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Recovering after Hurricane Michael could take years, Irma survivors say
A Floridian who survived Hurricane Irma said those in the Panhandle are "very shell-shocked and they're just trying to pick up the pieces."
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Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United States
By: robert-in-ohio • life choices • 164 Comments • 2 minutes ago“"A Two-Party System is Way Too Good for Those Two Parties" Penn Jillette”
It has been a long time since I posted a discussion - I am not sure from where to begin. I have been away from NT for quite some time because the constant hate speech, ⋅slinging and shouting down the other side rather than trying to discuss anything became too annoying to endure. I...
Witches Plan To Gather In Brooklyn To Curse Kavanaugh And The Patriarchy
Via: badfish-hd-h-u • News & Politics • 67 Comments • 24 minutes agoOccultists in Brooklyn are inviting practitioners of witchcraft to place a hex on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the patriarchy. Catland, an establishment that describes itself as “Brooklyn’s premiere occult bookshop & spiritual community space,” recently issued an invitation...
Uncle Bruce's Weekly take on things.
By: uncle-bruce • Current Events • 34 Comments • 44 minutes ago“I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you! - Uncle Bruce 1988”
I think I'm gonna try and post a blog entry each week at give my take on things. I'm doing this for several reasons. First, as a blog on NT, it's sacred. Which means I can post what I want, and I can delete comments. Blogs are sacred. Moderation is not needed, nor desired. I will warn you,...
First Frost of the Fall, No Fish Caught … No Complaints.
By: a-macarthur • Photography & Art • 4 Comments • 58 minutes agoWhen a cold front moves into the Pocono Mountains in October, the barometer rises and fish in still waters experience equilibrium difficulties … and to compensate, they usually head for deep water and suspend somewhere between the water surface and lake bottom … and generally lose their appetite...
Statue of Revolutionary War general given googly eyes by prankster
Via: pat-wilson • News & Politics • 13 Comments • an hour ago“"It may look funny, but harming our historic monuments and public property is no laughing matter. In”
Authorities in Georgia are on the lookout for whoever decided to dress up a statue of a Revolutionary War general with "googly eyes." The city of Savannah said in a Facebook post on Thursday that the historic Nathanael Greene statue in the city's Johnson Square is now sporting google eyes that...
U.K. court sides with bakery; future ruling still awaits in U.S.
Via: xxjefferson51 • News & Politics • 154 Comments • an hour ago“We didn't say no because of the customer," Daniel McArthur, the bakery's general manager, told reporters earlier this year. "We'd served him...”
The highest court in the United Kingdom has ruled in favor of a Christian-owned bakery chain in a case that mirrors similar legal battles in the United States. The five justices on the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Asher's, located in Northern Ireland, which refused in 2014 to...
Ten Movies For Those Who Prefer The Unusual
By: buzz-of-the-orient • EVERYONE LOVES MOVIES - CLASSIC TO RECENT • 40 Comments • 2 hours agoTen Movies For Those Who Prefer The Unusual These are ten esoteric movies that I have watched over the years, more than once - mostly unusual and very different from each other. Only one is less than 35 years old, and it was shown 15 years ago. The descriptions are from Wikipedia, and my...
A doctor is taking over Planned Parenthood — and she’s ready to fight
Via: gordy327 • Religious and not News Chat • 2 Comments • 3 hours agoIn May, the country’s most polarizing provider of reproductive health care lost its most visible leader.After 12 years as president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards left behind an organization that claimed nearly 12 million supporters and more popularity than Congress, but faced attacks...
Life [WAS] a Beach - Memories of Lakeside Living
By: buzz-of-the-orient • Fields and Streams • 10 Comments • 4 hours agoLife [WAS] a Beach - Memories of Lakeside Living This was my year-round chalet on Gull Lake in the Haliburton Lake District of Ontario during the 1980s. My best friend had built a lakefront home there and when this chalet came up for sale just 4 cottages away I bought it so our families could...
Trump's Economy Is Creating Factory Jobs 10 Times Faster Than Obama's
Via: xxjefferson51 • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 hours ago“Of note, in the 21 months since his inauguration, President Trump's deregulatory policies and historic tax cuts have led to a manufacturing...”
On June 1, 2016 at a town hall meeting sponsored by PBS, Eric Cottonham, a steel workers' union member from Indiana, asked President Barack Obama about manufacturing jobs creation, saying, "All of our jobs have left, or are in the process of leaving." In response, Obama noted that some jobs...
Republicans Abandon Vulnerable Lawmakers, Striving to Keep House
Via: galen-marvin-ross • News & Politics • 74 Comments • 40 minutes ago“They are pouring money and effort mainly into moderate suburban areas, like Mr. Sessions’s seat, that they see as critical to holding the chamber...”
DALLAS — Vice President Mike Pence laid out a hopeful vision for the midterm elections this week as he campaigned for Representative Pete Sessions of Texas, telling Republican donors that candidates like Mr. Sessions could stop Democrats from winning the House in November.“The road, they know, to...
Flat Earthers Tell CBS News That Photos Of The Planet Are 'Utterly False'
Via: johnrussell • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 7 hours ago“In a segment that aired on CBS Sunday Morning, reporter Brook Silva-Braga interviewed a group of people who are trying to prove that the world is...”
CBS News recently spoke to a group of so-called Flat Earthers who believe that the scientific community has pulled off a great hoax by claiming that the world is in the shape of a globe. In a segment that aired on CBS Sunday Morning, reporter Brook Silva-Braga interviewed a group of people...
Melania Trump says she is one of the most bullied people in the world; distrusts some in the West Wing
Via: tessylo • News & Politics • 123 Comments • 7 hours agoMelania Trump says she is one of the most bullied people in the world; distrusts some in the West Wing Melania Trump says she's one of the most bullied people in the world Melania Trump says she is one of the most bullied people in the world;...
