Merlot54 Blog Comments (191)

RE: POTUS Biden just visited Ukrainian refugees in Poland but has yet to visit the U.S. border

I thought he was on a foreign trade mission.
He managed to convince the EU to stop buying gas from Russia and buy from US instead at triple the price. That's some deal for the US. You must be proud of him.

RE: Frequency Dimensions, Multi-Universes

If energy is a physical thing and we are merely a conduit for that energy then if the source of energy stops we stop transmitting, just like a battery. Also if we die we lose the ability to process energy, so there is no output.
The brain uses incoming energy to function, so no energy means no function. A flat battery cannot power a light bulb. So at death brain function ceases therefore no further signals are transmitted.
The closest to non physical things expended by us are heat and sound which are the product of consumed energy. Any energy in brain waves is used up in carrying out the function.
So what is left?

RE: Believing in God saves you? From what?

Fair enough.

RE: Did you know 8

Election fraud is part of the process, always has been, always will. Both sides are at it. Some cry foul when they lose, nothing new about that either. Mr T takes the biscuit as the best whinger in recent times he gets the rosette and a big commiserations hug for being the first runner-up.

RE: Believing in God saves you? From what?

As usual you didn't understand something that was said so you assumed anything that came to mind was good enough and fired off that blank.

I'm a decent bloke so I'll explain it for you.

When somebody doesn't want to hear something someone has to say they will stick their fingers in their ears and start yelling, to drown out the other voice. This is because they have already made up their mind and refuse to allow anything to upset that

RE: Believing in God saves you? From what?

You have so many questions.
I suggest that you start by taking your fingers out of your ears and stop yelling.
You and the op are like two dogs barking at the moon.
I don't have any answers for you, look where you will find them and open your mind.
Come back to me when you can prove one of the answers to the question posed

RE: Believing in God saves you? From what?

In the absence of proof as to the workings of the entire planetary system and to it's non-origon and following Ockam's logic we can simplify everything by saying that "God Made The World".

RE: Believing in God saves you? From what?

Crown.
Do you believe that there is no God, or do you not believe that there is a God?

RE: This world has to go

Where have I gone wrong?

RE: This world has to go

St Louis 1877. Following the workers strike a communist party ruled St Louis. Check it out. That's what American needs. The present two party system is destroying your country.

RE: Dear Donald

Well 60% of Americans agree. (NB. stolen election)

RE: Would you accept a gene-edited pig heart in your body to survive?

They will make a few more changes and it will work in time. Nobody will be forced to extend their life, there are plenty of willing recipients waiting and dying to get one. I'd love to hear these staunch deniers answering the surgeon when he asks them the question on their death bed.

RE: Did you know!!!!

Agreed dAn, good stuff.

RE: WarOnly

Don't forget religious discussion, which has a fair share of the CS blogometry.

RE: Lock the Clock...

I didn't know that a cars time clock got updated, how does that work? Mine doesn't but it's ten years old.

RE: Hush...

Trump is a magnet for fools with money.



Who gets it if he doesn't run.

RE: China warns of ‘worst consequences’

There are two parallel topics going on here, I thought it was going to be about Taiwan.

RE: China warns of ‘worst consequences’

If you want to see a sample of china's determination and patience look at how they are going after a tiny country with a population of 1 million. Eswatini.

RE: China warns of ‘worst consequences’

I don't think anybody wants to destroy Taiwan due to the advanced economy. PPP per capita almost three times that of China and greater than the UK.
US did promise full support, stopping short of getting involved in the fighting. They have since been careful to muddy the waters on this stance, rightly so. And have displayed their intention to defend against any military interference by China. Their defence agreement with Taiwan differs from that with Ukraine, which probably does allow military action.

RE: China warns of ‘worst consequences’

America already made it clear that they would not fight for Taiwan. No EU country will either.
China and Taiwan are locked in trade. Taiwan's economy is so good that China can't risk damaging it, otherwise it would not hold any benefit to China except for a military base and the additional maritime boundaries.

RE: Olive Oil...

When new, unopened then there's no problem. The date on mine is Best Before 07/23.
So the thing to do is re-bottle what's left with no air gap in the bottle, assuming it's the air which causes the problem. If the oil is from raw seed, ie not toasted then would it be a cancer risk?

RE: WHO KILLED KENNEDY

Who:- Onassis.
Why:- Crime, Deals and Dollars.
How:- Hired sniper and in-house clean-up squad.

QED.

RE: Are we seeing Putin's chessboard unfold with a huge pincer movement....

Budapest Memorandum
Main article: Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances
On December 5, 1994 the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Britain and the United States signed a memorandum to provide Ukraine with security assurances in connection with its accession to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state. The four parties signed the memorandum, containing a preamble and six paragraphs. The memorandum reads as follows.

4. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used.

RE: Olive Oil...

The op said that original small bottles were being used. So that is what I had to work on.

RE: Whom among us is not an antagonist?

If you are the antagonist then they are the protagonist. In this case there is one person who is not an antagonist. Does this answer your question?

RE: Olive Oil...

The spout has to be small enough to fit into the bottle. It can't be snug fitting either or the air cannot get out of the bottle. The outer threads on your thing-ma-jig funnel would add to the problem by forcing you to choose a very small host bottle for your thing-ma-jig funnel.
Try again?

RE: Olive Oil...

Maybe those cans are designed for a plunger or tap.
I've done similar things and found that small funnels are worse than useless. I don't have a solution for you so keep us updated over the next two years. Consider doing a YouTube video if you come up with something good.

RE: WHICH RELIGION IS THE TRUE ONE?

I didn't read all the posts, my attention span could not cope with all that. I don't know anything about any religions apart from the Catholic one and I only want to make one comment about that.
The catholic religon was part of the school curriculum. In all subjects lateral thinking was encouraged. In religion it was forbidden. We were expected to accept that a man could walk on water without question or argument. Canibalism was frowned upon yet we were forced to eat the body of Christ. Just two examples, and too much for a kid to take and I opted out.
So I wouldn't vote for this one.

RE: WHICH RELIGION IS THE TRUE ONE?

The trick is to guess which is the right one BEFORE you die.

RE: An Unseen Help

I want you to resist the urge to reply to this post because it's simply a statement of my understanding of events.
Now I know why people shout aloud "JESUS" when they kick a rock in the dark while on their way home.
It is because they are unable to finish the sentence due to the pain and they are howling unintelligible things. What they would say is "why did you leave that rock in my path when you knew perfectly well that I wouldn't see it, what did I do to deserve this, you could have just told me what I did wrong"