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Mar 25, 2018Mar 2018

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Mar 27, 2018Mar 2018

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LINKSurvey Ranks the U.S. Health Care System Lowest in Performance | Time

Religion & Spirituality

Mar 28, 2018Mar 2018

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Hadn't thought about this angle before, but wow.

Mental Health Support

Apr 13, 2018Apr 2018

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Something to keep in mind.

Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 14, 2018Apr 2018

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This went on my whiteboard at work.

Religion & Spirituality

May 2, 2018May 2018

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Sounds like a plan!

May 18, 2018May 2018

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POTUS bone spurs

Feline Fanatics

May 19, 2018May 2018

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My kitty is high, and she looks down on me.

Mental Health Support

May 24, 2018May 2018

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Religion & Spirituality

May 24, 2018May 2018

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Feline Fanatics

May 29, 2018May 2018

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My friend and former renter/housemate sent me a picture today of my angel baby. She was blind, he is legally blind. When he ate lunch she'd get up on his lap and beg for food. Of course he could not say no. She was my heart kitty, loved to snuggle.

Health & Happiness

Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

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Don't forget you're human

Health & Happiness

Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

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My project for the day is to assemble this. I bought two, I want to get at least one assembled and placed today. Wish me luck. The fall back plan is to call the son in law that works in construction. Stuff like this is tinker toys for him. Before I ...

Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

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Oh, definitely!

Health & Happiness

Jun 29, 2018Jun 2018

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True Confession. I am not real fond of July 4th. I don't like fireworks going off all freaking night. Where do people get the money to burn that stuff up? I used to have a dog we had to sedate from mid June to mid July. If it wasn't fireworks it was...

Jul 3, 2018Jul 2018

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LINKOne-Third of Americans Don't Believe 6 Million Jews Were Murdered During the Holocaust

Sad how under-educated Americans are.

Feline Fanatics

Jul 19, 2018Jul 2018

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Today was an expensive day for me, car issues. And time consuming getting that taken care of, not finished. When I did get home I assembled an Ikea chair I bought for my grandkids. Miss Xena seems to approve of the chair.

Dec 12, 2021Dec 2021

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LINKA single sentence that perfectly captures the utter madness of the Trump era

In an interview with Donald Trump earlier this week, conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt said something truly breathtaking. "You know, Mr. President, you and I disagree about the election, but we agree on so much," Hewitt told Trump, segueing into a conversation about China's hypersonic missiles. Talk about an other-than-that-how-was-the-play-Mrs. Lincoln moment! That Hewitt uttered that line without irony is a telling window into how conservatives have found ways to rationalize ...

Love & Relationships

Jan 1, 2022Jan 2022

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LINKStop Calling Women Nags — How Emotional Labor is Dragging Down Gender Equality

Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand. BY GEMMA HARTLEY SEP 27, 2017 For Mother's Day I asked for one thing: a house cleaning service. Bathrooms and floors specifically, windows if the extra expense was reasonable. The gift, for me, was not so much in the cleaning itself but the fact that for once I would not be in charge of the household office work. I would not have to make the calls, get multiple quotes, research and vet each service, arrange payment and ...

Jan 1, 2022Jan 2022

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LINKWhy Pastors Are Joining the Great Resignation | Sojourners

WHY PASTORS ARE JOINING THE GREAT RESIGNATION \ BY MELISSA FLORER-BIXLER NOV 30, 2021 My friend clams up each time I mention pastoral ministry. In the three years since she left her job as a pastor for work in higher ed, she hasn’t talked about the entrenched sexism and racism that eventually caused her to leave ministry. It’s too soon; the wounds are still fresh. The Great Resignation is underway in the United States with an astounding 3 percent of employees collectively refusing...

Uncommon words and their meanings.

Mar 6, 2022Mar 2022

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nullifidian A person having no faith or religious belief. Origin Mid 16th century from medieval Latin nullifidius (from nullus ‘no, none’ + fides ‘faith’) + -an. That would be me!! And likely you as well.

