stuartmitchell

I am about to get bombed with letters when i tell you i like Bill Laimbeer. Oh come one I don’t want Boggs.

And the IRGC officers don’t want to die. Hightailing it out of Lebanon. Leaving their troops in harm’s way while they patronize the little nudist camps for the mountains.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-889107

I’m so glad she has recovered enough to post again. She was one of my favorites back when she was posting regularly.

It looks like the disease took its toll. One hopes she will bloom back into a full recovery in coming months.

Fellow Unbelievers:

Could this also explain a lot of other religious mania, particularly in the Middle East and Texas?:

Ancient Greece’s most famous oracle was just high on gas fumes
The Oracle of Delphi, also known as the Pythia, likely inhaled ethylene to enter her famous trance.
https://www.popsci.com/science/oracle-of-delphi-drugs/

A big c…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

Becoming a “None” is for Nuns and Fathers too!:

Sisters and Brothers in the Church dropping
https://x.com/ryanburge/status/2028934477959831786

This guy reminds me of someone in my family.

PopeBeanie:

It would be kinda hard for Japanese tourists to carry a Super-Kamiokande while visiting Disney. 😉😁

Seriously, that was a ton of new learning in 8 minutes. They never taught in public school that light has different speeds going through different media. Not to mention that public schools teach little about subatomic particles other…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

Pope Leo is not only infallible on all matters ex cathedra, but evidently is a Doctor and a Aesthetic Consultant:

Vatican warns against cosmetic surgery’s ‘cult of the body’
By Joshua McElwee
Wed, March 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM EST
1 min…[Read more]

Jake:

Enco,

I could not get the first link. I suspect the second is related to enemy of my enemy but just a guess.

I wonder how the prop bets odds are for overthrow regime and what form of government in its wake?

Both links worked from my end. Try again.

“The enemy of an enemy” still makes no sense to me because as the history of Jews and…[Read more]

Lots of talk and ink about sleeper cells and lone wolves.

So far it is major minor and probably in keeping with general rate of Islamic terrorism. As to whether it will become a major factor i can’t say but it would be a bad move from perspective of Muslim Brotherhood.

The Bros are Sunni. Islamic Iran is Shia but they both hate the west, US…[Read more]

Enco,

I could not get the first link. I suspect the second is related to enemy of my enemy but just a guess.

I wonder how the prop bets odds are for overthrow regime and what form of government in its wake?

Jake and Fellow Unbelievers:

And the Armenian Prime Minister offered condolences over Khamenei and the attack by Israel and the U.S.

Armenia Sends Condolences to Iran and Voices ‘Deep Concern’ as War Escalates
https://asbarez.com/armenia-sends-condolences-to-iran-and-voices-deep-concern-as-war-escalates/

Oddly, this puts the leadership of Arm…[Read more]

Jake:

Now I’m confused. The President of Kurdistan offered his condolences on the death of Khamenei. Does this mean an internecine civil war among Kurds?

Kurdish, Iraqi leaders offer condolences to Iran over death of Khamenei
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/010320263

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888881

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8335218/

Life, art.

Fun Fact when debating with theists:

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the only woman named in the Qur’an and has a chapter named after her as she is considered one of the greatest women in Islam. Mary is mentioned in the Qur’an more often than Mary is mentioned in the New Testament.

In the Qur’an the name “Jesus” is mentioned more often than the…[Read more]

Reg:

Podcast: Trump’s War with Iran.

Sooo, Frank…How ’bout that End of History and The Last Man? Didn’t account for deranged Ayatollahs and equally deranged Populists, huh? You got a copy? I need a door stop.

Reg:

Five persistent “Zombie Facts” that should be allowed to finally die.

Uh, ackshuyally, things that aren’t true are not facts. Calling them “facts,” let alone “zombie facts,” simply assures that they literally won’t die.

And the examples given are really weak. If a Toothpick Fish is the size of a thumbnail, it’s not getting even near a u…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week!