New Florida Law Allows Providers To Deny People Healthcare Based On ‘Moral Objections’ ...

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

Until we have an law that prosecutes political malfeasance, this shit will go on. and on. and on....

Artificial intelligence has developed its first drug: a vaccine Artificial intelligence will soon...

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

The ability of AI to accurately predict protein receptor structure means that we will quickly develop anti-viral compounds for any virus. We will develop ligands (agonists or antagonists) for every receptor. We will be able to tailor every treatment to each person's genotype...

Hacking humanity: transhumanism The notion that the world can be replicated and ...

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

All these notions of merging human brains with electronics can only come from an utter ignorance about the brain. Transhumanism has a much reality as the Bible's unicorns. Stalinism, Qanon, AntiVaxxers, and MAGAism show us what religion will become. Transhumanism is ongoing... just not on this planet... (Except maybe Archuleta Mesa/Dulce)

I agree with him

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

Evolution is one of the few profound truths humanity has discovered. And yet, after thousands of years of thousands of religions, all claiming divine inspiration, not one of them revealed it. All that divinity, all that holier-than-thou, all that inspiration, it was always horse shit. What a waste.

They really love Jesus

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

Wow, that's great. So all we need to own the wing-nuts is to mock Jesus? Let's get to it... (We all know Jesus was the original trans cross-dresser. Did you know that Jesus was ALSO a pedophile? (He loves all the little children) And he makes it a point to pee on the bathing pool, wears his hair like a girl, and kisses his guy friends on the lips...).

Just imagine how high must the gas bill be

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

“I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said. “I still like playing it down because I don't want to create a panic.”Sep 9, 2020

It's time to go out and flaunt

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

Frodo lives...

Take your pick

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

Almost???

This remains unanswered to date.

racocn8 comments on May 14, 2023:

It's OK for God to be an adulterer. It's OK for God to be a liar. It's OK for God to be a murderer. It's OK for God to be a mass murdering psychopath. It's also OK for God to disrespect God,... and fuck the Sabbeth. It's OK for God to have other Gods. It is not OK for us to be God-like... Or is it?

Put them on all of them.

racocn8 comments on May 13, 2023:

The GQP are so convinced of their own patriotism that they are oblivious to their own treason. (But readily project it on democrats.)

Based on early returns, I'd say they blew it.

racocn8 comments on May 13, 2023:

It appeared to be a mixture of rank incompetence and kow-towing to the ultra-conservative board members - - Both utterly shameful. Why not just broadcast a burning cross for an hour? Or a swastika with Trump's face on it. Maybe E. Jean Carroll should sue Fox for a billion. They could have yanked the plug at any time. The real shame of it is A. Cooper's absurd defense. I'll never see him in the same light.

[reuters.

racocn8 comments on May 13, 2023:

Concluding paragraph: "Islamic Jihad spurns coexistence with Israel and preaches its destruction. Top ministers of Israel's religious nationalist government rule out any state sought by Palestinians in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war." Not quite bookends, but the similarities are notable.

I'm a pizza and taco kind of guy, so you can bet your ass who I'm going to save and then lock the ...

racocn8 comments on May 13, 2023:

Where's the gasoline can?

Actor Viggo Mortensen

racocn8 comments on May 13, 2023:

Played well in LOTR.

How's it end?

racocn8 comments on May 12, 2023:

I give it 90%. I'll still hold out hope for the 10% where he's incarcerated in an actual penal facility. He deserves the death penalty more than a 1000 times over, so justice cannot be served.

For your consideration: I propose that no one really believes that full human personhood begins at ...

racocn8 comments on May 12, 2023:

Personhood is an artificial concept having no basis in the real world. It is a fiction contrived for legal convenience. If a fertilized egg is a person, what happens when that person turns into twins? What happens when two blastocysts merge to become a single blastocyst with two sets of genes. Theology-based laws do not have a place in a secular society and their imposition violates the wall of separation. We lack appropriate punishment of those that subvert our pluralism and seek to force their religion on the rest of us. That punishment should be in keeping with penalties for insurrection. The legislators passing this BS should all get 10 years. Their lives are already worthless anyway.

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 5/12/2023 The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board upheld an examining ...

racocn8 comments on May 12, 2023:

I got burned by the PTO similar to the first notice listed. The examiner claimed that I could not register the name of my company because I sought to sell a product containing CBD. How do they get off contriving policy to support the DEA? It would appear that the GQP have sought to capture various agencies and pervert them based on their screwball worldview. The PTO needs to have these bad actors expelled, and other agencies need to be looked at carefully for similar corruption.