Mar 1, 2022Mar 2022

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LINKPutin isn’t ‘strong’ and his fanboy Trump isn’t either

By TOM KRATTENMAKER Tom Krattenmaker is a writer specializing in religion, meaning, and values in public life. How revealing that some in Donald Trump’s party use the term “impotence” to criticize the Biden administration’s handling of Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Because when you think about it, you realize their idol’s outdated definition of strength, like Vladimir Putin’s, has a lot to do with male virility and the region of the body with which impotence is normally ...

Feb 24, 2022Feb 2022

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LINKLetters From An American 02/23/2022

Heather Cox Richardson Today, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to the people of Russia to avoid war. He gave the speech in Russian, his own primary language, and, reminding Russians of their shared border and history, told them to “listen to the voice of reason”: Ukrainians want peace. “You've been told I'm going to bomb Donbass,” he said. “Bomb what? The Donetsk stadium where the locals and I cheered for our team at Euro 2012? The bar where we drank ...

Oct 17, 2021Oct 2021

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Heather Cox Richardson On October 8, the executive director of curriculum and instruction for the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, told a teacher to make sure to follow Texas’s new law requiring teachers to present ...

Singles/Mingle/Chat

Dec 12, 2021Dec 2021

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LINKthe best office holiday party date story of all time — Ask a Manager

EVERY time I read this it makes me laugh. by ALISON GREEN on DECEMBER 10, 2021 A couple of years ago, someone shared what I consider to be the best holiday date story of all time, and it must be shared here again. Enjoy: When I was fresh out of college, a dude in my social circle invited me to his fancy work Christmas party. He was a teacher, so I’d kind of assumed I was there as friend to act as a buffer between well-intentioned female colleagues who wanted to set him up with one ...

Religion & Spirituality

Nov 21, 2021Nov 2021

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Sounds perfectly plausible.

Nov 27, 2022Nov 2022

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LINKTrump Org CFO Turned On The Trump Family In Explosive Testimony, Implicated Donald And Children In Massive, Long-Running Tax Fraud Scheme

By Andrea Thompson Former longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg finally delivered his under-oath testimony in court today, where he officially turned on the entire Trump family — and even Weisselberg himself knows it. CBS News is now out with absolutely bombshell reporting, revealing that Allen Weisselberg — who has enjoyed a decades-long relationship with the Trump family on both a professional and personal level — has officially implicated not only ...

Oct 10, 2022Oct 2022

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LINKSorry, fellow Italian-Americans: Columbus was a thug. But the church was the big problem

By Celia Viggo Wexler Despite my Italian heritage, I don't understand the adulation that some Italian-Americans continue to bestow on Christopher Columbus, who, as history demonstrates, was less a hero than a thug, exploiting and enslaving indigenous peoples. But the real culprit behind the subjugation of non-European peoples across the globe wasn't an individual, or even a monarch. It was the Roman Catholic Church. It's time the church owned that grievous mistake. As early as the ...

Aug 12, 2022Aug 2022

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LINKThomas Robertson: Former Virginia police officer sentenced to more than 7 years in January 6 case - CNNPolitics

CNN -- A former Virginia police officer who was fired after breaching the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, was sentenced by a federal judge Thursday to more than seven years in prison. Thomas Robertson entered the Capitol with the first breach of rioters that day, prosecutors said, and marks the second rioter convicted by a jury to be sentenced. Guy Reffitt, the first riot defendant convicted by a jury, received the same sentence of 87 months behind bars – the highest sentence in a ...

Aug 19, 2022Aug 2022

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LINKLetters From An American 08/18/2022

Heather Cox Richardson On this day in 1920, the Tennessee legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by the narrow vote of 50 to 49. A mirror of the Fifteenth Amendment protecting the right of Black men to vote, the new amendment read: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”...

Aug 11, 2022Aug 2022

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LINKPhones Know Who Went to an Abortion Clinic. Whom Will They Tell? - WSJ

Phones Know Who Went to an Abortion Clinic. Whom Will They Tell? Myriad state restrictions on accessing or performing abortions prompt some companies to pledge not to share sensitive mobile-phone data By Patience Haggin Aug. 7, 2022 In May, shortly after the draft of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade became public, location-data specialist Tapestri Inc. received unusual requests from two companies. Each wanted to purchase mobile-device data that would reveal ...

