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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 11:03 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
To paraphrase Freud... "Sometimes a painting...

To paraphrase Freud...

"Sometimes a painting is just a painting!"
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 08:17 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
I once dated a girl who was a member of the PYM...

I once dated a girl who was a member of the PYM (https://antivietnamwarprotest.weebly.com/the-pym.html). Does that count?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 12:30 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Reminds me of my Dad. He got a bit pissy when I...

Reminds me of my Dad. He got a bit pissy when I arrived home on leave from the Air Force in the 1970's riding a Honda 500/4 - a Japanese bike of all things!! "Why didn't I buy a British bike!!?"
...
Forum: USA Politics 17th March 2024, 10:56 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
The Fat Orange Turd can... - lie tens of...

The Fat Orange Turd can...
- lie tens of thousands of times
- sexually assault a woman in a department store
- defame that same woman
- defame her a second time
- declare he can grab women by...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 09:00 PM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
As near as I can work out, the mods moved a lot...

As near as I can work out, the mods moved a lot of posts from this thread over to another thread...

Strict biological definitions of male/female...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 08:07 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Companies that do not discriminate against "the...

Companies that do not discriminate against "the other" when employing staff are referred to as "woke" by the scumbaggery of the right (such as Ron DeSantis)

I would be fascinated if you could...
Forum: USA Politics 17th March 2024, 04:29 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
I wouldn't bet on it!

I wouldn't bet on it!
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 04:25 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
It is the political right that has turned the...

It is the political right that has turned the word into pervasive insult to be leveled at "The Other" (the other being people that do not fit their their idea of "True Americans"TM, i.e white,...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 04:04 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Of course, the simplest answer is that they liked...

Of course, the simplest answer is that they liked painting scenery, in the same way the Claude Monet liked painting water lilies.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 03:50 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Since I regard those racists and bigots, and the...

Since I regard those racists and bigots, and the politicians and "journalists" in the list above as "crackers", I would argue that I have not skipped any steps.
Forum: USA Politics 17th March 2024, 11:41 AM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
Come off it Paul. You know as well as I do that...

Come off it Paul. You know as well as I do that MAGAts always dismiss inconvenient facts.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 04:14 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
I don't search for them, I just ignore the...

I don't search for them, I just ignore the aspects that lead to the discrimination. I have (and have had) friends, acquaintances, colleagues and team-mates who were Māori, Asian, Indian and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th March 2024, 01:13 AM
Replies: 273
Views: 8,372
Posted By smartcooky
I am with you on that, but I go further. I...

I am with you on that, but I go further. I despise ALL religions - and I consider the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) to be among the worst .

ALL THREE feed their followers a...
Forum: USA Politics 17th March 2024, 12:57 AM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
The world and democracy would not be so lucky?

The world and democracy would not be so lucky?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th March 2024, 12:30 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Nope. Those who would call me transphobic for...

Nope. Those who would call me transphobic for believing that are the stupid.

Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English meaning "alert to racial prejudice and...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th March 2024, 06:35 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
As I defined it, there is no overlap at all. Not...

As I defined it, there is no overlap at all. Not even a tiny bit.

The subject example of this thread is not "woke", its just plain stupid

- I believe that everyone should be treated as equals...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 16th March 2024, 02:15 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 1,447
Posted By smartcooky
Try not to confuse "woke" with "stupid" ...

Try not to confuse "woke" with "stupid"

Stupid: "A term used by thinking, intelligent people to describe those having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense."

Woke: "A term...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 01:41 PM
Replies: 1,215
Views: 196,747
Posted By smartcooky
Mentour Pilot has now weighed in on the...

Mentour Pilot has now weighed in on the disappearance of MH370. Its a topic he has avoided so far, mainly due to the controversy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5K9HBiJpuk

Its a one hour...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2024, 01:25 PM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,652
Posted By smartcooky
Another oopsie with 737-800 ...

Another oopsie with 737-800

https://abc7news.com/united-flight-missing-panel-sfo-medford-oregon/14529741/

"United plane apparently loses external panel mid-flight after taking off from SFO,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 01:11 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
You do understand, don't you, that Steersman will...

You do understand, don't you, that Steersman will never, ever give up on his bespoke, unique-to-him interpretation of the way tenses work in the English language?

It would not matter if every...
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 03:24 AM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/judge-...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/judge-mcafee-fani-willis-trump-georgia-ruling-rcna143230

"One of the biggest questions that has now been answered by McAfee’s decision is which legal...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 10:21 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
Furthermore, these people and others were...

Furthermore, these people and others were witnesses, REPUBLICAN witnesses, who testified under oath before the bipartisan January 6 committee, that The Fat Orange Turd knew full well the election was...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 08:25 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
Even if is this was true (which it most...

Even if is this was true (which it most definitely is not) it is still no business of his, or of ANY presidential candidate, to call or contact state officials about presidential elections. The...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 08:14 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
Nope, you are misrepresenting the law. If what...

