Jake and PopeBeanie:

The Courts have held that to Establish an institution is to support and subsidize it. So the First Amendment ban on Establishment of Religion would clearly forbid the Federal Government from support and subsidy of religious bodies.

And the Fourteenth Amendment’s first clause makes the restrictions on the Federal…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

…And Rev. Victor Marx(ist) to the Right:

Republican’s quotes compared to mass-murdering supervillain in ‘The Boys’ by local paper
https://www.rawstory.com/victor-marx/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=5&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsJ2A0SJUMQX4T24#cxrecs_s
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And…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

Marxist Clowns to the Left of me…

Deleted tweets on Darializa Avila Chevalier’s account had favorable references to communist leaders and Marxism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/darializa-avila-chevalier-communism-tweets

Never mind Pope. After reading your line again i think you are indicating that the meaning has been watered down so that ambiguity is read into it rather than questioning its plain meaning and efficacy.

Pope wrote “Separation of Church and State, even as a meaning-distilled colloquialism not explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution…”

Maybe i am not fully appreciating what you are attempting to convey. I disagree with the characterization of separation of church and state as meaning-distilled colloquialism not explicitly mentioned in the…[Read more]

Here’s one of the best summaries I’ve seen in a while, of relatively current news, and without a lot of hype (IMO).

(Maybe mentioning “Mush Brains” [sic] came close to hype, but that’s just me thinking of Trump as a mentally defective, parentally abused victim, but which the world would have been better…[Read more]

Separation of Church and State, even as a meaning-distilled colloquialism not explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution, has entered a new phase of religious, cultural evolution in USA. Behind the scenes, Trump’s “I dunno who that is” Project 2025,  is likely celebrating. So must some of 6-3 SCOTUS. I predict time will soon enable some of these…[Read more]

Environment: New AI agent tallies a gadget’s emissions in the time it takes to brew tea.

Great idea, as long AI is not the one in control of the gadgets or the decision to use them. Human control freaks are bad enough without being given SkyNet Terminator capabilities:

Air Conditioning? It’s I…[Read more]