Nov 18, 2022Nov 2022

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LINKLetter From An American 11/17/2022

Heather Cox Richardson Yesterday, midterm results gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives after a campaign in which they emphasized inflation; today, Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who has received his party’s nomination to become speaker of the House, along with other Republican leadership, outlined for reporters their plans for the session. “We must be relentless in our oversight of this administration,” the number 2 Republican in the House, Representative ...

Uncommon words and their meanings.

Aug 16, 2020Aug 2020

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MAGNILOQUENT mag-NIL-ə-kwənt Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, mid-17th century 1: Using high-flown or bombastic language. Examples of Magniloquent in a sentence "His speech was so magniloquent the audience was held in rapt attention."...

Love & Relationships

Sep 4, 2020Sep 2020

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LINK7 Steps to Grooming Your Young Christian Wife | Biblical Gender Roles

Wow!! This article just blew my mind. 24 yo m asking about "spanking" his 18 yo F wife. This is just totally so messed up!

Sep 8, 2020Sep 2020

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Why do some British people not like Donald Trump By Jamie Sheffield Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response: "A few things ...

Sep 25, 2020Sep 2020

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LINKThe Death Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pushed Me To Join The Satanic Temple | HuffPost

“I am a 40-something attorney and mother who lives in a quiet neighborhood with a yard and a garage full of scooters and soccer balls. I am not the type of person who would normally consider becoming a Satanist, but these are not normal times

Community Senate

Nov 1, 2020Nov 2020

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OK @Admin, lets talk about how pictures are loading. I did a bit of an experiment this morning. I am a technology dinosaur, but I had one picture on my phone I wanted to post. So knowing that the pictures get turned I saved it turned 45° in my ...

Nov 2, 2020Nov 2020

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LINKConservatives Worry Feminists Are Using Witchcraft To Destroy Trump | Michael Stone

Oh HOW I WISH!!!

Nov 2, 2020Nov 2020

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LINKUpcoming FFRF report warns about biased federal judiciary - Freedom From Religion Foundation

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is set to release a report exposing the growing imbalance, Christian Nationalism and religious favoritism of the federal judiciary. The massive shift in the judicial makeup highlighted in the report is having a profound impact on issues that are fundamental to every American, such as protecting religious minorities, upholding anti-discrimination laws and protecting public school students from religious pressure.

Jun 22, 2020Jun 2020

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LINKCan't keep your polls up New Lincoln Project ad Trump's limp Tulsa turnout

Talk about hitting while he is down! AWESOME!

Jul 1, 2020Jul 2020

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LINKTrump tells African-Americans to understand their history or 'you will go back to it again'

What the hell does he mean?

May 8, 2020May 2020

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LINKTrump Is Unraveling - The Atlantic

In case there was any doubt, the past dozen days have proved we’re at the point in his presidency where Donald Trump has become his own caricature, a figure impossible to parody, a man whose words and actions are indistinguishable from an Alec Baldwin skit on Saturday Night Live.

May 15, 2020May 2020

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LINKEric Trump Is Getting Roasted Hard After Mixing Up His Cliches While Trying To Call Out Democrats On Twitter - Comic Sands

Eric is nearly as adept as his dadddy, or who we are told is his daddy.

May 26, 2020May 2020

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LINKTrump’s war on reality just got a lot more dangerous - The Washington Post

Coronavirus deaths in the United States are rapidly closing in on 100,000. The economic depression is stretching out ahead of us as far as the eye can see. Joe Biden is holding a steady lead in polls. So President Trump has decided he has only one real chance at reelection: to bet mostly on his magical ability to create the illusion that we’re rapidly returning to normalcy, rather than taking the difficult concrete steps that would make that more likely to happen. The signs of this are ...

