It doesn’t swim.
It doesn’t bite.
It just waits for a light breeze and a poorly packed sand anchor.

This Fourth of July, one beach town will learn the hard way that the real danger wasn’t in the water…

…it was SPF 50 with a pointed metal pole.

“You’re gonna need a bigger insurance policy.”

Jake:

Yeah Enco,

My kneejerk reaction to the threat of Christian Nationalism is grounded in the notion that our history as a nation has enough in the virtues of democracy and limitation of powers that resistance to Christianity as a governing power, the power, would not get too far. But hell who the fuck knows. I am the one who keeps saying…

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Negotiating with the Cult of Iran is a fool’s errand.

They had a plan and said yes it can. Who put the estoppel on the topple? Would it have worked?

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-900176

Ever heard of Chaco Canyon? Now that is the ultimate solstice spot of all time!

Fellow Unbelievers:

A cautionary tale on critically thinking about everything you read from any source, hard copy or electronic:

Do beach umbrellas kill millions? How Google perpetuates a legend
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Mark Keierleber

Do beach umbrellas kill millions? How Google perpetuates a legend

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Yeah Enco,

My kneejerk reaction to the threat of Christian Nationalism is grounded in the notion that our history as a nation has enough in the virtues of democracy and limitation of powers that resistance to Christianity as a governing power, the power, would not get too far. But hell who the fuck knows. I am the one who keeps saying people are…[Read more]

Fellow Unbeliever:

How to refute an antivaxxer.

This is science writing done right! It points out in precise and plain language, the benefits of vaccine and how many lives it has saved and that the risks of vaccine are no greater than the risks of living.

The only thing that disappointed me was that someone sat on this for a year before I and…[Read more]

Jake:

If you use your imagination and project the worst how will Christian Nationalism play out in USA or anywhere in the west? Any chance it will approach the worst of Islamic Nationalism? Lets take the Islamic Republic of Iran as a model. Anyone think USA or any western nation might degenerate to the point where its comparable in its…

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So the Christian Nationalism get-together had a publisher of Nazi lit. Ok and it was a bit too extreme for some of the attendants. Not clear how well those books sold as the few references seemed contradictory.

Arab/Muslim nations love them some Protocols of the Elders of Zion and i believe Mein Kampf as well. The indoctrination of lets say…[Read more]

Reg:

Fantastic essay! Bill Maher summed it up by pointing out that if The Bible was really anti-slavery, slavery would have been mentioned in The Top Ten.