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Full disclosure, I identify as an agnostic because I know it is impossible to prove the non-existence of a god whose description includes invisibility and inscrutability. However, I am functionally an atheist, because I rate the probability of God's existence at vanishingly small; practically nil. I tentatively reached this conclusion an an early age, and a lifetime of studying science has only reinforced it. Science reveals that no supernatural force is required to explain everything we see in nature. And virtually everything reported to be supernatural is found to be either a deceptive fraud or completely unsubstantiated claim.

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Feb 6, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Trump supporters are predicting that he will win re-election. Some even say by a landslide. But I do not see 2020 being a repeat of 2016. After three years we know Trump a lot better than we did back then. Let's take a look at his record. First, ...

Silly, Random & Fun

Feb 5, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

In his excellent hiking guidebook "Afoot and Afield in San Diego County" (1995 edition), Jerry Schad rated the round trip from from the base of Cowles Mountain to to its summit and back at two hours, and a difficulty level of two asterisks (out of a ...

Feb 3, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Trump's defenders in the impeachment trial argued that we are too close to an election to remove a president from office. "The people should decide," they said. But how can we decide when a majority vote can be overruled by a minority that dominates ...

Feb 3, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

"If it is going to use this power to force the world into color prejudice and race antagonism; if it is going to use it to manufacture millionaires, increase the rule of wealth, and break down democratic government everywhere; if it is increasingly ...

Feb 1, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

How much longer will we have to endure minority rule in this country? When the dam finally breaks, will we turn socialist? Or will we go the other way, to fascist dictatorship? Will we ever break the stranglehold of the corporate/financial/fossil ...

Feb 1, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

In participating in the cover up of Trump's misdeeds, in turning a blind eye to blatant corruption of our electoral process, did the Republican Party hurt itself politically going forward? Will they pay a price at the ballot box? Can they ever ...

Feb 1, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

At the outset of Trump's impeachment trial, all of the Senators took an oath to be impartial. Did the Republicans who voted against calling witnesses and documents violate that oath? Does it matter?

Feb 1, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

The Senate Republicans voted down all motions to call witnesses and review documents in the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump. Can it really be called a trial if there were no witnesses and no documents?

Silly, Random & Fun

Jan 28, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

My folks are in their 80s now but just as sharp as ever. The other night we had dinner together and afterward we watched a couple episodes of "I, Claudius," which we preceded with a few minutes of the Antiques Roadshow. Someone had an old American ...

Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 6, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Should creationism be taught in schools? Here is how one science teacher answered that question: “In the Western tradition there are two competing explanations for the origin of species: Darwinian evolution and Biblical creationism. One of those is...

Nov 24, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

What I have gathered to date (11-24-19) regarding Trump's Ukraine escapades: 1. Trump had/has an unofficial, shadow Ukraine policy designed to serve himself personally. 2. Trump's shadow policy undermined US national security and empowered a ...

Nov 17, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

What I have gathered to date regarding Trump's Ukraine escapades: 1. Trump had/has an unofficial, shadow Ukraine policy designed to serve himself personally. 2. Trump's shadow policy undermined US national security and empowered a dangerous ...

Nov 17, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Donald Trump's pardons for US servicemen convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to allies and enemies alike. If we condone cruelty and inhumanity we turn world opinion against ourselves. In the long run, there is no way to prevail in our ...

General & Hellos

Jul 7, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Two young Jehovah's Witnesses came to my door yesterday. They gave me a flyer (the usual propaganda) inviting me to join their church. As always, I demurred. Then one of them asked if there was anything I would like them to pray on. I said, "Yes. ...

General & Hellos

Apr 17, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Let me get this straight: Trump is going to rebut a report that he said totally exonerates him.

General & Hellos

Apr 9, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Is it just me, or have others noticed that there is something rotten in the Oval Office? Why does Trump not want Attorney General William Barr to release the Mueller report? What are they trying to hide? If the report exonerates the President, why ...

Mar 11, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

I learned a new word that that turns out to be, I think, a very good descriptor for the Trump presidency: Kakistocracy. It means rule by the worst, most incompetent, most corrupt citizens.

Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 12, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

This is a continuation of my last post... Unfortunately, there is too much disagreement about how to interpret Scripture, and too much adamant certainty on the part of many interpreters that theirs is the only sect that truly understands the meaning...

Dec 30, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

My favorite areas of science are evolutionary biology, cosmology, and neuroscience. V.S. Ramachandran has pointed out that those particular fields provide the most compelling evidence of our species insignificance in the grand scheme of things. ...

Nov 18, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Whenever I hear people (or trolls) complaining about Hillary I just have to think... WTF you going on about Hillary for? She is not President. She did not foist a big tax break for the rich on the American public. She did not instantly add a ...

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Oct 29, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

How is it that there are still so many people who think global warming is a hoax, or that it is not caused by human activity? Let's be clear: the technologies required for clean energy production already exist and are being implemented here and ...