General & Hellos

Jun 3, 2020Jun 2020

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I am articulate, and opinionated. A few years ago I discovered I have a knack for putting into words what people were thinking, and I wasn't afraid to let it all out there. I will admit that has gotten me into some "interesting" situations. But ...

Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

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LINKMelania Tells Trump It's Over

CNN reports Melania has joined the chorus telling Trump it’s over and he lost.

Nov 17, 2020Nov 2020

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LINKRepublican U.S. Senator Grassley, 87, tests positive for coronavirus | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the chamber’s Finance Committee, said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus. “While I still feel fine, the test came back positive for the coronavirus,” Grassley, 87, said in a statement. Earlier on Tuesday, the Iowa lawmaker said he was awaiting test results after learning he had been exposed to the virus. “I appreciate everyone’s well wishes and prayers, and look forward to resuming my...

Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

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LINKHow the Supreme Court Champions 'Religious Liberty' - The Atlantic

The Supreme Court’s decision last week overturning New York State’s limits on religious gatherings during the COVID-19 outbreak previewed what will likely become one of the coming decade’s defining collisions between law and demography.

Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

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LINKGiuliani COVID-19 diagnosis closes Arizona Legislature – Arizona Capitol Times

Typhoid Covid Rudy.

Dec 10, 2020Dec 2020

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LINKFor the First Time, a Woman Will Take Command of an Aircraft Carrier | Military.com

I think this is great news!

Pet pictures and discussion

Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

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If I feed them does it make them my pets? I have been feeding squirrels and birds on my deck. Last night indoor kitty was staring intently out the deck door, and when I investigated I found this visitor. That is a first time for me. I did some ...

General & Hellos

Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

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Greetings of the Season

Jan 5, 2021Jan 2021

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LINKNew Report Forecasts Wave of Christian Nationalist Bills to Hit State Legislatures in 2021 | American Atheists

Washington, DC—Today, the religious equality organization American Atheists sounded the alarm on an upcoming wave of Christian nationalist state-level bills in 2021. This announcement coincides with the release of the organization’s 2020 State of the Secular States report, the most comprehensive review ever conducted of statewide laws and policies affecting religious equality and the separation of religion and government in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.

General & Hellos

Mar 17, 2021Mar 2021

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LINKThe Secular Communities Survey

WELCOME TO THE SECULAR COMMUNITIES SURVEY! The Secular Communities Survey is the largest-ever study of the community life of secular and nonreligious people in the United States. The survey also measures people’s political views and their degree of civic engagement. SURVEY OPEN MARCH 1 to APRIL 11, 2021 Please participate!

Health & Happiness

Feb 8, 2020Feb 2020

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LINKThis Danish ad will challenge you to step outside your defining box

I'm not crying...

Feb 8, 2020Feb 2020

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LINKThe world’s oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change - The Washington Post

Another side effect of adding more energy into environmental systems, which is what global warming really is. Alternate source for this article: [ecowatch.com]

Feb 11, 2020Feb 2020

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Why is Lord Dampnut so popular in southern states.

General & Hellos

Feb 15, 2020Feb 2020

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PLEASE READ! The red car was at a complete stop behind a bus stopped at a train crossing. The blue Jeep was texting and driving. The driver of the red car is okay, shockingly, and luckily he was alone because a passenger likely would not have ...

Silly, Random & Fun

Feb 15, 2020Feb 2020

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Failure to plan ahead.

Mar 24, 2020Mar 2020

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I have noticed we have gained a few new folks recently. Welcome!! I'm glad you found us. We bash Der Donnie, we do it often, we do it well and have a blast! Please be kind to other members, if you disagree with their posting or comments, say it with ...

General & Hellos

Mar 31, 2020Mar 2020

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Apr 5, 2020Apr 2020

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LINKTrump Says Health Care Workers Must Be Responsible For The Mask Shortage

This makes my head explode!

Music, Movies & Books

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

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LINKSomething Good to Read: Highly Recommended Humanist Books - TheHumanist.com

If you're looking for book ideas during quarantine.

