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Earth Preservers

Aug 31, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

The Former Guy, Making Believe That He Knew ANYTHING!: Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution The rule allowed fertilizers, pesticides and industrial chemicals to flow into small streams, marshes and wetlands. The judge ...

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Politics

Aug 31, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKFederal judge strikes down Trump rule reducing waterways protections - Axios

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Religion of Science & Higher Consciousness

Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Earthling50

How is everyone coping these days? What are you doing to stay grounded and happy in the midst of this social and environmental storm we're in the thick of? Of course I'm talking about the mess in Afghanistan (social mess) and the heat domes that ...

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COVID-19

Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by anglophone

Anti-vaxxers are fast becoming lemmings to the Covid-19 slaughter.

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Just for Laughs

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Ello

perfect, Yes, sense.

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Food Glorious Food

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by MizJ

Instant Pot Bargain (US) There is an 8 QT. model on corelle's website right now for $70, I think it's an older model but brand new in the box with warranty. Look under the clearance tab.

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Just for Laughs

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lizard_of_Ahaz

Happy Sinful Sunday....

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Posts

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

A member of our church choir arrives every Sunday morning with her seven children in tow, all a bit rumpled but never the less on time. Scarcely able to get my one child ready, I asked her how she managed her brood so efficiently. "Easy," she ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by St-Sinner

House paint in Germany

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Memes R Us

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Rudy1962

I finally found it!!

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Just for Laughs

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by p-nullifidian

The logic of the dark side! 😉

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General & Hellos

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by wordywalt

“The Curse of Southern Culture, Part V” I am infuriated and deeply saddened by how rural and small town southern refuse to see how harmful many of their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are to themselves and to others. They are their own worst...

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Posts

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Heather2367

Oxymoron museum.

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Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by soulless

POLLDo you fly/own a flag of your country? The 4th of July used to be my favorite holiday. Now when I see our flag I feel uneasy.

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Religion & Spirituality

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by xenoview

Pastor dies from covid.

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Photography

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by OldGoat43

Balloons and flames in B&W: Brooklyn NY 1978. Photos taken at Atlantic Ave. during Atlantic Antic Festival.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by xenoview

China set to begin first trials of molten salt nuclear reactor using thorium instead of uranium

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Posts

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Impeach and remove the corrupt and pack the thing!

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville

OBSCURANTISM. - Noun…the practice of withholding or preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known; a policy of deliberately presenting information in an imprecise, abstruse manner designed to limit further enquiry and ...

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Posts

Aug 27, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Michael Moore has a point

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Posts

Aug 27, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by bobwjr

And she should keep doing it

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Memes R Us

Aug 27, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by OldMetalHead

Some of y'all should be millionaires by now 🤣

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Food Glorious Food

Aug 27, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by bigpawbullets

I planted some Gogi berry bushes this past spring. Two made it. One didn't. One produced 1/2 cup of very tart and flavorful berries. This was a surprise as they were not supposed to fruit until the 2nd year. Has anyone tried making jam with these?...

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Foreign Film Fans

Aug 24, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by GeorgeRocheleau

When renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) notices the raw sculpting talent of the beautiful and precocious Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), the two artists begin a scandalous love affair. Camille becomes Auguste's muse and ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 22, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by glennlab

Good advice

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News & Links

Aug 22, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Ali_Tajdari

Professor Joel Baden - Did these Bible characters exist?

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Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 22, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

Prior to turning on the TV to watch a recorded soccer match, I said to my wife, “Don’t tell me the score!” She replied, “ Don't worry, there wasn’t any.”

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Politics

Aug 22, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lorajay

Nikki Haley's permance on Face the Nation Make it quite obvious that she's going to run president soon.

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Quotes

Aug 21, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Ello

"Someone can be fascinated by the titles of books lined on a bookshelf, discovering information they never knew existed before. Or that person can stare at an empty search bar." - Unknown.

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News & Links

Aug 20, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKColorado governor rescinds 1864 order encouraging the massacre of Native Americans - CNN

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News & Links

Aug 18, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Druvius

COVID CONTINUES, GLOBAL WARMING, AFGHANISTAN, TRUMP VS BIDEN FOLLIES, HOMICIDAL LANDLORD, ETC.:

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Dog Lovers

Aug 15, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by AmerCherhal

This happens in Algeria a lot of fires . I can fly I can go this 🔥 fire can’t kill me but I can’t go without my baby’s without my hearts without my souls . Mother always are strong We Sorry for you please forgive us ...

