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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

Jun 11, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by rogerbenham

Bach - Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV 156 - Mortensen | Netherlands Bach Society Well I almost certainly was played Bach in my mother's womb. My father had lots of 78's with Bach on many. He was in the London Bach Choir,...

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Quotes

Jun 11, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by TSackville

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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Trump Pinata

Jun 10, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by zeuser

Big tent.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

Many atheists don't like it at all, to say the least, when science is called the child of religion. Nevertheless, this metaphor is correct from a purely historical point of view. First, what we call science today was born in a thoroughly religious...

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Politics

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Paul4747

In Which I Violate Godwin's Law

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Pro Choice/Abortion Rights

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Paul4747

I'm going to break Godwin's Law here and point out that Hitler outlawed abortion- except for those "lesser races" and people considered "a burden on society" like the disabled or mentally ill. In many of those cases it was actually imposed. ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 8, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by creative51

Woke is intended by right wingers to be an insult and a put down. What they are actually against is people using their awareness and minds to oppose the oppressive and self destructive ways of our sick society. I am both aware and mindful. If your...

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News & Links

Jun 7, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Lorajay

It seems that the more constraining a society the more heroes and heroines emerge. Several of my friends were able to attend the release of the Wilma Mankiller quarter. This quarter honoring the Cherokee chieftain is the third quarter honoring and ...

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Pro Gun Rights

Jun 6, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

Once again disinformation is being spread by propaganda sources with personal agendas. This is a time when the Government should step in and demand that these independent statistic groups adhere to certain guidelines when reporting. When it comes to ...

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Politics

Jun 6, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

In another discussion on this site, someone called Tom wrote this to me: "You have spoken like a true Libertarian or conservative.. Your sane selfishness is at the root of our sick society and its problems. Individualism to the extreme is also at ...

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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

Jun 5, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by rogerbenham

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

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Just for Laughs

Jun 4, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

I will use this word!

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Out Of The Illusion

Jun 4, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by William_Mary

‘Sanctions, more sanctions’ Writing in the New York Times, US President Joe Biden says he does not want a NATO-Russia war. He was unclear about how the conflict in Ukraine should end and negotiations do not appear to be a high priority. In ...

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News & Links

Jun 3, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKIt’s hard to explain (and fix) evil

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General & Hellos

Jun 3, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

"Modern society is not really much more rational than the Middle Ages. Myth is still extremely potent. Only the means of myth dissemination are more sophisticated." Craig Murray

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Love & Relationships

Jun 2, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by LiterateHiker

I'm not willing to waste time with emotionally-constipated men.

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Movie Actor and Actress Fans

Jun 1, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Forever young, Marilyn! She’d be 96.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 1, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Matias

Why the Golden Rule is overrated. Whenever I write about morality in this forum, or that a society needs something like a social glue, I am always lectured that this is just religious rubbish, and that the Golden Rule is quite sufficient when it ...

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Posts

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by Storm1752

Hi I'm Michael from the north Florida woods, "retired" at 69 and looking for pen pals, phone/text from anybody, about anything, especially how to deal with loneliness and isolation.

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Pro Gun Rights

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

Was doing more research on mass shooting incidents and how they can be connected to a poor state of mental health (regarding involved shooters), and came across one such incident in recent times, last year to be precise. Anyone else remember that ...

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Religion & Spirituality

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

Another one of my posts from Facebook, covering some of the most revulsive bible verses . . . . 1 Timothy 2:11-14 "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be ...

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Out Of The Illusion

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by William_Mary

Phase Three in Ukraine No amount of western military aid has been able to prevent Russia from achieving its military objective of liberating the entire territories of both Lugansk and Donetsk as Phase Three begins. After more than ninety days ...

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Out Of The Illusion

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by William_Mary

How to Defeat the Billionaire Class There are ways to defeat the billionaire class and many of these tactics have been pioneered or refined by Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant and the Socialist Alternative party in Seattle. The ...

