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I have taught science for 30 years. I have worked as a scientist in two different fields. I was raised in the Presbyterian church. I abandoned it after my first year in college. I realized I had many questions that theism could not answer adequately.. I have been an atheist ever since.

Until recently, I found being an atheist meant being a hidden population. Glad that being rational is becoming more socially acceptable.

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Biden considering four black women for his VP pick.
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2020:
Rice has the most foreign policy experience and is respected globally. We are going to need all the help we can muster to regain the respect we've lost.
Oddly enough, the librarians at my local library don't look like this.
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2020:
bookstore Diva?
[change.org] An American hero or an American TRAITOR. Correction history!
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2020:
Unfortunately this GOP and Adminstration is enamoured with traitors.
Wow.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2020:
Once again you choose to misrepresent your topic. And not only that you fail to understand the entire controversy and intent. But what else is new.
[alternet.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2020:
I never trusted her for the exact reasons suggested in article.
Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2020:
America was long overdue for a good disaster. We tend to be legends in our own minds as a rule.
Had a very pleasant Zoom first meet with a man from Match yesterday, and I looked forward to ...
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2020:
I'd say you dodged a bullet.
George Soros' Clandestine Takeover Of DA Offices | Rudy Giuliani | Ep.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2020:
BS
BAROQUE bə-ROHK Part of speech: adjective Origin: French, mid-18th century 1: Relating to ...
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2020:
There's a little antique store in the mining town of Nederland, Colorado that goes by the name of Gopher Baroque. Always loved the play on words.
KAREZZA.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2020:
A lot like the goals of Tantric massage in many ways.
If you see it respond "Got it"
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2020:
Got it
I hear a lot of you pointing out the wrongs and evils of everyones political view but your own ...
t1nick comments on Jul 15, 2020:
If you dont like the political posts dont read them. There you go an easy solution to your problem.
Waste Education Money?
t1nick comments on Jul 14, 2020:
Ridiculousness. Obviously you are not an educator.
Just got back from a Super Walmart.
t1nick comments on Jul 14, 2020:
The farmers warned us this would happen. If migrants are not allowed in to work here in the US, they may shift their means of making income. Remain in Mexico as a result and not return unless they get better incentive , like higher pay and better conditions.
Why do most agnostics hate Trump?
t1nick comments on Jul 13, 2020:
Because he's earned it fair and square.
The look of STUPID......or insert any Republican politician today.
t1nick comments on Jul 13, 2020:
The continuing look of STUPID
State of the Race | The Lincoln Project
t1nick comments on Jul 13, 2020:
It took Republicans long enough.
Latino family loses their father to COVID.
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
People of color suffer far greater from COVID than people of non-color. White privilege and politicians seeking to score points with the WH are sacrificing people of color for their own political advantage. Their is a lack of intelligent and coherent leadership in this country.
Latino family loses their father to COVID.
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Goes to wrong article
The look of STUPID......or insert any Republican politician today.
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Let's keep it going:
Thatch·er·ite /ˈTHaCHərīt/ noun a supporter of the political and economic policies of the ...
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Better than Trumpites: e.g. biggley or covfefe(?). Lol
When Moderates come to power in Israel, peace deals have been done.
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
The prevailing paradigm for this Adminstration and the Evangelicals orchestrating our present Istreal policy are basically preparing for Armageddon. Their belief is that the Rapture is near (relative of course) and they are trying to foment the political conditions necessary to bring this about. They are basing their desire to foment division in Isreal according to conditions laid out in Revelations.
Republicans have never said this about there own president.
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Keep it coming Lincoln Project.
Thatch·er·ite /ˈTHaCHərīt/ noun a supporter of the political and economic policies of the ...
t1nick comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Lol
Electrical storms are my favorite kind to watch and we're getting a really good one right now.
t1nick comments on Jul 11, 2020:
I once was camping in the mountains of central Arizona at around 9,000 ft. We were at the head of a very narrow shear wall canyon, right on the lip. Shortly after turning in for the night, a thunderstorm moved it. The lightening strikes were striking very close to our camp which lit up the night like daytime, we smelled ozone multiple times. But the worst was the thunder. It would follow immediately after each lightening strike, but above and the head of the shear wall canyon, each clap bounces and reverberated down the canyon like cannons at the same loudness as the original clap. For about an hour it felt, sounded and seemed like a battle raging outside our tent. About midnight it went deathly quiet. We woke to a foot and a half of fresh snow.