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Memes R Us

Aug 14, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by MichelleGar1

Go kick some rock's! Lol

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Politics

Aug 14, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKJesse Lee Peterson: During the Insurrection, AOC May Have Wanted to Get Raped | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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News & Links

Aug 14, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKEx-“Purity” Advocate Joshua Harris: Buy My Course If You Feel “Shame Around Sex” | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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The Best of Late Night & News

Aug 14, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Books That Didn't Age Well | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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General & Hellos

Aug 13, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

Wow. (Not overly fond of Dr. Rashad, but this is unbelievably startling.) 😳😳😳 Texts books teach that slavery was Black immigration and that Barack Obama caused race riots in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland and promoted ...

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News & Links

Aug 13, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by barjoe

LINKWarning: Dangerous heat is here, could feel like 110 degrees

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Trump Pinata

Aug 13, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Mofo1953

Not to brag, but I said it first two years ago right here and still do.

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Environment, Ecology and Sustainability

Aug 13, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by MikeInBatonRouge

Curiosity Stream: The Last Time the Globe Warmed. This video ought to scare the shit out of any layperson paying any attention, especially that part about current rates of carbon release into the atmosphere being 5 times greater than during the peak...

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Aug 10, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by JonnaBononna

LINKLet's talk about what it means to be woke and Garth Brooks.... - YouTube

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Health & Happiness

Aug 10, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lorajay

My health insurance premiums are probably going to go up a lot this year despite the fact that I've done everything I can to keep covid from taking over my country. It's a documented fact that my masking and most of all my vaccination will keep me ...

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COVID-19

Aug 9, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BDair

NBC is reporting at least 125,000 'Breakthrough' cases of the safe and effective vaccines.

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Music of the Movies

Aug 9, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville

Magical night for one young Brazilian boy…one amongst almost 200,000 in the record breaking crowd at the Maracana Stadium in Rio in 1991…the largest number paying audience ever at a Rock concert according to the record books. They were there to ...

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Scientists

Aug 8, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by yvilletom

When Mind Games Masquerade As Physics ( 6 min. )

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News & Links

Aug 7, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by xenoview

Walmart Announces Plan to Pay 100% of College Tuition Plus Books For Its Workers

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General & Hellos

Aug 5, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by SnowyOwl

While LOTR is a much better read than the Bible, which set of books do you think would make a better holy text for a religion? I've read the Bible 2.5 times before I just gave up on it as anything more than a penny dreadful and I suspect that most ...

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Atheist Videos & Miscellany

Aug 5, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Expansion Of Cosmos Proves God | David-CA | Talk Heathen 05.31 Worst Listening Skills In The West | David-CA | Atheist Experience 25.31

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COVID-19

Aug 4, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BDair

This is the 1 Best Selling book of all books on Amazon. I am surprised Amazon would even handle it. The Vaccine Apologists are going to have a hard time hiding the facts going forward.

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Just for Laughs

Aug 3, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by zeuser

Some books for you to recommend to your AI friends.

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General & Hellos

Aug 3, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Ryo1

Is it appropriate to influence 5-year-olds with adult political views like "socialism is bad", "a powerful creature (government, I assume) is stealing their grandparents' hard-earned savings", "politicians want us to be scared so that we will ...

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Music, Movies & Books

Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

Just read a great book, "Pack Up The Moon" by Kristen Higgins. It's about a man trying to deal with his wife's death after a terminal illness, when he finds out she instructed a friend to deliver a note with instructions to him every month for the ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Brains Might Sync As People Interact — and That Could Upend Consciousness Research When we cooperate on certain tasks, our brainwaves might synchronize. This finding could upend the current understanding of consciousness.

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Just for Laughs

Aug 1, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by tinkercreek

An appreciated cartoon in today's Opinion section of the Oregonian:

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Posts

Aug 1, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

Waiter: I just wanted to let you know kids eat free. Dad: Good, I'll have water and my daughter will have the steak and a kid's light beer.

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Posts

Aug 1, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by bobwjr

This is just funny

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Quotes

Jul 30, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Diogenes

Here are a couple of "Thoughts du jour". "The university brings out all abilities, including stupidity."- Anton Chekov. "Money often costs too much."-Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... and I knew there was a reason for keeping my old school books.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jul 29, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Tourirst

I only read the first three pages of the Bible about incest, from what I recall? God's DNA is abysmal, from what I have understood. His favourite son is Satan, and he is nothing to brag about. He is a nasty piece of work and is responsible for ...

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aussie sceptics

Jul 29, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

The incumbent NLP government seems hell bent on following America down its doomed path. Why?

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General & Hellos

Jul 29, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

POLLA godbotherer in touch with reality!

Is Chris Hedges correct in his historical summation & can his conclusions be disputed?

4 votes I agree with Chris Hedges.
1 vote I disagree with Chris Hedges and state why below.
2 votes I have other opinions stated below.

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Oddities and Anomalies

Jul 28, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

I can't stop laughing at the one on fire.

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 26, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by AnonySchmoose

LINKThe Oldest Confirmed 'Message in a Bottle' Contained Some Fascinating Questions

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 26, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by gsiamne

With Steven Weinberg’s death, physics loses a titan: I have read three of his books, watched a couple of his conference talks online and watched and listened to many of his interviews. I am already missing him about as much as ...

