Jim

Jake,

Amenable, possibly. But not inevitably so.

Does anyone doubt that mankind is amenable to PROGRAMMING?

The maketplace of ideas can be manipulated to bring about intended beliefs.

I am convinced.

Putin will soon have full control of what the proletariat get to see on what I call the RWW or Russia Wide Web.

Robert,

It would definitely take more power to beam a signal through storm clouds. But with no weather in the vacuum of space, the satellites could have continuous solar power to charge the equipment, plus thermocouples could take advantage of both the extremes of heat and cold in space.

As satellite services became more ubiquitous and…[Read more]

Enco, I was looking at Starlink a year ago and I found out heavy rain is a problem for it, and we get plenty. $600 in equipment plus $120 per month. I’ll stick with ATT for now.

Robert,

If Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars, he would need ‘way more scratch than what he has now. I say he should start making this scratch by first creating an all-satellite-based Internet.

It would make the cable companies and trans-oceanic cables obsolete and it would make censorship almost impossible unless the world’s tyrannies wanted…[Read more]

Even the nearest of these technologies will take a long time to develop. For now we need to carry our Earth environment with us, even if it is within the confines of a spacesuit. But it seems likely we will find ways to adapt ourselves to space to some degree.

Yeah, get on up there Elon. Ever pull up his Twitter page? The Elon worship that goes…[Read more]

Reg,

I appreciate the modification.

I hope also that the slash line also underscores thqt Secular parents can Homeschool and Unschool as well. Leap Frog toys, Cocomelon and Ava Twist, Scientist videos, and the laminated QuickStudy.com sheets at least don’t preach mysticism and nonsense to kids.

No problem Strega as there is no exam required to graduate from this school 🙂

As ever, you are very welcome.

Hey, Reg, sorry I’m late!  Thank you!!!

@Enco – Would it make a difference if they hired trained Christian chaplains? 

Yes, I “corrected” the headline because it is irrelevant as to whether or not they are trained.  Leave the kids alone!

Reg,

Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024 — and the U.S. is less ready than ever

If NBC News is so concerned about Misinformation/Disinformation/Malinformation (MDM *GROWL!* 🦁) perhaps they would have a bigger audience if they didn’t do shit like this:

As Elie Wiesel observed: “…[Read more]

Reg,

Iowa Republicans want public schools to hire untrained Christian chaplains

Would it make a difference if they hired trained Christian chaplains? It’s like Dawkins pointed out, their entire area of expertise is phony.

Oh, I’m so very “spiritual”.  Isn’t it great? I’ve got a half dozen angels and a flock of fairies that float around me everywhere I go. It’s all so deep.

Have a great week!!

Will an influential reformer come along and spin moose shit into raccoon poo? I am sure it can be done. If the supreme court of the usa can write an opinion spinning its way out of Roe V Wade then some Islamic brainwave (how’s that for an oxy?) can spin Islam into a religion of peace.

That is what it will take to ameliorate the middle eastern…[Read more]

Jake,

I’ll reply to what you said in the thread on Free Will. This thought has been turning in my head and I’ve been meaning to do this for a while.

The thing to remember when it comes to Hamas and Islam is that there has never been a popular tradition of peaceful interpretation of its scriptures unlike Judaic traditions. There were long periods of anti-Islamic sentiment, such as when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic took over, or when the pre-revolutionary Shahs of…[Read more]

Enco i think all of New England is reasonably stocked with atheists and for most part nobody anywhere in New England shoves their BS down your throat.