You can blame Obama for a lot of today’s unrest.
t1nick comments on Jul 11, 2020:
When you are racist, anything having to do with a minority claiming accountability appears racist to you.
Companion planting in gardening and agriculture is the planting of different crops in proximity for ...
t1nick comments on Jul 11, 2020:
Nitrogen fixer plants which lock nitrogen in the soil, vs. Nitogen consumers which remove Nitrogen from the soil.
‘Ashamed’ Trump 2016 Voters Explain Why They’re Ditching The President
t1nick comments on Jul 11, 2020:
They should be.
The campaign to smear novelist Charles Dickens as a racist
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
Dickens, like most of his European contemporaries were guilty of European Imperialistic and Colonial paradigmatic leanings. It doesn't necessarily diminish their talent. They were racists and we still are dealing with that white privilege paradigm in this country. Just because it was the prevailing paradigm doesnt excuse its incidiousness and wrongness.
Oh this is just so good - had me laughing many times! :-) [youtu.be]
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
Lol
Were you thought about human evolution in school? [theatlantic.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
What makes human evolution different than evolution of any other organism. We are just another bioligical organism and subject to the same evolutionary laws. We are just ethnocentric enough to assume we are not. Our advanced abstract thinking ability does not preclude us to the laws of evolution. Geologic time is long, as a species we are young. We have already made our species evolutionarily unfit and evolution will have the last word.
I THOUGHT WHEN THE APOCALYPSE HAPPENED PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE: [united-cats.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
By Trump's logic, if we never did pregnancy tests, we would never have pregnancies.
Understandable.
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
Lol
July 9, 2020 (Thursday) Heather Cox Richardson Today was a big news day, so this is longer than ...
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
Thanks for the summary.
I love B & W photos..
t1nick comments on Jul 10, 2020:
Lol
The new ad from the Lincoln Project - sponsored by Republicans "Remember their names"; ...
t1nick comments on Jul 9, 2020:
I dont have TV, but I hope these adds by the Lincoln Group are getting airtime.
Im editing because Allamanda was right to remind me that this is a brutal story.
t1nick comments on Jul 9, 2020:
Hobbsian view. Popular. About two or three decades ago, a group of British teenagers were actually shipwrecked on a deserted island. They were 15 months before being rescued. Nothing even close to Goldings (Hobbs) predictions took place. They devised a fairly egalitarian structure in order to survive.
A comet visible with the naked eye and you don't have to wake up before dawn - unbeatable!! ...
t1nick comments on Jul 9, 2020:
Cool
Just another example of either 1.
t1nick comments on Jul 8, 2020:
I agree
In·cu·bus /ˈiNGkyəbəs/ noun a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping ...
t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2020:
The male counterpart to a succubus?
Hydroxychloroquine reduces death rate.
t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2020:
Such anger. How you seen a therapist lately.
A Parody by Barack and Michelle Obama...with some help by Joe... [youtube.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2020:
Cute. Love it. Lol
Moscow Mitch and a turtle (actually a tortoise;)
t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2020:
Lol
In these times of record unemployment I am grateful to the Trump administration for creating a ...
t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2020:
Lol
Yesterday's most disgusting white people While this is repulsive, what I found most curious?
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
And not a brain cell between them
u·ro·lag·nia /ˌyo͝orōˈlaɡnēə/ noun a tendency to derive sexual pleasure from the ...
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
Hmmmm. Like Trump's Golden Shower episode in Moscow?
I had learned something today which I do every day I, however, thought this was worth sharing.
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
It is also a Mesoamerocan and Natove American symbol. Basic geometric shape used for decoration
A sweet Latina dressed in pink? You likey? Woohoo, I do!
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
I'm partial to Latinas
I really need to tell the kids to stop letting the cat watch spiderman.
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
Lol
Holiday weekend over, back to reality...
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
Lol
The united states government needs jesus.
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
I think you are on the wrong site. This tends not to be a Jesus friendly site. You are generally correct about the grievances against the government, but why ruin your argument by invoking jesus. Rational thought, logic, ethics, and moral thinking would go much further.