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Bookwurmz

Jul 22, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville ...

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AUTHORS, EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, AND READERS

Jul 22, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by citronella

I am working on my first novel. It is ultimately about the formation of a new family, senior citizens who fall in love as they co-parent a little boy who has no one else in his life. I am considering self-publishing it on Amazon, mostly because I...

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Politics

Jul 21, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by MsKathleen

“ July 20, 2021 (Tuesday) Today, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York indicted three men for illegally influencing the foreign policy positions of a presidential candidate and then, after the election, of the United ...

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Trump Pinata

Jul 21, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

July 20, 2021 Today, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York indicted three men for illegally influencing the foreign policy positions of a presidential candidate and then, after the election, of the United States ...

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News & Links

Jul 21, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 07/20/2021

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Sexual Deviants

Jul 20, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

Dick is good.

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Jul 20, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Roald Dahl's message to antivaccination groups. "Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it....

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Politics

Jul 20, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Healthydoc70

Noam Chomsky Destroys Modern Day Trump Republican Party-This short interview really lays out the reality of life today. I have taken courses given by Chomsky, read his books and recommend him to everyone. Here is the true Patriot. Pay close attention...

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Politics

Jul 19, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

The reports from these states are coming in... but will they do anything about it? That's the big question.. It's going to make it so that people don't trust their state's voting regulators.. And that's going to really suck. , and ...

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Just for Laughs

Jul 19, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by OldMetalHead

A bright, young graduate joined the Internal Revenue Service. Anxious for his first investigation he was a bit perturbed when he was assigned to audit a Rabbi. Looking over the books and taxes was pretty straightforward and the Rabbi was clearly ...

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Out Of The Illusion

Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by William_Mary

Earth's Greatest Enemy - A New Film by Abby Martin Abby Martin's second feature film is an anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Join her on the journey, and help make it possible, at ...

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Music Fans

Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Marionville

My teatime treat this Saturday afternoon is a song from my very first teenage crush …Rick Nelson. - It’s Up To You…1962.

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News & Links

Jul 16, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKWhy Trump's response to Gen. Milley makes an awful story worse

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 15, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Tsundoku: The Art of Buying Books and Never Reading Them Be honest, how many books on that shelf have you actually read cover to cover?

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Memes R Us

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by QuidamOutrepont

Books about paranoia

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Trump Pinata

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

New Books on The Former Guy:

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General & Hellos

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Robecology

This obelisk is in rural Alabama, halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville. It marks the grave of an "infidel" - who we know to be better labeled "agnostic/atheist". Here lies Capt. Frank Burns (1840-1909). He arrived in this Alabama community ...

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Jul 13, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by johnnyrobish

Trump Organization Removes Weisselberg From Leadership at Dozens of Subsidiaries According to corporate filings in the United States and Scotland, the Trump Organization has removed former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg from his ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 12, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by t1nick

If Bible Belt states are so great, why is everybody leaving them in droves? You cannot go anywhete in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, or Utah with out running into a cluster fuck of them. I know businesses are moving to Texas for tax breaks, but ...

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aussie sceptics

Jul 11, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

POLLIs pointing out the error of American ways an act of love extended to them or the expression of hatred?

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UK Atheists & Agnostics

Jul 11, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

POLLI ask "is pointing out the error of American ways an act of love extended to them or the expression of hatred?"

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jul 11, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINK10 Most BIZARRE CULTS that Exist RIGHT NOW! - YouTube

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Sunset, Sea, Coffee and Me

Jul 11, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Boomtarat03

Happy Sunday, Heathens 🦋🧡💛🇭🇰

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 9, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Larimar

Look at Neanderthal cognitive abilities

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Critical thinking

Jul 9, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The telephone kiosk in this photo is in fact a recently installed library filled with books for public consumption free of charge and returned when read. The arty farty element of our local authority thought it appropriate during the worst pandemic ...

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COVID-19

Jul 8, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

Researchers estimate COVID-19 vaccines may have saved over 280k lives.

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Quotes

Jul 7, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Marionville

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life”……………Mark Twain.

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Trump Pinata

Jul 7, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Coming soon we hope

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Me Too - Women's Rights and Men's Rights

Jul 6, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by sassygirl3869

Calls on Jewish women to cover their bodies - WTF!!!!!

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COVID-19

Jul 4, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Moravian

Vaccines !!. Who needs them ?

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

Jul 3, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by bobwjr

LINKPaul McCartney my guitar gently weeps

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Trump Pinata

Jul 1, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by OldGoat43

Trump called it "A political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left Democrats" The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, were charged Thursday in what prosecutors said was a sweeping, 15-year scheme to compensate top ...