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Posts

May 29, 2022May 2022

Posted by violetfree

"Home is not where you were born, home is where you stopped trying to escape" Naguib Mahfouz

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by puff

When there is more action done regarding restricting access to books in schools when compared with restricting assault firearms, something is severely awry with society.

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News & Links

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKThe Founding Father That Wanted the Constitution to Change Every 20 Years | Synonym

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General & Hellos

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by wordywalt

Further reasons for our national gun crisis lie in the areas of interpretation and defects in political structure. Let's start with misinterpretations of the Second Amendment. At its core, the Second Amendment simply states that citizens ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 28, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

Question : Is something morally wrong, reprehensible, because individuals , or a whole society, judge it so, or is something intrinsically wrong, no matter what people think? Example: Imagine a world where slavery is ubiquitous and universally ...

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General & Hellos

May 27, 2022May 2022

Posted by thinkwithme

So many fight about guns and ignore the obvious

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 27, 2022May 2022

Posted by RichCC

LINKShattered comet could produce dazzling meteor shower: How to watch the tau Herculids | Live Science

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Music, Movies & Books

May 26, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKMargaret Atwood Releases an Unburnable Edition of The Handmaid's Tale, to Support Freedom of Expression | Open Culture

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

May 26, 2022May 2022

Posted by Marionville

KYLE. - Noun…a narrow channel, a sound, or a strait; derived from the Scots Gaelic “caol”, in the geographic sense a Kyle has now come to refer to the narrow channel of water between two islands, or between an island and the mainland “the ...

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Health & Happiness

May 25, 2022May 2022

Posted by BDair

Oh, and one more thing.... 'Trending Politics ran a story yesterday headlined, “Wuhan Laboratory Found to Have Conducted Novel Monkeypox Research One Year Before Global Outbreak.” What awful disease WEREN’T this crazy Chinese scientists ...

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Politics

May 25, 2022May 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

Mass shooting deaths versus drug overdose deaths in the USA. A few thoughts on the matter and where our society is headed. Recently been alot of chatter over all these mass shootings, but just what exactly constitutes a mass shooting and how common ...

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Politics

May 24, 2022May 2022

Posted by mistymoon77

WTF is wrong with these scum bags!! these self-entitled, arrogant assholes that think this shit up. The ills of society are people that feed into this bullshit.

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Just for Laughs

May 24, 2022May 2022

Posted by Ryo1

In a civil society. 😆

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The Best of Late Night & News

May 23, 2022May 2022

Posted by phxbillcee

PSA - SNL

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News & Links

May 23, 2022May 2022

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKMeltdown in the Himalayas - The politics of climate change

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General & Hellos

May 22, 2022May 2022

Posted by Ryo1

The most rapidly-aging industrial society - Japan Kill Japan's elderly? Cannes film probes chilling idea A Japanese filmmaker is shaking Cannes film audiences to the core with a dystopian vision of her country in which old people agree to be ...

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

May 21, 2022May 2022

Posted by Garban

That one guitar made his whole life change. Happy Saturday Rockers.

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News & Links

May 21, 2022May 2022

Posted by redbai

LINKGraphic bodycam video shows cop lied about arrest of 21-year-old woman - YouTube

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 20, 2022May 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary. - - "Karma" - - "The force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence." . I do not...

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News & Links

May 20, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKMonkeypox 101, unanswered questions, and the bigger picture

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Politics

May 20, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKMichigan GOP candidate Jacky Eubanks says she would ban birth control

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News & Links

May 20, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 05/19/2022

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General & Hellos

May 19, 2022May 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

So who wants to live in a totalitarian world where you are not told the truth just what you should or should not say?

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General & Hellos

May 18, 2022May 2022

Posted by JackPedigo

Abortion is an Atheist issue. A great blog from FFRF. Some takeaways: • Atheists don’t believe in the religious concept of “ensoulment,” which much of the anti-abortion movement is predicated on, or the idea that pregnancies and what happens...

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Just for Laughs

May 18, 2022May 2022

Posted by MichelleGar1

Happy Wednesday!