CANNABIS CULTURE 5/11/2023 MMA fighter Nate Diaz will be subject to marijuana testing for a ...

racocn8 comments on May 11, 2023:

Given how cannabis can reduce trauma from inflammation, this is a stupid ruling.

No actual tyrant known to history has ever been guilty of one-hundredth of the crimes, massacres, ...

racocn8 comments on May 11, 2023:

Having facilitated more than a million Covid deaths, Trump has come close to that 1% or exceeded it.

[evolutionnews.

racocn8 comments on May 11, 2023:

Lying for Jesus. How ironic that those who seek spiritual fulfillment embrace dishonesty and trash their integrity.

Bad factoid, and an interesting idea for public finance.

racocn8 comments on May 11, 2023:

Rubles going to Congressmen via the NRA might have something to do with it.

Perhaps I should be worried about climate change after all [9news.com.au]

racocn8 comments on May 10, 2023:

We've had two tornadoes strike here this year when we've never had them here before...

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs.

racocn8 comments on May 10, 2023:

A problem which we assiduously prevent by using morons instead....

True story

racocn8 comments on May 10, 2023:

So when they come to the door, now we can just shoot them?...

The 13 Federal Charges Against George Santos 7 counts: Wire fraud Related to a fraudulent ...

racocn8 comments on May 10, 2023:

I'm betting that, had he resigned when this stuff started coming out, he wouldn't have been prosecuted. His arrogance, thinking that he'd be immune like Trump, means he'll be hurting for the rest of his life. He's an a-hole, so he is deserving. Thing is, Santos is low hanging 'fruit' (!); a bone to toss to the left while the GQP traitors in the House get a pass. That kind of cynical treatment of justice won't get the DOJ off the hook.

Micro-penis for the win

racocn8 comments on May 10, 2023:

It bothers me that because the jury declined the rape charge, that somehow Trump isn't a rapist. Other women have said he DID rape them, and his attitude supports their accusations. Republicans KNEW Trump is a rapist and a pedophile before 2016, as well as being a pervert, super-bigot, sociopath, and a lot more. They never had an excuse for embracing such a low-life, other than worshiping money.

New Proud Boys logo....

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

Maybe it should be Prison Bitches....

Trump found liable in the E. Jean Carroll case!!! 5 mil in damages!!!

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

How about double or nothing? If the appeal loses, he has to pay double.

Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe | CNN Politics

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

OK. But what about all the goddamned congresspersons that aided Jan 6? Yeah, lying is so much worse than sedition...

Antiperspirants do not cause cancer.

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

Paid for by Proctor and Gamble...

The Second Amendment, corrected for Modern America.

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

Repeal it.

So very true

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

A little too much LSD...

Pun intended

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

Tiresome to clean though...

It happened to me

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2023:

And with the Gomork's help (Putin), the Nothing has all but consumed Fantasia...

Once again the offended "God" doesn't show up but his fan club has no problem carrying out his ...

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

Murder at the behest of deluded clerics? Is that like murder at the behest of NRA clerics?

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 5;/6/2023 Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, a former ...

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

Lots of smoke but no fire...

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH 5/6/2023 A review concluded that "cannabinoids have a role in ...

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

#2) The 'non-significant' decrease in traffic accidents won't be non-significant to those that are able to drive without being crashed into...

Just treat people the way you want to be treated.

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

Becoming a deranged hypocrite is the whole idea...

So, he didn't cut his Ireland trip short to testify? What a shocker!

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

If only. That would almost be a fitting punishment...

Texas Republican Angry that Folks Want More than ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ The Washington Post...

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

What. A Republican in denial. Who could imagine such a person? (Rep. Keith Self) What is sickening is how the denial takes the form of imagining the psychopath wasn't a Christian. I don't recall there being too many atheists on the right wing. They don't dare admit it if they want to preserve their association with the other wing-nuts.

A science riddle. Do you know why?

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

She'll be a hunchback by 55, with a lot of pain.

I just began reading The Empath's Survival Guide by Dr Judith Orloff.

racocn8 comments on May 8, 2023:

I opened myself to the possibility of being intuitive about 9 years ago. I don't know what I'm keying into but I've had some surprising successes. The most interesting came when I sought to find the flaw in a jet septic tank that imploded. Fortunately, it was pretty clean when I was inspecting it. I used a computer-linked microscope and managed to find tiny cracks in a welded spot. That was it!!! This microscopic crack allowed 'moisture' to seep into the lining between the steel and the carbon-fiber shell. With the repeated pressurizing of the tank, the separation grew until the end-cap puckered in catastrophically. That couldn't have smelled good. Unfortunately, even though I discovered the root cause of these failures, I got zero credit from my manager or from the company. Corporate assholes. Especially as they were involved in major litigation and the flaw, once discovered, was unambiguous. I'll be interested to hear more about your sense of empathy and how it is expressed.