Monday morning fire
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
Interesting composition and lighting
Beef curtains I encountered this phrase this morning, so I googled it and was surprised at ...
t1nick comments on Jul 6, 2020:
Vaginal lips are officially known as labia major
This is SOOOOOOOOO funny! I can't help but wonder if the KPop/TicTok kids are up to their tricks.
t1nick comments on Jul 5, 2020:
The far-right are jerks and idiots, and gullible too. Lol
Name a woman that has inspired you?
t1nick comments on Jul 5, 2020:
Besides Malala. Vera Markgraf, a paleontologist and paleoenvironmentalist.
Her bf heard squeaking...
t1nick comments on Jul 5, 2020:
Lol
Corporate "Raiders" Took More Than Companies!; [nytimes.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 5, 2020:
Hmmm. I have been arguing against predatory capitalism on this site for two years. This article reinforces my arguments. There is more than one model in which to organize a capitalist economic system. Predatory/Cannabalistic Capitalism is not a model which promotes longevity.
From The Guardian: [theguardian.com] If you use fb you are complicit.
t1nick comments on Jul 5, 2020:
Havent been on fb in over two years. Zuckerberg is complicit.
Trump Blames Schools for Statue Protesters, Says Children Taught to 'Hate Their Own Country'
t1nick comments on Jul 4, 2020:
He prefers the false "whitewashed" history found in most textbooks, rather than the real truth about our history. Read Howard Zinn, "The Peoples History of the United States" for a better understand of pur history ( not white washed).
chum /CHəm/ noun a close friend.
t1nick comments on Jul 4, 2020:
It's also bait that is thrown out to attract fish. E.g. shark hunters will throw pieces of chopped up fish (chum) into the water to bring the sharks close to the boat. Vetb: chumming
Happy fourth of July and happy birthday to my baby girl, Jillian!! She's one years old today.
t1nick comments on Jul 4, 2020:
Happy B-day baby Jillian
Im interested in how the kids who want anarchy think this would play out, but they always get ...
t1nick comments on Jul 4, 2020:
Defunding for the majority of people does not mean getting rid of the police, which is the message I'm taking from your post. Even though you do not say the word defund, given the issues of the day that is the implication. Defund for most means eliminating police programs that have not shown efficacy and putting instead into proactive programs aimed at addressing problems at the earliest stages before they evolve into a problem that has to be dealt with.
What to the slave is the fourth of July? [billmoyers.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 3, 2020:
Or Native Americans, or Hispanics. Our government was set up exclusively for white males. Technically, this holiday only celebrates white males. I can see any minorities objection or hesitation in celebrating.
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t1nick comments on Jul 3, 2020:
Happy bday Baby J.
Does Biden have cognitive issues that can no longer be ignored [youtube.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 3, 2020:
No. At least no more than Trump (not saying much is it). Biden grew up with a severe speech impediment. It took a lot of will to overcome. Hes able to control it most of time. Every so often, when he gets excited and animated, that control breaks and he needs to pause to get the speech impediment back under control. It appears that he is having cognitive lapses. Hes not. Ask anybody with a speech impairment. It takes a moment to settle the brain down and get it under control in order to pronounce the words you want. You notice when he is less animated that he doesn't have this difficulty.
An interesting observation: Why so many BLM ultras are white
t1nick comments on Jul 3, 2020:
Exceptions do not make the rule. There are always extremes and outliers, and should not be used to detract from the real message. Even in positive causes there be those individuals that take beyond acceptable or logical ends. They do not define the greater number of people working for
Tandoori chicken with tumeric rice zucchini and onions sauteed with Greek oregano and parmesan ...
t1nick comments on Jul 2, 2020:
I know a great little Indian restaurant just off Leister Square, London. Great Tandori.
New Mexico Is among the first. [usnews.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 2, 2020:
Shes being considered as VP candidate with Biden. She would be a good candidate for the position. She has shown great wisdom in office ever since pandemic began
RAY McGOVERN: New York Times Deploys Heavy Gun to Back ‘Intel’ on Russian Bounties July 1, ...