Apr 21, 2020Apr 2020

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LINKNonedecision 2020: 5 Reasons Secular Americans are Poised to become Major Force in US Politics - TheHumanist.com

One of the demographic aspects of the nones (Americans who answer “atheist,” “agnostic,” or “nothing in particular” when asked their religious affiliation) that’s been well covered in the media is how the group’s growth is fueled by young people, particularly those under the age of thirty. What’s not necessarily known is how much younger secular Americans are compared to religious Americans.

Apr 8, 2021Apr 2021

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LINKGallup poll shows large increase in Democratic Party affiliation

More Americans identify as Democrats than Republicans by a margin that hasn't been seen in a decade, according to a report released by Gallup on Wednesday. An average of 49% of adults age 18 and older reported Democratic Party affiliation or said they are independent with Democratic leanings throughout the first quarter of 2021, the pollster reported. The survey was conducted by phone from January-March. In comparison, 40% of adults identified as Republican or Republican-leaning. The 9% ...

Apr 10, 2021Apr 2021

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LINKFormer Family Source Hit Out At Ivanka Trump, Implied That "Jared Is Gay And It’s An Arranged Marriage"

Even though Donald Trump’s presidency is thankfully over now, no one will soon forget daddy’s favorite daughter-wife, Ivanka Trump’s RNC speech that she spent hawking her daddy’s lies and bullshit. It’s was clear that Ivanka was doing her dead-level best to earn that allowance check of hers and she seemed to be doing so happily. Over the years, there has been a whole lot of speculation surrounding the relationship “enjoyed” between the Trump father/daughter duo. And trust me,...

Apr 18, 2021Apr 2021

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LINKGOP faces massive realignment as it sheds college-educated voters

I think this is hella good news, and I feel like I can breathe again. The data suggest that what we are seeing might be more than just a sudden Democratic edge in party affiliation. WASHINGTON — It's an off-year for national electoral politics, with only a few big gubernatorial races later in the year in Virginia and New Jersey. Still, polling data show the great shift in the nation's two major political parties is continuing and some of those changes could have significant impacts at ...

May 7, 2021May 2021

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Today President Biden traveled to Lake Charles, in the Republican-dominated state of Louisiana, to build bipartisan support for his $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. The proposed law is designed to create good jobs while it rebuilds America’s badly...

May 30, 2022May 2022

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LINKPrinceton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy - TPM – Talking Points Memo

A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists. Asking “ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argues that over the past few decades America’s political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where wealthy elites wield most power. Using data drawn from over 1,800 different policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, the two conclude that rich, well-connected individuals on the ...

General & Hellos

May 26, 2022May 2022

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Modern day xianity

May 1, 2022May 2022

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LINKReligion and education: Let's be perfectly clear

Despite a long-time understanding among sociologists that certain forms of religious belief and identification undercut educational attainment, contrarian social scientists and religious apologists often argue that education and religion are completely compatible. Recent arguments by Ilana Horwitz and Ryan Burge go further to claim that religion may even enhance educational success. Such arguments wither under basic scrutiny. Reliably offered by cheerleaders of religion, this perspective ...

General & Hellos

Apr 23, 2022Apr 2022

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I am so going to use this now!

May 12, 2022May 2022

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LINKFeds Seek 20 Years for Josh Duggar After Child-Pornography Conviction

I used to watch "9 Kids and Counting", and was just amazed and slightly disgusted by that family. Amazed at how organized they were (you have to be with that many kids) and disgusted for so many other reasons. Now the kids are mostly growed up and how the truth is being revealed. Feds demand a 20-year sentence for Josh Duggar after his child-pornography conviction, citing his 'violent sexual interest in children' Federal prosecutors are demanding a 20-year sentence for the former ...

May 18, 2022May 2022

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LINKThe U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal : NPR

The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to pay the U.S. Men's National Team and the U.S. Women's National Team equally, eliminating a contentious pay gap that saw female players earning less. The new collective bargaining agreements will run through 2028 and include the "equalization" of World Cup prize money, the organization announced. In February, the governing body and the women's team announced a settlement to resolve the longstanding pay dispute, ...