The most important thing in the world is family and love

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

Yesterday I went to the 'wake' for my cousin's daughter Maria. About 80 people showed up. She was 27 and the cause of death is still unknown. She had reported feeling sick and nausea for 3 days earlier. In those 27 years, she lived in Australia for a while, in Brazil for two years, and chased eclipses with her family in Patagonia and elsewhere. She also helped her Mother provide dental care for a Sioux reservation and worked as a Congressional page. Among the testimonials, her friends repeatedly described her as fearless (bordering on reckless?) but especially disarming and charming. I was struck by how many people felt that Maria had inspired them to be more outgoing and adventurous. While she led by example, it is possible her lifestyle and personality took her life prematurely. And yet, what life she lived was lived richly.

It never really ends does it?...

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

I hear you. However, some people are more comfortable creating and telling certain kinds of lies. Fox will not and probably can not do better. However, Carlson's broadcasts contained especially vile bigotry and it takes a certain amount of personal degradation to get to where Carlson was. If there were any respite, it would be minimal. Even so, I sleep a little better knowing he is off the air. It IS a modest win, but they HAVE declared war and we can never give them any quarter.

“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

Authority figure issues?

Complains about unemployment

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

At least Lizzo makes music... (but both are difficult to look at)

Texas shooting: Eight killed by gunman in Allen mall: [bbc.

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

OK. If we won't publish photos of the victims remains, how about the autopsy reports. We need to apply pressure and the only way to do that is to kick them in the balls. Show what these weapons are doing and you can be sure the Republicans will either fold or get voted out. It must be made crystal clear that they represent the most depraved and degenerate evil. Those who have thrown in their lot with them are the lowest form of asshole.

Trio of Texas Churches Donated to Political Candidate Despite Clear IRS Prohibition A ...

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

"They're dying Jim." "Let them die..." And can we give them a shove out the door whenever opportune. We should draft an update to the Johnson Amendment with decades of prison time for religious kooks that want to impose their theology on the rest of us. (Seeing as they have nothing but hatred for women and non-whites). They need to know that pursuing their holy war will eventually result in their own destruction.

Ipse dixit noun An assertion without proof.

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

Proof is rare, perhaps confined to mathematics. (I'd suggest the definition to be "An assertion without evidence.")

New Alzheimer's drug slows disease by a third [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on May 7, 2023:

The Cannabinoids, CBDA and THCA, Rescue Memory Deficits and Reduce Amyloid-Beta and Tau Pathology in an Alzheimer’s Disease-like Mouse Model https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10095267/ So you can pay Lilly tens of thousands of dollars a year for a toxic poison, or eat some fresh hemp.

School board candidate withdraws from race after Christian Nationalist ties exposed

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

What a surprise. An ultra-bigoted know-nothing Christian fascist bully with decades in the sheriff's office.

Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe -- AP News

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

I say we apply the same standard of treatment to domestic terrorists as to international terrorists. Every person who attended the attempted coup should be sent to Guantanamo for special treatment and questioning. Perhaps some of the capitol police would help dole out the 'therapy.'

Hillary Clinton joins calls for ‘enforceable’ Supreme Court code of ethics | The Hill

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

A lot of good that does us now when she's out of office. Basically, more thoughts and prayers...

I posed as a female on two separate dating sites, using a stock photo of a lady with a average ...

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

People are so maladjusted in so many ways. People collect rabbitholes they've gone down and look for others that match their obsessions. The society is a toxic brew of psychopaths, sociopaths and disordered assholes that wouldn't touch integrity with a 10 foot pole. What a cesspool...

Damn, why didn't i ever think of this. Well we can't all be geniuses.

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

" "Denial of service" or "DoS" describes the ultimate goal of a class of cyber attacks designed to render a service inaccessible. "

“To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting.

racocn8 comments on May 6, 2023:

The cruelty appeals to the Christians, who then vote for GQP. The point is for the wealthy to maintain their power and control over the rest of us.

Healthy choice...

racocn8 comments on May 5, 2023:

You might want to cure it a bit first...

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

racocn8 comments on May 5, 2023:

Wait until you see them actually get sentences. I'm sure they'll all get the lightest of wrist taps. (And not the 20 years spelled out in the Constitution)

Also called the "Quiet Resignation"

racocn8 comments on May 5, 2023:

Sisyphus?