Oct 21, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Who are Donald Trump's role models? Trump has been exchanging love letters with Kim Jong Un, who controls the North Korean media absolutely, and has carried out a bloody purge within his own government. Among others he had his own uncle killed at ...

Oct 12, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Anybody see Kanye West's little rant in the Oval Office?

Are you ok with the Whitehouse being a reality TV set?

Oct 2, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Seriously, what does the term "Devil's Triangle" in the context of Bret Kavenaugh refer to?

Sep 27, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Senate Republicans will not allow the FBI to investigate the serious, numerous, and credible allegations against Supreme Court nominee Bret Kavenaugh. Mr. Kavenaugh said that he would welcome any kind of investigation but apparently cannot bring ...

Sep 25, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Bret Kavenaugh has opined that a President cannot be questioned, much less indicted while in office. He has also indicated that he would not recuse himself from a case involving the President who nominated him. The same President who is an unindicted...

Sep 25, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Can the Kavenaugh nomination survive the allegations of sexual misconduct? Can the Republican Party remain in control of Congress if it does?

Silly, Random & Fun

Sep 9, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Creation: The True Story, by Roz Chast

Philosophy & Meaning

Sep 8, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Someone complaining about Richard Dawkins' position on god(s) writes, "The hypothesis of whether there is or isn't a god simply can't be addressed with science." Flyingsaucesir replies: True, but the lack of evidence of a deity is so...how can I put...

Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 26, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

To paraphrase the question that was posed to one and all, "What are your plans for the weekend?" Here is my answer: Saturday was all about sailing. Sunday has so far been about sleep. But it is about to become about setting up another in a long ...

Jul 22, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Hello Everyone, I just want raise a flag of warning. I have seen some posts here that I suspect came from Russian trolls. They seemed to have a pretty good command of the English language but there were some telltale flaws. Also, in the swirl ...

Jul 15, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

From Harper's Index, March 2018: Estimated number of US private schools receiving public funding that teach a Christian curriculum: 5, 071 That teach an islamic curriculum: 70 That teach a curriculum inspired by L. Ron Hubbard: 5

Silly, Random & Fun

Jul 13, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Pumpkin head haunts America.

Jul 9, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

At his rally in Great Falls, Montana, on July 5, Trump claimed that he has been cleared by Congress of collusion with the Russians during the 2016 campaign. I can think of several words that describe the president's statement: prevarication, ...

Jul 5, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Mb Man writes, "Elections have consequences." Flyingsoucesir replies, Yes indeed! Even elections that are fraudulent, where a malignant foreign power wages a wildly successful disinformation campaign and manages to tip the scales in favor of a ...

Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 1, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

The meaning of the phrase "rule of law."

Should a President of the United States who is under criminal investigation be allowed to appoint the judges who might rule on his case?

General & Hellos

Jun 26, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Can someone please explain the difference between hovered and visited?

Silly, Random & Fun

Jun 23, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

What has four upstanders, four downhangers, two lookers, two hookers, and a dirty-old switchalong behind? ?

Jun 21, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Two or three times now I have responded to posts by Trump supporters with expository comments about the POTUS's many malfeasances. Invariably these individuals have turned tail and beat a hasty retreat, but not without first hiding/deleting their ...

Jun 18, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

What Twitler and Herr Sessions are conveniently ignoring in their zealous pursuit of immigration purity is that for decades the US has tacitly invited people to come and work, with or without papers. By failing to (A) ever sanction employers who hire...

Jun 17, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Write your own caption.

General & Hellos

Jun 15, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Do we currently live in a country governed by rule of law?

Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

A colleague just sent me this:

Jun 8, 2018Jun 2018

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A buddy sent me this today...

Silly, Random & Fun

Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Who was it that defined an atheist as a person with no invisible means of support??

Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

The Trump administration has ordered power grid operators to buy more electricity from dirty, polluting, inefficient, coal-burning power plants. Of all the fossil fuels, coal produces the most greenhouse gases per kilowatt of power. The atmospheric ...

May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

The POTUS accuses the FBI of planting a spy in his campaign, with the intention of preventing his presidency. He has even invented a catchy moniker for this supposed scandal: Spygate. But if it were really the case, how come the Bureau never leaked ...

May 27, 2018May 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

What are the odds?

We know that Michael Cohen was taking in millions of dollars selling access to the president. What are the odds the he was keeping all the loot for himself and not kicking a percentage up to his boss?

May 24, 2018May 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, speaking of the 2016 presidential election: "...of course the Russian effort affected the outcome. Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win. To conclude otherwise ...

May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Articles of impeachment against Nixon included his attempt to use the IRS against political opponents. Trump tried to get the Postal Service to double rates on Amazon because its owner also owns the Washington Post, whose reportage has been doing ...

May 13, 2018May 2018

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Given the recent revelations concerning the slush fund that the president's fixer Micheal Cohen was running, and the millions paid into that fund by favor-seeking corporations both foreign and domestic, shall we admit that the structure standing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is now officially a house of ill repute?

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