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Out Of The Illusion

May 18, 2022May 2022

Posted by William_Mary

It seems reality in regards to the Ukraine war is finally about to be revealed. The west is still attempting to mask it, but eventually a lot of people are going to be eating crow. I imagine it will still take a bit of time for some to wash off the ...

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Politics

May 17, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKKansas town to put 'In God We Trust' back on police cars—but there's a twist

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Just for Laughs

May 17, 2022May 2022

Posted by webspider555

When I was in Primary School I went to David Brown's 8th birthday party and I bought him an inflatable globe. 40 years later it turns out he's a Flat Earther and I can't help but think if I'd told him he was meant to blow it up maybe he'd have turned...

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General & Hellos

May 16, 2022May 2022

Posted by wordywalt

This is what white supremacists and racist are afraid of: As our country becomes a minority majority, they are afraid that the racists ad white supremacists are afraid that the previous minorities will treat whites as badly as they have treated ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

May 16, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKUtilities: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

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Just for Laughs

May 16, 2022May 2022

Posted by webspider555

If your wife and lover both play golf, be careful with your words!

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 16, 2022May 2022

Posted by Matias

A thought experiment: Let's imagine a utopian society that wants to abolish all differences between male and female. This society raises children in a completely gender neutral, uni-sex way: same haircut for girls and boys, same clothes, same ...

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Oddities and Anomalies

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by UrsiMajor

I keep sayin', but nobody listens.

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News & Links

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKThe happiest nations on Earth are strongly secular

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Just for Laughs

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by St-Sinner

Funny and sad too :)

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Music Fans

May 15, 2022May 2022

Posted by Marionville

Good morning all you lovely people…no church for us on a Sunday morning…but for Hozier it means something different anyway. - Take Me To Church…..

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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

May 12, 2022May 2022

Posted by rogerbenham

Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV 1065 | Netherlands Bach Society

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Legalize Cannabis Nationwide/Worldwide

May 12, 2022May 2022

Posted by Garban

Traveling to Lewiston Maine for business in a couple weeks. Haven’t smoked weed in 37 years. Advise?

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News & Links

May 12, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKU.S. identifies Native American boarding schools and burial sites : NPR

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Critical thinking

May 12, 2022May 2022

Posted by Garban

When I use the word “purpose” please interpret it as a scientific function, not a philosophical meaning. Conjecture: The purpose of ALL processes in the universe is to facilitate entropy. Premise 1: Fusion in the stars is a quantum level ...

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General & Hellos

May 11, 2022May 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

One American dies every 5 minutes from a drug overdose. A new record. More evidence of the superiority of the American way of life?

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News & Links

May 10, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKThe Real-Life Stories Of Native American Warrior Women - YouTube

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Politics

May 10, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKGOP Senate candidate admits he wants to block access to birth control

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Politics

May 8, 2022May 2022

Posted by LiterateHiker

Liberal, woke, whatever- just fight for your beliefs.

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News & Links

May 8, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKAmerican life expectancy is dropping because more young people are dying

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News & Links

May 8, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

Heather Cox Richardson I told this story here two years ago, but I want to repeat it tonight, as the reality of women’s lives is being erased in favor of an image of women as mothers…. If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet ...

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Out Of The Illusion

May 8, 2022May 2022

Posted by William_Mary

U.S. Corporate Media Watch: An Interview with Richard Medhurst Richard and Roberto would like to dedicate this feature to Glen Ford, one of the fiercest critics of U.S. corporate media the country has ever known. May we all find creative and ...

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Out Of The Illusion

May 7, 2022May 2022

Posted by William_Mary

Contractors linked to fascist paramilitary groups paid to train police in at least 12 US states A new report by Reuters details ties between Trump-aligned fascist militia groups and police departments across the country. The report identifies ...

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Health & Happiness

May 5, 2022May 2022

Posted by LiterateHiker

Have you returned to exercising in a gym during the pandemic?