Nope, you are misrepresenting the law. If what you are claiming was correct, the charges would have been dismissed immediately. They weren't, so it isn't!

It is only legal to appoint new electors...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th March 2024, 03:03 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 725
Posted By smartcooky
THIS In all the anguish, outrage and...

THIS

In all the anguish, outrage and pearl-clutching over Israel's actions, the anti-Israel crowd conveniently forget that it was the actions of Hamas that kicked this off by invading Israel,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 11:15 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
In a nutshell! :bigclap

In a nutshell!

:bigclap
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 11:08 AM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
Samson appears to suffer from BDS

Samson appears to suffer from BDS
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 07:37 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,416
Posted By smartcooky
Not all that amazing if you understand the...

Not all that amazing if you understand the low-information, wilfully blind, fawning sycophants that comprise the Trump base.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 03:47 PM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
That about sums up the "logic" being...

That about sums up the "logic" being used
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 12:54 PM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
:bigclap She walked into a trap. ...

:bigclap


She walked into a trap.

This is case where the scumbag is not the person caught in the trap, its the person who set it!



Yup. JKR is still on the right side if the issue - the...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th March 2024, 01:58 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 253
Posted By smartcooky
Here is another link to the story.... ...

Here is another link to the story....

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/aaron-rodgers-reportedly-shared-conspiracy-014742884.html

....for those of us, like me, who cannot get anything other than a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th March 2024, 10:14 PM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
This is as clear an indication of any, of how far...

This is as clear an indication of any, of how far from commonsense the world has fallen, and how stupidity has prevailed.

As Ron White would say... "you can't fix stupid....... stupid is forevah!!"
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th March 2024, 02:52 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
Nope! You couldn't be more wrong if you tried! ...

Nope! You couldn't be more wrong if you tried!

"A man rapes and murders a young girl" is stated, by me, as a fact before the narrative, not as an assumption or a conclusion from an investigation....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th March 2024, 01:47 PM
Replies: 971
Views: 29,362
Posted By smartcooky
Correct. That solution to nonsense is never more...

Correct. That solution to nonsense is never more nonsense!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 10:53 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
All unconvincing! Your post contains facts...

All unconvincing!

Your post contains facts and evidence... the person you are talking to is immune to facts and evidence.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Dear, oh dear, oh dear! He doesn't know that...

Dear, oh dear, oh dear! He doesn't know that anthropologists can determine from the shapes and construction of certain parts of a skeleton, whether they belonged to a male or a female of the species....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 06:55 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
I'd call it for what it is.... intellectual...

I'd call it for what it is.... intellectual dishonesty


He also doesn't understand the concept of a non-sequitur (of which his reply to your last post is an example)
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 03:47 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Not hard to do when your whole shtick is...

Not hard to do when your whole shtick is cherry-picking from, various sources, bits and pieces of information that seem to support your predetermined conclusions, while flatly denying the veracity of...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th March 2024, 02:23 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
Ok, but if you want to be sure that something...

Ok, but if you want to be sure that something like the subject of this thread doesn't happen, then surely you would have to ensure that any testing of a second split from the remaining sample MUST be...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th March 2024, 01:31 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
1. Do you have any idea how much DNA testing...

1. Do you have any idea how much DNA testing costs? Well, now multiply by four.

2. Who is going to volunteer their DNA for these three additional samples to be tested by the police lab?

3. Keep...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 12:16 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Happy to have the silver medal Paul ;)

Happy to have the silver medal Paul ;)
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th March 2024, 12:13 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
Just going back to this for a moment - how do you...

Just going back to this for a moment - how do you reconcile these two statements you made?





I think its is a very bad idea to go introducing extra opportunities for contamination by having...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 03:15 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aulgyk6vcj8xmzl/back-to-...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aulgyk6vcj8xmzl/back-to-the-future-train.gif?raw=1



Which is why I am done with engaging him in any serious way. One can only bash one's head against a brick wall for...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th March 2024, 12:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
A double blind test? Would that not create a...

A double blind test? Would that not create a chance for contamination?
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th March 2024, 10:33 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 564
Posted By smartcooky
Are you sure you want to go with this? A man...

Are you sure you want to go with this?

A man rapes and murders a young girl. The man's seminal fluid is found on and inside the girl's body. Its is the only evidence found and it is only evidence...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 08:28 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Whatever :rolleyes:

Whatever :rolleyes:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 06:52 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

Oh dear, how sad, never mind!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 02:47 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Whatever :rolleyes:

Whatever :rolleyes:
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 02:38 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 712
Posted By smartcooky
Of course he's running. He ran five...

Of course he's running.

He ran five marathons in a row, in drag, (used campaign donations to pay for his running gear and the entry fee), under an identity that he stole, in the colors of a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 02:24 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,417
Posted By smartcooky
Whatever :rolleyes:

Whatever :rolleyes:
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