents conservative states from approving its application.
#politics
A 'new' lie has been revealed in the House of Representatives: They call each other "honorable gentlemen" or "honorable gentle ladies"!!
Imagine MTG being called a "gentle lady"!! Or Jordan called an "honorable gentleman"!
Maybe it's time to revive an old and honorable custom, the duel!!
#living Don't hesitate to break the rules when necessary!
That goes for you, too, kid!😀
#nation Give Cesar his due as they say in Rome! One man has been able singlehandedly to change American politics forever! And for worse!
No, not Kennedy, not Nixon, not even the revered Abraham Lincoln, all of them already part of the glorious American history where democracy stood as a world symbol of peace, freedom, and prosperity!
It took an obscure egocentric real estate agent in New York who desperately wanted to be adored by millions of raving fans!
You guessed it, Grandpa Donald!
#education Parenting 101:
Don't ever make promises to your kids if you can't keep them!
It's easy to offer rewards verbally to keep them quiet and obedient!
But they will no longer trust you if you lie to them!
If you can't deliver immediately, explain clearly and frankly why you can't! They will forgive you because kids are generous at heart!
#politics What is it about autocrats, think Erdogan (Turkish), Putin (Russian), Trump (hmmm), Orban (Hungarian), Xi (Chinese), that attract so many people who genuinely believe the lies they sell?? 👹
#parenting Part II
Society pays the price since public institutions may intervene to help the children; unfortunately, the state has shown it is also incompetent for the most part when taking over for negligent or absent parents. We all know what foster care means in many cases!
Is there anything in our social life more important than the proper education of children??
#parenting Part I
It is strange that we trust humans to pilot a car, a plane, or a ship when they obtain the respective license.
A professional athlete must go through extensive training that may take years before earning his first paycheck.
And yet, humans find it perfectly normal to trust parents, man and woman obviously, between the ages of 15 and 50 (approximately), to be responsible for the life and education of their children. No diploma necessary! No training necessary!
#family "Pets must not replace children" said the Pope!
Hmm, he is right in the sense that many adults view their pets as equal to children, they kiss them on the mouth, they sleep together, they bury them with honors, they put clothes on them, etc..
Is the lack of new births a concern for the church which is desperately looking for new priests in catholic countries?
It's a possibility as pets are cheaper to maintain and live shorter lives!! They cost less and don't talk back!😂
@Chuck_Glisson Here I am, you called, I respond!😅
#religion
With the constant encroachment of religion on state affairs, one can wonder if humanity would have been better off without it!
One cannot deny that religion has brought a lot of pain to humans in the past 10,000 years!
Yes, it has also contributed to allay the misery and suffering of the poorest citizens! But, was it enough to compensate for the horrors caused by the Inquisition, the Crusades, Pedophilia, the unwanted missionaries, the torture of natives?
Food for thought!
#politics George Santos is a good example of everything that is wrong in American politics nowadays!
He is a liar, a cheat, a fraud, and many other 'qualities'!
Yes, he was elected to Congress but on false premises!
This former drag queen, they are in fashion now, refused to resign even when confronted by evidence of his lies!
Well, Justice seems to be on the way as he was arrested, finally, awaiting trial for his crimes!
Hmm, reminds me of another Republican who was indicted!
Who??
We have a Congress made up mostly of idiots, criminal idiots!
Americans need to pass a test, written and practical, to drive a car!
But to own a gun, which kill far more people than cars, very little is required and evenless to carry them around!
Children cannot buy a gun, duh!, but they can 'borrow' one from their negligent parents and try to kill a teacher!
More than one hundred mass shootings have occurred this year! Congress as acted to stop the massacre? Hell no!
We will soon have the skills and the tools to end disease, inequity, poverty, hunger, pollution, wars, and convert Mother Earth into a paradise!
There is only one big problem: Scientists may give us quark computers, powerful spaceships, time travel (?), and eventually clean oceans, but there is one area where science admits defeat: Man's desire and ability to kill each other!
Envy, jealousy, hate, racism, fear and irrational thinking, all are nefarious emotions that lead to violence!