Had my final divorce court hearing today to settle a few issues.

racocn8 comments on May 4, 2023:

What or who is 'narc'?

How to meet women at the grocery store...?

racocn8 comments on May 4, 2023:

Pheromones?

She really is the director of a sleep lab

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Is that like dog owners that look like their pet?

It takes a special kind of racist to come up with this threat.

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Would someone be so kind as to drop a house on her?

They take us for fools.

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Are we starting to understand why the democrats rejected Bork and similar wacko prospects?

Baptist missionary convicted of sexual abuse after giving 4-y.o. victim gonorrhea

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

This is the psychopathic sexual repression that Christianity creates.

Letters From An American 05/02/2023

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Let us see the howls from the GQP seditionists objecting if the administration ignores their newest sabotage.

Trump adjacent and frightening if accurate

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Democracy is bullshit.

As a matter of fact......

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

Gee, I thought Jesus WAS God. So, he's talking to himself? He has forsaken himself? One has to be a seriously intentionally stupid asshole to read the bible and swallow it. Oh, yeah, that's faith alright...

Modesty is required

racocn8 comments on May 3, 2023:

So they haven't shaved?

It is time for people to see the benefit of unions or the workers will be swallowed by the ...

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

After working as an engineer for 8 years, a reorganization put me back in the Quality Administration. Although I continued to do work as an engineer, they insisted on stripping me of my engineer title, saying the industry didn't classify anyone working in QA as an engineer. Shortly after that, a female operator sought to transfer into QA. That became a problem because as a member of the union, she got a lot more money than the other QA technicians. After a year of measly pay raises, the QA technicians (11 people!!) advised the company that they wanted to vote to unionize. They held the vote and they became part of the union. The company responded by transferring the QA manager to a BS job (basically a demotion) and put a real a-hole in his place... As if the QA manager had anything to do with how HR created the problem in the first place. Corporations have steadily worked to erode all the social contracts that had been in place for decades. Then they wonder why productivity has slipped. Not to mention the blatant nepotism and extremely unequal pay doled out to the privileged.

So now that Pornhub has blocked the entire state is Utah going to change their welcome signs to ...

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

The time it will take to see rapes climb: 1 hour.

Hype or hope? Nasal COVID-19 vaccines YLE 05/02/2023

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

Interesting arguments. They may need something different to entice anti-vaxxers. It's not likely anything will presuade them at this point though. The ones I know have become fully paranoid. If they're trying to stimulate IgA, it might be better to try micro-encapsulating the vaccine with something that can make it past the stomach. The nose may be too close to the brain to be a good place to foster an artificial infection. At this point, anti-virals may be the more effective strategy. Let the anti-vaxxers get their Darwin award.

Dementia drug.

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

Please note that, once again, cannabis shows promise: "The Cannabinoids, CBDA and THCA, Rescue Memory Deficits and Reduce Amyloid-Beta and Tau Pathology in an Alzheimer’s Disease-like Mouse Model" https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/7/6827 I have been developing the techniques to produce hemp-containing capsules to reduce nausea. The CBDA acts on 5HT-3A receptors to shut it down with stunning effectiveness. And it is not expensive.

Pornhub blocks Utah users over new age access law. [kslnewsradio.com]

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

Hilarious. The more these morons embarrass themselves, the better.

I think he is single ...ladies?

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

Lobotomy material. Some organs might still work...

The draft dodging traitor looks so "uncanny valley" with normal sized hands

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

The real question is, at what point does that POS leave the country for good?

I had the same question

racocn8 comments on May 2, 2023:

Maybe think of her as coming to look like that **because** she hates so much...

He shouldn't have.....

racocn8 comments on May 1, 2023:

Where's that bolt-cutter....?

The longer I’m out of religion the more I feel like I need to apologize for being an idiot.

racocn8 comments on May 1, 2023:

Don't beat yourself up too much; you had a lot of company. The scam is insidious and cruelty is the point. Resolve to improve every day, regardless of whether you achieve it. Resolve to ennoble others, know yourself, and be moderate. Pick your rabbit holes carefully.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your ...

racocn8 comments on May 1, 2023:

One may have the power to revoke the pain, but SHOULD one do so? It may be situational... One may need to compose oneself to deal with higher priorities. Putting frustrations aside may be useful, but may also harm the personality by burying trauma (i.e. PTSD)

Elon Musk (Full Interview) | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

At 20 minutes, Musk complains that the self-censorship at Twitter shouldn't have been illegal. To say that now is insane. He knows full well that private companies can regulate speech. Of course he refuses to admit the speech he wants to allow is bigoted hate-speech. Do these shits not grasp how nearly all the shootings have been prompted by Fox's racism? The denigration of being woke has never been more than surreptitious racism, but Maher loves it. Woke mind virus???? Utter bilge. That has to be coming from Fox and the GRU. Maher even minimized slavery at one point. Assholes. Two self-aggrandizing deplorables.