Jun 30, 2022Jun 2022

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LINKCoverture: The Word You Probably Don't Know But Should | National Women's History Museum

Coverture: The Word You Probably Don't Know But Should 9/24/2021 Old but very relevant today. By Catherine Allgor My mother-in-law loves this story. A few years ago, my husband, Andrew, and I went to apply for a mortgage. As a candidate for a house mortgage—and this is the part my mother-in-law loves—I characterize myself as “greater” than my husband. I am older, I have a longer work history, I am more senior in our common profession (we are both professors), I also make more ...

Jun 5, 2022Jun 2022

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LINKLetters From An American 06/04/2022

Heather Cox Richardson The Gettysburg Address it wasn’t. Seventy-five years ago, on June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who had been a five-star general in World War II, gave a commencement speech at Harvard University. Rather than stirring, the speech was bland. Its long sentences were hard to follow. It was vague. And yet, in just under eleven minutes on a sunny afternoon, Marshall laid out a plan that would shape the modern world. “The truth of the matter is ...

Jun 17, 2022Jun 2022

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LINKLouisiana woman raped at 16 ordered to pay alleged attacker child support

I lived in that state for less then 2 years, and I was so happy to see it in my rearview mirror. I don't think I've ever been back since then, and no plans to go back EVER. A Louisiana woman named Crysta Abelseth has been ordered to pay child support to a man twice her age who she was reportedly raped by at the age of 16. Her alleged abuser has also been awarded full custody. In 2005, the now 32-year-old woman met John Barnes after a night out at a local restaurant with friends in the...

Feb 18, 2023Feb 2023

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LINKTrump Put Nearly $1 Million Of Donor Money Into His Own Pockets Since Leaving Office | HuffPost Latest News

Trump Put Nearly $1 Million Of Donor Money Into His Own Pockets Since Leaving Office He failed to spend money on the things he promised to do but did spend it at properties he owned, with the profits flowing to him personally By S.V. Date Feb 9, 2023 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump failed to spend much of the money he raised over the past two years fighting his 2020 election loss or helping Republicans win two Georgia Senate seats or funding a “red wave” in 2022, but he did manage to ...

Dec 26, 2022Dec 2022

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Erickshinseki Seriously, he tried to Friend me on FB several months ago. How bold is he to impersonate an Army General... Wiki says: Eric Ken Shinseki (/ʃɪnˈsɛki/; born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general ...

Feb 2, 2023Feb 2023

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LINKLetters From An American 02/01/2023

Heather Cox Richardson On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States troops would soon be fighting. “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” it began. “He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is ...

Mar 2, 2023Mar 2023

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LINKMatt Gaetz’s Pledge of Allegiance stunt took an unfortunate turn

Matt Gaetz’s Pledge of Allegiance stunt took an unfortunate turn In hindsight, Matt Gaetz probably shouldn't have invited a murder suspect to lead the House Judiciary Committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. March 2, 2023 By Steve Benen Rep. Matt Gaetz caused a bit of a stir this week when he accidentally promoted Chinese propaganda during a committee hearing, but as it turns out, it was not his only problem on Capitol Hill. Rolling Stone reported: Rep. Eric Swalwell called ...

Dec 31, 2022Dec 2022

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LINKDiabetes rates may surge in US young people, study finds

By: Katherine Dillinger, CNN The number of people under age 20 with type 2 diabetes in the U.S. may increase nearly 675% by 2060 if trends continue, researchers say, with an increase of up to 65% in young people with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes — in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin — is more common in young people in the U.S., but type 2 — in which the body doesn't use insulin the way it should — has "substantially increased" in this age group over the past two ...

Jan 14, 2023Jan 2023

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LINKTrump COMMITS New FELONY with ATTACK on Jack Smith - YouTube

Trump went on the Mark Levin radio show and made some despicable, and likely criminal, comments about Special Counsel Jack Smith. MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports.

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

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LINKPro-Trump pastor: God is going to ‘begin killing wicked men and women’ who opposed Trump – DeadState

Well, if his god is real, then none of us have much time left. I don't plan on losing any sleep over this.

