Gary Bergeron

Yes, had a friend from Atheist Ireland in Dublin who is Syrian and lived among a mostly Druze population, before the Civil War.  She was working towards her Masters on a research team that analyzed the brains of people who died from Alzheimer’s disease. I (stupidly) asked her if she got much push back for being an atheist (having wrongly assumed…[Read more]

Yes, the first massacre was only a few months ago when the violence was sparked by a falsified audio attributed to a Druze religious leader, sparking anger among Sunnis who are easily offended enough to murder people. Israel even carried out targeted airstrikes to “protect the Druze”. Some of the Druze even serve in the Israeli army.

FYI – Dru…[Read more]

@Enco  – Thanks… I have fixed it for the apologists 🙂

Thank you @Enco I am buried under a vile cold and my brain has left the chat.

@Enco

“But if some part of the mind were not free, doesn’t that make all your poetry and all your tomes on these subjects all for naught?”

What does this mean?

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week everyone!

jakelafort wrote:
Oh, i remember, i recall, not that i forgot at all. The afternoon, the street; sweet convergence then unknown but put down as a given with the pencil of intent in which true love is written. Organs smitten, covergence riven, the Sack of Suds the protagonist bitten.

I love all of this. I’ve missed this, Jake.

Jared Bernstein, former chair of Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, explains why he and other long-time “budget doves” now believe America’s debt has become dangerously unsustainable. He now considers himself a Hawk because America’s budget math just got a lot more dangerous.

For decades, low interest rates relative to economic growth ma…[Read more]

Wagwan Jake 🙂

@Strega – I feel less weird about it now 

I don’t think you have ever written anything that was not well reasoned and on point.

I used the word ‘It’ as I knew from the tone of the question that I was just dealing with another one of ‘Them’. A useful idiot spewing “gotcha” type questions who had no comprehension of what had happened in Israel and did not even have the basic facts correct. I only bother speaking with ‘them’ for a few minutes when I can see that I am being…[Read more]

@Reg THANK YOU!! I feel less weird about it now 🙂

Just a few comments.

I’ve only really come across the singling out of Jews since I’ve been in the USA.

I can say the same Strega. I lived for a few years on the East End Road in East Finchley, London. The population was mainly English, Jewish (English and East EuropeanRussian), Indian and Irish. But nobody cared about that. To the point that it…[Read more]

@jake I am horrified at the way you grew up with such animosity. I’m full of admiration for the fact that you’ve turned out to be so decent.

You’re much more tribal here in America. People really like labels and grouping terms. Maybe it’s because you had to invade the land you live in, and had to manage indigenous peoples, so it’s a Cowboys a…[Read more]