Near-Death Experiences
Let me guess. He’s from a predominantly Christian country.
Do people who have returned to life from brain-dead conditions in Japan or Israel tell stories about meeting Jesus?
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Missouri and the Ten Commandments
There are several reasons that this is a bad idea for schoolchildren, or anyone, really.
It imposes a religion, as prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
It acts against the clearly expressed wishes of the Founding Fathers, whom Americans respect, if not revere.
It builds enmity against those who have “other gods,” e.g., the Hindus, Muslims, etc.
The God of the Old Testament is everything we don’t want our kids to be: cruel, vindictive, bullying, childish, and temperamental.
Though it can be argued that the bible offered value to the people of the time in which it was written, it now serves to re-enforce anti-scientific thinking. There are members of the U.S. Congress who don’t accept the theory of climate change, on the basis of a chapter in Genesis that says explicitly that “Only God can destroy the Earth.”
We Ruin Things
To the reader who sent me this meme, I ask, with all due respect: Are you serious?
When we re-elected Trump, we chose to receive a masterclass in ruining things — in the most clearly absurd conceivable manner.
This is true across the board, whether we’re talking about women’s and LGBTQ rights, environmental protection, education, government services that help the common American, and relationships with our allies.
We conduct aggressive wars in violation of domestic and international law, and we support the world’s great dictators.
Is it really a surprise that we’ve installed a crackpot in our government to attack human health?
Ruining things. It’s what we do now.
Blaming Biden
Look, we understand that the MAGA folks aren’t too smart, but isn’t there a limit to how long they’ll believe that anything wrong with America is Biden’s fault?
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Pete Hegseth — Mass Murderer
Here in the United States, our political leaders thumb their noses at the International Court of Justice. This isn’t new, btw; when George W. Bush and Dick Cheney waged an aggressive war against Iraq in 2003, and no one said a thing.
What’s happening now in Venezuela is far more egregious, but it’s hard to imagine that Trump and Hegseth are too worried about it.
Flat Earth Society
First of all, I believe there are far fewer of these crackpots than are commonly thought to exist. The presence of social media serves to distort this.
To answer the question, there are QAnon conspiracy theorists who simply believe that science of all types is a web of lies. The theory goes that scientists in all disciplines, health, climate, transportation, infrastructure, etc., are paid to publish papers proving ideas that profit the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet.
If you will recall, someone has supposedly invented a carburetor that enabled cars to get 200 miles to the gallon, but it was buried by the auto industry. This whole phenomenon isn’t new.
On top of all this, we live in a time that features an appalling lack of scientific education. If you go on Facebook right this minute, you’ll run across dozens of different fraudulent claims for devices that generate electricity out of thin air, and tons of other crap that violate the laws of thermodynamics.
Revised Vaccination Regimen
The world could accept a radical change in The United States’ protocol for administering vaccinations if it were made by scientists, i.e., people trained in the eradication of potentially lethal diseases. Our problem, and it’s one that’s unique to America, is that our health policies are made by a recovering heroin addict with no background in the subject — a crackpot with parts of his brain missing, having been eaten by a parasitic worm.
Fortunately for us all, no other country on Earth operates this way.
Is Saudi Arabia Really Planting Millions of Trees in the Desert to Fight Climate Change?
When the leaders of Saudi Arabia aren’t dismembering journalists for their opposing points of view politically, they’re making trillions of dollars from selling oil. The idea that they’re at all concerned about the environment is ludicrous.
It would also be interesting to know how they plan to water these trees that they are (ostensibly) planting in the desert.
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Examining the Concept of “Generational Wealth”
From the advertiser:Did you know that direct investment in oil and gas not only delivers the potential for high cash flow but also offers some of the most significant tax advantages available to investors today?
Thanks to powerful deductions like 90% first-year write-off of Intangible Drilling Costs (IDCs) and ongoing depletion allowances, these opportunities can meaningfully reduce your taxable income in the year of investment and beyond.
Add to that the ability to receive monthly cash flow and enjoy direct ownership in American oil, and you’re looking at an asset class with the potential to build real, generational wealth.
Great news! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be a part of the destruction of our Earth.
Seriously, who wants “generational wealth” on a planet that is losing its capacity to support life with each passing generation? Does anyone think that future generations are going to thank us for ruining our only home?
Yes, the Trump administration has made it easier to generate profits for the fossil fuel industry by eliminating the incentives for solar and wind, while opening up vast amounts of wilderness to oil and gas extraction. Do you really want to be a part of this?
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No Decent American Wants to Hear Our President Refer to the People of Other Countries as “Garbage”
I believe the subject matter of the video here will ultimately play a large contributing factor to bringing down Trump. His referring to Somalis as “garbage” and his doubling down on it here is abhorrent to most Americans.
Yes, his racist MAGA base is cheering him on for his demonization of people from a poor country with black skin, but most Americans can see that this comes directly from the playbook of all fascist leaders.
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