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

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LINKOpinion | Professors indoctrinating students? In reality, it’s the other way around. - The Washington Post

Brian Broome is the author of “Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir” and will be writer-in-residence at St. Mary’s College (California) in 2022. During the first few days of class, my students are silent and nervous. They are college first-years, and the class is English Composition. My job is to teach them to communicate effectively through writing. They file in anxiously and choose their seats. The majority are White and have come from suburbs around Pittsburgh, north New Jersey and ...

Aug 3, 2021Aug 2021

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LINK‘Do You Believe in God?:’ DOJ Policy Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing Turns Tense Over Culture-War Issues

Hampton Dellinger, a former partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, was grilled over his past statements on abortion and Supreme Court decisions. Republican senators grilled President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy about his past statements on abortion and recent Supreme Court decisions during a sometimes tense Senate Judiciary Confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Hampton Dellinger, a former partner at Boies Schiller Flexner—who if ...

Aug 7, 2021Aug 2021

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LINKUSPS awards $120 million contract to Louis DeJoy’s former company XPO Logistics, raising ethics concerns - The Washington Post

The U.S. Postal Service will pay $120 million over the next five years to a major logistics contractor that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously helped lead and with which his family maintains financial ties, according to DeJoy’s financial disclosure statements and a federal contracting database. The new contract will deepen the Postal Service’s relationship with XPO Logistics, where DeJoy served as supply chain chief executive from 2014 to 2015 after the company purchased New Breed ...

Jul 28, 2021Jul 2021

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LINKOregon Rep. Pleads Guilty to Allowing Violent Protesters Into State Capitol Through Backdoor

Former Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman has been banned from entering the Oregon Capitol building and its surrounds for the next 18 months after pleading guilty Tuesday to official misconduct. Last December, when the Capitol was closed due to the pandemic, Nearman opened a side door to allow a group of violent protestors inside. It led to a clash with police near the entrance. While explaining his actions to Marion County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Pellegrini, Nearman claimed he didn’t support ...

May 23, 2021May 2021

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LINKNew Revelations from Former Nuns Suggest Mother Teresa Led a Cult | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

Mother Teresa was one messed up human.

May 11, 2021May 2021

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LINKColorado Christian school seeking broad 'ministerial exception' from 10th Circuit | Reuters

A U.S. appeals court panel on Tuesday will take up the latest high-profile case to test the limits of an exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious schools, with a Colorado Christian academy claiming it should apply broadly to "teachers, chaplains and other leaders." Daniel Blomberg of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who represents Faith Christian Academy, will urge a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that the "ministerial exception" shields the school from a former ...

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LINKIllinois toddler fights for his life as COVID transmission rages

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - When her two-year- started feeling sick early last week, Tiffany Jackson didn't think it might be COVID-19. No one else in the family was sick. Adrian James just had a bit of a cough. She gave him cough syrup and put a humidifier in his room. But by Friday he was sweaty and his breathing was labored. Jackson took him to an emergency room in her town of Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Doctors and nurses there did a chest X-ray and swabbed him for COVID - and then ...

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FASCIST BOXES THAT TRUMP CHECKS Elevate the will of the charismatic leader over the rule of law ✅ Suspend or simply trash the Constitution ✅ Vilify and demonize the free press ✅ Scapegoat a less powerful minority group ✅ Refuse to accept...

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LINK"Row, Row, Roe v. Wade" Team Houston, BNV Finals 2023 - YouTube

Takes my breath away!!

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Kamala is helping Donnie's sands run out all over the place!!

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But where are the clowns Send in the clowns Don't bother, they're here

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This is so well said!

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He's a dangerous clown.

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LINKReligious service attendance, mapped

Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) have the highest share of adults who say they never or seldom attend church or religious services, compared to the national average of 49%, per a new Axios analysis of Household Pulse Survey data. Why it matters: More than three-quarters of Americans say religion's role in public life is shrinking, per a recent Pew Research Center survey — the highest level since the group first started tracking such sentiment in 2001. Many Americans are...

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