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Posts

May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by holdenc98

Try this outlined framework out , ye shallow organization men: THE DOUBLE-MINT, METASTASIZED MULTIPLE, FASCISMS THAT "BRAVE NEW WORLD" PREDICTED There is NOW a FULLY FORMED formed black fascism afoot in the usa and the world , obvious to all but ...

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News & Links

May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by JackPedigo

Fermi Paradox (I have posted this issue before but a new theory adds more credence to the theory). ”Astrobiologists Dr Michael Wong, of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, and Dr Stuart Bartlett, of California Institute of ...

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Politics

May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by yvilletom

SCOTUS nominees lie, and they want secrecy? Deny them that, and more!

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Music, Movies & Books

May 3, 2022May 2022

Posted by barjoe

LINKPete Seeger. The Power of Song (2007) by PBS American Masters (full version) - YouTube

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General & Hellos

May 2, 2022May 2022

Posted by FrayedBear

Burned alive: How the 2014 Odessa massacre became a turning point for Ukraine. How many westerners have read this report?

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Politics

May 2, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKDemocrats want to protect grieving mothers; this pastor calls them murderers

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World Music

May 1, 2022May 2022

Posted by Marionville

Tame Impala are described as a 21st century Australian physchedelic Rock Band who appear to be reincarnated from the 1970s. They were formed in Perth in 2007 by multi-instrumentalist and lead singer Kevin Parker and have become very successful in ...

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Cheesy Jokes

Apr 30, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Zealandia

I’m reading a book on the history of glue.... I can’t seem to put it down.

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Silly, Random & Fun

Apr 30, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by OldMetalHead

LINK🎶 Frog With A Dream (NOT my song) - YouTube

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Out Of The Illusion

Apr 29, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by William_Mary

“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. The class which has the means of material production at its ...

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Trump Pinata

Apr 27, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by glennlab

A very good question.

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Feline Fanatics

Apr 26, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKThe complicated truth about a cat’s purr

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Out Of The Illusion

Apr 26, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by William_Mary

Billionaires Do Not Give Anything to Society—They Take From It The rich do not compete; they destroy the competition. The rich do not create wealth; they accumulate it. The rich do not create knowledge; they kidnap it. The rich do not create ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Apr 26, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Dyl1983

Gilbert Gottfried weather

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 24, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by ChestRockfield

You can be just about anything you feel you are these days. There are more pronouns and genders than I could even get an accurate count of. Really. Try searching for it and you'll find some incredibly long lists. You would have to make a ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 24, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by ChestRockfield

You can be just about anything you feel you are these days. There are more pronouns and genders than I could even get an accurate count of. Really. Try searching for it and you'll find some incredibly long lists. You would have to make a ...

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News & Links

Apr 24, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKTwitter bans ads that deny science on climate change

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Out Of The Illusion

Apr 23, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by William_Mary

Total war? ----- Another great discussion on Cross Talk Host Peter Lavelle with John Varoli, Daniel McAdams, and Marko Gasic. The US and its NATO allies claim they are continuing to send massive military aid to Ukraine. At the same time, ...

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News & Links

Apr 23, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKJudge blocks Montana's transgender birth certificate law

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Religion & Spirituality

Apr 22, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by St-Sinner

I agree with him. Growing up, society and often family keeps you afraid of something.

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General & Hellos

Apr 22, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Ryo1

A while ago, I asked the following question and got an informative answer from a person who lives in Denmark. Interesting. It takes a loooong time to establish a secular society in the true sense. Q: According to this link: ...

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News & Links

Apr 22, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKAn Australian mayor blocked Satanists from using a city-owned prayer room

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Music Fans

Apr 22, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Garf

Black label society - Rust

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Apr 21, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Davekp

As society continues on it's merry way through delusions, half truths and outright lies I think it's important to take a moment and sort our personal "wheat from the chaff" when it comes to beliefs. While I certainly don't stand by everything any ...

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General & Hellos

Apr 21, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by nogod4me

Today in America, the unfortunate reality is that the rich continue to get much richer while the working class is struggling to get by. Oligarchy and massive income and wealth inequality are on the rise. The billionaire class has ...

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