12 Politically Incorrect Halloween Costumes To Avoid This Year
Via: badfish-hd-h-u • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 21 Comments • 12 hours ago1. Illegal Alien Costume You might think that this Illegal Alien Halloween costume is funny, but it’s not. It’s actually quite offensive, especially in today’s political climate. Immigrants in the United States are dealing with enough discrimination as it is, so why add to it? Immigrants...
Girlfriend's 'controlling' list of 22 rules for boyfriend goes viral: 'She sounds crazy'
Via: badfish-hd-h-u • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 24 Comments • 2 days agoSounds like a bridezilla in the making. While it isn’t that uncommon for couples to have unspoken rules to ensure a happy relationship, one woman took it to the extreme by drafting a lengthy contract detailing 22 requirements for her boyfriend to sign. The list was first shared on Twitter by...
Photo-Essay - The Earthquake-Prone Sichuan Mountain Area - Part 2
By: buzz-of-the-orient • Discovery Group • 2 Comments • 2 days agoPhoto-Essay - The Earthquake-Prone Sichuan Mountain Area - Part 2 This is a follow-up of the photo-essay posted a couple of days ago. What I had left out of the first part was about the new school in the mountains that we had visited. We met with the school officials in the brand-new town that...
How To Post A YouTube Video In NT
By: raven-wing • Help • 11 Comments • 2 days agoI have seen that some folks here on NT are not aware of how to embed YouTube videos here on the new site. For those who need help with this, I am posting the steps here for you. Find the YouTube video you want to insert Click on the Share tab in gray under the video Click on the Embed icon...
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
By: hal-a-lujah • Health • 30 Comments • 3 days agoYesterday, my fifth grandchild was born. It has been a very sobering pregnancy, as he was diagnosed early on with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, affecting his heart and aorta. By early evening on the day he was born, he had already undergone two surgeries. One was done in utero, to implant...
How One Inuit Community Won Against Big Oil
Via: split-personality • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 6 Comments • 3 days ago“... and what it means for other environmental efforts.”
In April 2018, the Trump administration announced Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was open for business. By June, two Alaska Native Regional Corporations and a small oil company had already jointly applied to conduct extensive seismic testing in the refuge next winter. Seismic...
Sex Euphemisms
By: trout-giggles • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 176 Comments • 3 days ago“I hope this isn't against the TOS”
Many, many, many eons ago when I was just a wee sprite in an institution of higher learning, I had a roommate who was taking some psychology class (I think it was a sex class ). Anyway, she had an assignment to find as many euphemisms for sex as she could find. There were right around 8 of us...
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Tessylo • 4 minutes ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United States
'Respect your opinion and I expect that you felt that the people who felt that what about President Obama were correct as well?' No I don't because it didn't matter what President Obama did or didn't do. The...
Galen Marvin Ross • 24 minutes ago • Witches Plan To Gather In Brooklyn To Curse Kavanaugh And The PatriarchyKrishna my friend you have answered your own question and, don't even realize it, by quoting my comment in your post you have given yourself the answer, Congress, which is the body that makes the laws, cannot respect...
Spikegary • 25 minutes ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United States"..." No, it implies that he is the President of the United States, if you are a citizen of the United States, he is your president. To imply otherwise is a fool's errand.
Spikegary • 27 minutes ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United StatesMuch as Lenny stated in his own way, tough cookies, you don't get to decide who comments on your comments. I think that's the first (and probably only) time I have ever agreed with Lenny.
Spikegary • 34 minutes ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United StatesSO, your position is that 'it could be' and tha makes it acceptable to publish? Is there anythign else going on in Justice Kennedy's life? Is there illness in his family? Was he diagnosed with some type of chronic...
luther28 • 52 minutes ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United StatesI have been away from NT for quite some time Well I for one welcome the return of one of the voices of normality, good to see you back Robert. I feel fairly much the same as yourself, but yet here we are:)
Vic Eldred • 2 hours ago • U.K. court sides with bakery; future ruling still awaits in U.S."..." Prior to 20th century liberalism, the Court stayed out of the affairs of Congress.Got away with what exactly?Legislating from the bench, as if that question hasn't been answered a million times.That makes no...
Vic Eldred • 2 hours ago • U.K. court sides with bakery; future ruling still awaits in U.S."..." Tweaking by whom? The American people via Congress gave us the 14th Amendment along with 26 others.And the courts, especially the SCOTUS, determine the constitutionality of laws.You don't know the difference...
Nowhere Man • 2 hours ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United States"..." Wrong. That's the only way to describe this statement on a completely factual basis. The Court has been politicized since 1802. When one John Adams, 2nd president of the US and writer and signer of the...
Gordy327 • 3 hours ago • U.K. court sides with bakery; future ruling still awaits in U.S."..." As I recall, when the Constitution was drafted, black people were considered 3/5 a person, women did not have the same rights of men, and only white landowning men could vote. The Founding Fathers had some...
Gordy327 • 3 hours ago • U.K. court sides with bakery; future ruling still awaits in U.S."..." The court already took on the Obergefell case. it's settled. So there's no point in revisiting it. And there was no valid legal or logical reason to deny gays the right to marry. And there never has been....
calbab • 4 hours ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United StatesNobody should be complaining about making good clean money. However, dirty, dishonest, trickery, deceit, and criminal tactics are what get crime bosses, crime families, and gangsters charged with RICO conspiracies...
calbab • 4 hours ago • Democrats and Republicans - The Extnction of the Loyal Opposition and the Demise of the United StatesI'll take a stab at what I consider you are trying to state. If I get it wrong - set me straight! The problem with cable news is the analyses and opinion shows-whether than straight and hard-hitting news. On the...
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