Turn around is fair play.

racocn8 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

Except being gay is an honest natural expression of one's character. Being Christian is a dishonest expression of exclusion and condemnation of non-believers, and perverts ones honor, integrity, and sexual competence.

Jesus makes it clear

racocn8 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

There is no sin. There was no Jesus. Christianity is a scam.

[tiktok.com] Unpleasant memories 🙄

racocn8 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

It's the difference between the pretense of patriotism, and the real thing. It's the difference between the pretense of honor and integrity, and the real thing.

"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

That would be a fine sentiment up until the point you recall all those who behave with harmful intent and harmful effect.

Watch out for those Martain women...

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

I love long legs. (or are they tentacles?)

[triblive.com] The Polio vaccine. Remember when people WEREN'T morons?

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

I remember seeing people with the vaccine scar and wondering why I didn't have one (and being glad not to be scarred like that). (Now I'm proud of my scars...)

Kansas lawmaker to non-Christian constituents: I'll "try and convert you"

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

Being attacked for being a Christian is like being attacked because one is a rapist. Christians can never be honest stewards of government so long as they honor their delusions above the welfare of the people they took an oath to serve. (That oath is a lie for Christians, and it's all downhill from there.)

N.C. Supreme Court rules it can't weigh in on partisan gerrymandering -- Axios

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

A government must have protocols to severely punish corruption, and follow through with a commitment to enforce those protocols. We have neither.

Arizona state Democrat apologizes after being caught hiding Bibles in state Capitol | The Hill

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

She should have removed them altogether. It's not a fucking hotel room.

Man Shoots 5 People AR15 Because They Dared Ask Him to Stop Shooting in Yard

racocn8 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

The media is 100% complicit because... Suppose the media were to display the destroyed remains of these shootings. That would end the controversy right there and we'd get the gun legislation we should have. But no, preserving the "dignity" of the victims is more important than saving thousands of lives. Yeah, right...

She must have been a dancer...

racocn8 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

I had a lady friend when I visited Elysian Fields (clothing optional spot in Topanga). She found that this hot tub pool had a water jet coming out of the wall that provided entertainment...

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 4/28/2023 Sen.

racocn8 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

The Republicans are terrified that they might have to eat crow (voting against veterans getting access to cannabis). When the time comes, that crow will be jammed down their throats till they suffocate. As they deserve.

INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS 4/28/2023 Czech Republic officials are moving to ban the marketing ...

racocn8 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

Brilliant. The Czech Republic bans all CBD products despite zero evidence of hazard or toxicity, and a wealth of evidence that they provide beneficial effects. Then use synthetic intoxicant as cover. This part of the culture war is a pitched battle. After the fascist lose, we will NOT forget.

Texas agriculture commissioner tells employees to dress according to 'biological gender'

racocn8 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

Biological sex is sex. External dress and appearance comprise gender. I'd say drag DOES suggest gender identity, and not necessarily biological sex.

Texas Lawmakers Want Religious Indoctrination In Schools — May God Help Us All

racocn8 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

In the absence of anything like sexual prowess (having had their sexuality repressed by their religion), Texans seek to compensate for their insecurity by trying to "own the libs". Also, they fear how education will teach their children how to think critically and thus reject their parent's religion. Hence, they intend to create as much trouble for public schools as possible... even if it means letting their kids get shot up once in a while.

A perfect diagnosis

racocn8 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

Men will fuck anything. Women won't...

Mickey has him by the hairs....

racocn8 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

The second mouse gets the cheese...

What has the U$A learned since the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 [abc.net.au] ?

racocn8 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

That bigotry has always been there, a product of Christianity and slavery. Maybe we can muster a sliver of hope as the churches empty out and close. Christianity is not going away any time soon, but exposing it as the source of many (or most) evildoing in our society needs to continue.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on God - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

What real world is it where parents terrorize their children with horrific lies, traumatizing them into sexually repressed insecure emotional fragility? What sort of world turns broad swaths of otherwise rational people into rabid raving lunatics intent on imposing their madness on everyone else?