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
A little background on Consortium News. No judgement, just background. These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources. History Consortium News is an alternative independent news source established in 1995 by Robert Parry, who passed away in 2018. It is considered the first alternative investigative journalism internet news source. Consortium News covers stories deeply and has been responsible for uncovering scandals and important information that was not found/covered by the mainstream media. The website does not disclose current ownership. Funded by / Ownership The website lacks transparency and does not disclose ownership. Funding appears to be derived from donations. Analysis / Bias Consortium News has articles that many on the right may consider left biased: https://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/30/the-fat-cats-of-fast-food/ While also having articles the left won’t like: https://consortiumnews.com/2017/05/19/do-high-level-leaks-suggest-a-conspiracy/ The reporting from consortium news cites itself as trying to find the truth. However, I would say that they do often report on things with a left leaning focus. With articles like the above pro-minimum wage or anything regarding the environment. I can see how some on the left would feel that articles like the above or another titled “Europe May Finally Rethink NATO Costs” can come off as right leaning. The reality is that truth has no side. Sometimes somebody on the right is correct and somebody on the left is wrong. The bigger issue is that the political environment of America has been moving the goal posts, of left and right, to the right for the last 30+ years. Meaning that somebody who is “left” today may in fact have been right 20 years ago. Consortium News has experts from various backgrounds and not just pure journalist which also helps with its reporting to keep it as centered as one can get these days. They have articles about Hillary, Obama, Bush, and Trump all of which have negative things to say about them. They cite factual data with real sources and with minimum usage of loaded wording that you often find in other online only magazines. I would put this news source in your feed to get a more grounded perspective on many of the issues that are shaping up today. The best way to describe Consortium News, is Wikileaks, without the leaks. They reject imperialism no matter what side is controlling it. They also often do not ...
Fact check: Democratic Party did not found the KKK, did not start the Civil War
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
The Democrats being discussed were known as the Dixiecrats. They were ultraconservative ex-confederates and slave holders and relatives of the same. They were were only identified as Democrats because the then Party of Loncoln called itself Republican. Because the Republican Party of the time was associated with freeing the slaves, they wanted nothing to do with it the only other organized party was the Democrats. Enter WWII, post war politics saw the two parties swap political stances and platforms. Democrats were for reform and pushed Civil Rights (that is except the Dixiecrats of course). The Dixuecrats pushed back and forestalled the progress of the Cibil Rights movement until 1964 when it could no longer be stopped. After the 1964 passage of the Votets Rights Act, the Dixecrats switched parties and became Republicans where their politics of anti-civil rights found more support.
Another perfect day, in a perfect world.
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Or put another way. Another shitty day in Paradise. Lol
It seems there are a lot of experts on COVID and mask wearing.
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
I get the feeling that you wouldnt believe incontrovertible scientific fact if were presented to you. But here is a simulation study performed by the Florida Atlantic University. This is just one of a dozen or more studies that all show consistent results and the same conclusions. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/mechanical-cough-coronavirus.php
Rather astonishing! [en.
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
So in actuality it's a rhinoceras that grew to the size of a mammoth. Cool
Usually, my posts on birthdays involve musicians.
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Leibnitz and Sir Isaac Newton were both working on developing the Calculus contemporaneously. Newton's calculus was algebra based. Leibnitz'version won out.
Neat discovery in Norway: [sciencenorway.no]
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
I actually unearthed similar bone compliments in one of the archaeological digs I worked on.
Fedora A fedora /fɪˈdɔːrə/ is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.
t1nick comments on Jul 1, 2020:
I used to wear a fedora like Indiana Jones and a leather bomber jacket (ala Indiana Jones). I kinda of borrowed that look for a few years. I was an ex,-archaeologist after all. Lol. I 😅
L didn't know some one had territorial rights on Mars already
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
It's a local dispute. Lets see them get a magistrate on Mars to hear their case. Lol
"King" Trump "Dethroned" In A Blistering Ad From GOP Group And It Is Airing On Fox News
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
Sound of loud clapping. Lol
Broadway based political satire anyone! [youtu.be]
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
Gotta love Randy Raonbow. Just imagine, his routines will go down in history as part of the Trump legacy.lol
Mostly it's because I'm poor ...but this sounds better
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
Me too. Lol
[youtube.com] Betrayed - Love the Lincoln Project!!!!!
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
They have another one that came out two days ago.
