Mriana

It’s a good explanation of the mechanics of it, but not the root causes. I think the dissatisfaction of the aging- off-the-coasts-boomers knows no bounds. They feel they didn’t get their slice of pie and they were looking for a wrecking ball.

Here’s a take on why left and right candidates tend toward their extremes. I pretty much knew this already, but Fareed Zakaria has the best way to explain it that I’ve heard to date.

It feels like I’ve mentioned Steve Bannon a dozen times or more.

I just remembered a Johnny Harris NYT video that went into this “take over the precincts” strategy. My link skips right to the meat of the issue, about nine minutes into the twenty-five minute…[Read more]

Hmm, what’s Gov Newsom up to?

Florida Man Demands Ban on Bible in Schools Using DeSantis’s Own Law Against Him

A political activist and atheist in Florida is using a contentious law that allows residents to object to teaching materials in public schools to request that the Bible be banned from classrooms and school libraries throughout the s…

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Unseen wrote:
Is there a question to talk about?

I can’t think of a good one. Perhaps this topic is more of a commentary on the evolution or devolution of our democracy. I feel like I’m documenting significant changes, but maybe I’m overestimating their significance as standalone observations? I even think of Think Atheist as significant history…[Read more]

Is there a question to talk about?

I watch this show every morning I can. They promote themselves as an (if not “the”) alternative to the corporate media news sources on the one hand and the ultra-right/-left crazy sources on the other. He is if anything the more liberal member of the pair with a creative flair while she is more of a businessperson and ex-business/finance…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Unfortunately, I am starting to think Unseen is right about a pending authoritarian takeover. I don’t have a fucking clue about what a solution would be. Lots of people must think they have very little to lose and much to gain by living under a racist, nationalist dictatorship. Again, I have no idea to see how they would b…

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Reg,

Several big problems with this man’s thesis: The U.S. elected 45 Presidents under our existing Constitutional framework without a January 6th occurring after each Election.

Also, even with The Supremes having a majority of “Conservative” Justices, they still didn’t want to hear any of Trump’s claims of voter fraud and didn’t want to…[Read more]

Unfortunately, I am starting to think Unseen is right about a pending authoritarian takeover. I don’t have a fucking clue about what a solution would be. Lots of people must think they have very little to lose and much to gain by living under a racist, nationalist dictatorship. Again, I have no idea to see how they would benefit.

Fellow Unbelievers,

It is now another Thanksgiving Day!

In addition to the classic Unbeliever’s blessings linked above, it is also helpful to remember the folly of having “God as your witness” rather than the discoveries of the human science of Ornithology:

And on a serious note, it also helps to know just where…[Read more]