200,000 years of evolution -- and Homo sapiens' most advanced societies are on the brink of nuclear war and anthropogenic climate disruption, both of which threaten to destroy most life on Earth.

Sol is a fourth-generation star, 4.6 billion years old in a universe 13.8 billion years old in a galaxy of 100 billion stars in a known universe of one to two trillion galaxies, very probably only one dimension of countless other dimensions and galaxies. Our universe is still very young, in its heyday of star formation, beginning from virtually nothing (a singularity) and lasting virtually forever (hundreds of trillions years more before it's hydrogen is expended).

We exist on a superbly balanced planet born out of the unimaginable violence of an accretion disk, a perfect globe that can only be described as a miraculous paradise, existing in the cold, dark expanses of a truly strange and chaotic yet beautifully symmetrical universe, of which we only comprehend about five percent, with little clue to what dark matter and dark energy is, two of the most profound mysteries driving the forces of nature.

According to the laws of physics, we are completely isolated in every way imaginable in the fabric of time and space -- utterly alone and on our own. Evolution is a harsh mistress; if a species cannot adapt to a changing environment, it goes extinct, never to return. 10,000 years of false religions and gods have not led to the so-called higher consciousness or spiritual enlightenment that we hoped and prayed would somehow alter the course of our self-imposed, inevitable destruction.

If (or when) we fail, we won't be missed. Earth is still relatively young, orbiting in the Goldilocks zone around a sun with five billion years of fuel left. The planet given enough time will recover its balance -- as it always has -- erasing most traces and stains of humanity, to once again become a paradise, where, perhaps, members of another species may evolve an intelligence to fully appreciate and enjoy their time in the sun.

We've had our spit of time -- a nanosecond of near eternity. It's too bad we are blowing it on the stupidity of petty, ego-driven thought whorls that lead nowhere. For the human spirit to defy this dynamic of base human nature is the only revolution that matters!

I wonder if Las Vegas bookies are taking bets on how long Trump will remain in office.

Sometimes, I just want to kick Life square in the teeth.

Revolution is the answer

However, it is doubtful whether the character of a modern American carries those qualities displayed by men during the American Revolutionary War circa 1766 thru 1783

Observably not

Nevertheless, there was an educated literal recognition of what they were up against and fighting for

None such appears to exist in this day

I can't figure out if deepspace, or Legend's head is going to explode first.

You two make every day Christmas.

Back to you @Deepspace

Revolution

You say you want a revolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction

Don't you know that you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be

All right, all right, all right

You say you got a real solution

Well, you know

We'd all love to see the plan

You ask me for a contribution

Well, you know

We're doing what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate

All I can tell is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be

All right, all right, all right

You say you'll change the constitution

Well, you know

We all want to change your head

You tell me it's the institution

Well, you know

You better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao

You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know it's gonna be

All right, all right, all right

All right, all right, all right

All right, all right, all right

All right, all right

Songwriter: JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY

@Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

back @ Ou812:

I don't think you quite understand what revolution means.

Any human being who is not deeply disgusted by the absurd, piss-drunk stupidity of brain-addled Trump supporters evidently does not possess a fully evolved limbic system and should be pitied. Whereas, Trump sycophants deserve every malignancy about to be visited upon the country, the world, and themselves by this sorry-ass, self-aggrandizing moron, with whom they are so in love.

And why do you keep jabbering the same gibberish in endless loops? Boring! The troll handlers won't give you that raise, unless you can fake animated authenticity more convincingly.

:(~

What about why the GOP lost?

There has been a lot of discussion from the Dems, the GOP, the campaigns, the media, blogs, etc. about why Hillary lost. What hasn't gotten as much attention is why the non-fringe candidates lost in the GOP primary; Trump should have never won the primary much less the general. Trump is just a symptom of how massively broken our systems and institutions are. And while we want to hope; I see no signs that we will change course and start heading in a direction that fixes things.

The GOP seem willing to continue putting party ahead of the interests of the country no matter the consequences. An example of how far they are willing to go is the letter sent to the Ayatollahs, signed by almost all GOP senators, urging the Ayatollahs to not cooperate with our commander-In-Chief. If the shoe was on the other foot, the GOP would characterize that action as treason in a time of war.

As for the Dems; the increasing loss of down-ballot races and measures should have been a red flag to do something different. But the Dems have not updated the play book, they continue to lose the propaganda war, they are in too much of a Beltway bubble because of what I call the GOBAG Club (Good Ol' Boys And Girls) and consequently don't effectively relate to what's going on outside the Beltway, they are reactive and not proactive, their strategy is passive, they've done little to nothing about voter suppression in the 16 years since Bush v. Gore... Yet too often over the years I have heard comments from the Dems like; the GOP are going to overreach, now the GOP has to govern and that will hurt them, when the demographics change it will favor Dems, we need bipartisan solutions, we need a grand bargain, we need to reach across the aisle, Reagan and Tip O'Neil worked across the aisle... It's unbelievable and annoys me to no end that they are continuing to spout this kind of crap; they are relying on strategy that has been obsolete since Gingrich --- TWENTY YEARS AGO!!! I'd like to be optimistic, but I see few indicators that the Dems know what to do going forward.

Dan, San Diego

@Diane#25:

"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." -- Ronald Reagan's "eleventh" commandment.

... waiting ... waiting ... waiting ...

Nope, only hypocrisy.

@Ou812#33:

Sorry, a !!!yuuuge!!! majority of sober-minded voters totally rejected your disgusting, egomaniacal sexual pervert and will never -- here, let me spell it out for you: N-E-V-E-R -- reach that final stage of acceptance, which would mean to normalize a demented, macabre psycho-clown with a freakish, off-color circus wig of plugs(?)! Ain't gonna happen!

Most mothers would not trust this piece of shit in the same room with their daughters; and yet, there he is about to soil the chair in the Oval Office. WTF is wrong with you people?!

But you can always hope and pretend against all odds that sane people will suddenly lose their minds and accept your sick pervert as a (choke) "president." Some friendly advice: delusional, driveling mental cases should avoid trying to define what it is to be a "healthy person." It's embarrassing, rather sad.

Unless, you're just another dime-a-dozen paid troll, in which case I would suggest that you ask for a substantial pay raise for your vain but valiant efforts to spin such obvious lies into some semblance of acceptability.

It is certainly not working, but it is certainly entertaining -- kinda like watching Kellyanne Conway stumble through interviews with that weird combination of smoothness and grace and the barefaced duplicity of a really creepy liar.

So the new theory is 17 intelligence agencies all collaborated on a fake story to defame Trump with the insinuation that Putin was hacking the DNC to get him elected. ...yeah right! Oh I totally forgot about Tillerson...ahh who cares? Trump's reign of terror will keep everyone glued to radio, TV, and social media.... and that's all that really counts!!!

Time for me to move on to an organization that wants to fight ...not seek and bask in drama for the sake of ratings!

“When a nation’s young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
~John Kenneth Galbraith

People are afraid when they are afraid they give there freedoms away for security ,safety and survival . See the post above .