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Good. I have no problem with the concept of “Freedom of Religion”. But if someone has that, then I want my “Freedom from Religion”.  Stigmata for 6 hours?? Excellent! ‘My favorite weapon is the look in your eyes”……

Thats the way. I had some that would let dogs bark for hours. I asked them to please stop several times. I was ignored. I setup 3kW PA gear with extra sub-bass on the edge of the property, aimed at their house. All covered in plastic sheeting in case of rain. Started with all sorts of psychological noise like sirens, screaming, chains, factory…[Read more]

@ Robert

More than shop class, I’m concerned that kids aren’t being taught geography anymore. Now, I’m not a geographer and there are some fairly obscure—hardly ever in the news—countries, but even with a lot of the lesser-encountered ones, I’d at least know where on a map to start looking. I wouldn’t start trying to locate Iran in Africa or Mon…[Read more]

@ Robert

Shop class probably went the way of Home Economics or Touch Typing Skills classes. I took Shop and also Touch Typing and Mechanical Drawing. Touch typing is the only one I can say serves me in daily life to any degree.

Unseen wrote:
There is a common feeling that you can’t make a decent living without an advanced degree. I have an advanced degree and never got close to as wealthy as a good electrician, carpenter, plumber, elevator mechanic, dental hygienist, or HVAC technician. And many of these well-paying trade jobs can’t be exported to where labor is che…

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There is a common feeling that you can’t make a decent living without an advanced degree. I have an advanced degree and never got close to as wealthy as a good electrician, carpenter, plumber, elevator mechanic, dental hygienist, or HVAC technician.

And many of these well-paying trade jobs can’t be exported to where labor is cheap. You can’t…[Read more]

Pope, I agree with your take on Jewish culture. I know so many Jews who are atheists, yet they still practice many of the cultural attachments of the religion. Sometimes it is out of respect for the elders or family and sometimes just because they find it enjoyable. And here’s the thing…it’s no big deal if they don’t believe. The family still…[Read more]

When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his…[Read more]

I think underneath the big political rift in the US, there is a growing educational divide. Those without an economically useful tech degree really got hit harder by “globalization” and the offshoring of manufacturing. Everyone is not for college, there are all sorts of avenues to success that we don’t even explore. Hell, I don’t even think they…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Neo nazis demonstrating. Much more to come. So refreshing. Make America guhreat again. The far right enabled and emboldened. None of this hiding behind the zionist entity, colonialist settlers, genocide, apartheid cloack. Lefty morons the world over with an ersatz rational basis for their hatred. Academics being the seminal…

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@ Jake

Horses. You’re “defense” is to change the subject.