A new flu pandemic possibly on the horizon. Read about it on this link. [yahoo.com]
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
I heard that on news last night. Buckle up, the fall is going to be a rollar coaster.
So, is it just me or do others notice that 45 takes his political strategies from Hitler's playbook?
t1nick comments on Jun 30, 2020:
Comparisons between Hitler and Trump have been continuously drawn since he became a candidate. These are general enough that they would fit many world leaders, past and present. IMO, Trump wants to be an autocrat or dictator. Many authoritarian figures have used these tactics and strategies. There is very little difference between "the Donald" and Nico'las Maduro of Venezuela.
Namaste Brothers and Sisters I am a new member and i love to get in contact with Freethinkers, ...
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
I'm sure if you are being sarcastic or serious. If you're being serious I think you might have wandered onto the wrong site by accident
And that's a wrap on my residency!!! I'm now a board-eligible medical physicist!!!
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Congratulations
Woodrow Wilson a PROGRESSIVE president, created the Federal reserve in 1913, to STABILIZE the ...
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
That's right, after all the only thing that's important is the money on your own pocket. Screw the vulnerable and marginalized of society.. it's their fault they were born in the first place. If they cant share in the American society because they are not white, well that's just too bad. They should have been born white, that's their fault too. America is only for the white privilege, to hell with helping others out. Help yourself first, screw everybody else.
mne·mon·ics /nəˈmäniks/ noun the study and development of systems for improving and ...
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
I often employ mnemonic devise I teaching. For instance the geological era goes as follows: Please Come Over Some. Day, May Play Poker, Three Jack's Carries Two Queens (Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Missiszippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary). I bets that's more than you were interested in learning. Lol
Simply gorgeous
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Reminds me of the Ille d'Loius in Paris
Found this on twitter and it made me laugh. One for the COVIDIOTS out there.
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Lol
Quote by Steve Schmidt, former Republican strategist: "It will come early: 'Fox News is now ...
t1nick comments on Jun 29, 2020:
I wish I could post this in the Conservative Athiests group but I think I'm blocked. Lol
[mavenroundtable.
t1nick comments on Jun 28, 2020:
It's a little dated, April 16th in this fast moving news cycle driven world. But lots of interesting parallels.
After watching the video of Florida residrnts vociferously speaking out in opposition to mandated ...
t1nick comments on Jun 28, 2020:
Unfortunately a pandemic supercedes ones right to indiscriminately hang out.
Photo 011 of 011
t1nick comments on Jun 28, 2020:
Gotta love those Latinas.
Confirmed trump knew about the bounties on American soldiers
t1nick comments on Jun 28, 2020:
Let the denialism begin. If it's true nothing will happen. Conservatives are too cowardly to act.
I wonder when it will be more widely recognized that the US President is not a "very stable genius",...
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
Unfortunately our President and his followers are "fake" intelligent human beings. Sort of the brain dead not so undead. Lol
When I was about 24 years old I was dating a physical therapist just so happens that I met her in ...
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
I got ahold of some paraquot pot in 1979. It was the last time I smoked. It did a number on me. I gave up pot and alcohol in 1986 when I got my first teaching job. I didn't want to hypocritical to my kids when I encouraging them not to drink or do drugs. I'm all for cannabis. My ex have severe bi-polar and fibromyalgia. It was the only thing that worked. Cannibus inall its forms today are so much better than what we had in the good old days. I still do not partake of any though. Lol
Bon appetit or as my son use to say bony appetit in this case it might be more like ectoskeleton ...
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
I just barbecued chipotle ancho chile mesquite thin sliced pork roast with grilled onions and small colored peppers in garlic and grapeseed oil. So definitely bony appetite. Lol
Former Inside Source Issued Warning About The Favorite First Daughter: "If You're Scared Of Trump, ...
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
No kidding. She is as amoral as her father.
Russia paid bounties to kill US troops, US intel says; Trump mum: NYT
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
According to NY Times (I know, I know, his supporters think the NY Times is fake news, but they're fake intelligent human beings) Trump was briefed months ago on this development. Trump personally refused to believe or act. Once again he took Putin's side.
CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem Three studies showing large DNA ...
t1nick comments on Jun 27, 2020:
I think that is a reasonable concern going forward. Need more time and better control and safeguards

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