When It’s Not Lies, It’s Misrepresentation
As the physician points out at left, changing the ingredients in Coca Cola may not be the boon for Americans’ health it’s represented to be.
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Photoshopped?
Anyone who thinks that an ExxonMobil franchisee actually posted this sign is a fool. Big Oil’s only hope for extending its corrupt stream of wealth is via Trump’s policies, and his deceit, e.g., “Gas is under $2 / gallon.”
Our Capitalist Civilization Does Indeed Have a Real Direction
I’m what’s called a democratic socialist, or social democrat — two synonymous phrases. This means, in essence, that I hope the United States can join the rest of the developed world in extending certain benefits, like healthcare and education, to all our citizens, in the manner of most of Europe, Israel, Japan, and the rest.
Yet, to be honest, the meme here isn’t fair. Capitalism does have a real direction. It’s making rich people richer and poor people poorer, and it occurs at the expense of human welfare and ecology, along with complete indifference to the world’s burning around us.
Why Is Extraterrestrial Intelligence So Hard To Find?
There are lots of theories, some more plausible that others, that attempt to explain why humankind has failed to make contact with extraterrestrial intelligence.
I’ve heard something similar to the cartoon here: that when ETs fly past Earth they lock their doors.
Open Carry
I have to admit that if I walked into a store and saw someone not in uniform with an assault rifle strapped across his back, I would turn around and leave.
Our lives are in enough danger from ultra-right-wing stupidity without shopping with people who are carrying the types of weapons of war that are used in mass shootings on virtually a daily basis.
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Hollywood Is Not Rife with Trumpers
There are some American actor/entertainers who support Trump, but, as suggested here, there aren’t too many of them.
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You Can’t Access God with Reason? — More
In a recent post, I wrote that the opinion of the woman at left has troubled me since I was three years old.
It’s worth noting that the history of religion and the study of theology take a completely different tack. For example, it was the life’s work of Thomas Aquinas to prove the existence of God using Aristotle’s logic alone.
A few centuries later, Rene Descartes came along and laid down five different proofs that God exists.
An old professor of mine, a Jesuit priest, taught a class at Georgetown University that’s required for incoming freshmen. It’s call “The Problem of God.”
I’ve always liked that, insofar as God does in fact pose a problem that all thinking people must solve for themselves.
An Investment Joke
There are people who promise investors 10% per annum with no risk. They’re called “liars.”
These people will be in prison soon, but not before they take in fabulous amounts of money from total idiots.
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What We Have to Lose with a Vote for Trump
Unless I’m mistaken, Trump addressed this to black people, implying that their lives in America are so miserable that they have nothing to lose by voting for him.
As the meme suggests, however, we all have plenty to lose by electing a criminal sociopath.
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Some Good Advice
I like the cut of this guy’s jib.
When my kids were young, I told them that they were going to spend a great deal of their lives working, so find something you love and get incredibly good at it.
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