Sometimes sad events in our lives have a strange way of providing humor. Take the American Medical Association’s revocation of Rand Paul’s license to practice medicine. That doesn’t sound funny at first glance, does it? Here’s an extremely influential person …
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Science Is Down, But It Isn’t Out
It’s no secret that science is taking a terrible drubbing here in the United States, as tens of millions of people, without any education in the arena, are “doing their own research” by watching media outlets like Fox News and …
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Karma Takes Out Yet One More Sociopathic Liar
“I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.” How many times have you heard someone say that? Yet, if something bad is going to happen to anyone, Dick Farrel isn’t a horrible choice. From The Independent: A right-wing radio host …
We’re Not Too Pleased with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Mad Magazine, a humor rag for young people, was published from 1952 until 2018, though its popularity hit its high-water mark in the mid-1970s, and was essentially unknown past 1990. The meme here is a play on the theme, which …
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Science Is the Best We Have
This made me laugh. Climate deniers and anti-vaxxers claim, as suggested in this ad from the mid-20th Century, that science isn’t always correct. True without a doubt. In fact, when you think about it, it’s almost always incorrect. If we …
Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels: Accuse the Other Side Of That Which You Are Guilty
Republican Steve Scalise, after getting vaccinated for COVID-19, posted a disinformation video claiming, “Democrats have a history of vaccine misinformation and not trusting the science.” It’s terrifying than an entire political party is basing its tactics on Nazi principles of conduct.
Floridians Will Buy Some Pretty Asinine Ideas, But They Seem To Have Crossed a Line
This is proof that there is hope for the United States. It’s easy to believe that a significant percentage of Americans will believe anything they come across that supports what they already believe, regardless of how inane. It is this …
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Science and Religion
Through the centuries, science and religion have had a tumultuous relationship. There have been numerous attempts to unite the two, e.g., Thomas Aquinas’s 13th Century attempt to prove the existence of God with unaided reason, Descartes’s 17th Century five different …
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Understanding Vaccinations
From a reader: Ever heard, “You can’t fix stupid”? Well, I think there’s definitely a level of stupidity that is incurable and that is to such an extent that it is endangering Humankind. It really is and that’s a gigantic …
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Dealing with the Delta Variant: “Tennessee Pastor the Personification of a Clear and Present Danger”
How does one respond to a congregation of worshippers being told that the Delta variant is a hoax and that those who choose to come to church in masks will be ejected from the building? This doesn’t bode well for …
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