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Quote of the Day: Zeichner on Trump

The other day, Martin Zeichner posted this on a Trump thread: Thank you for this post. I have also given the topic of "Why does Trump have any supporters at all?" some thought. I figure that it must be that Trump's hard core base must identify

Supreme Court Approves Publicly-Funded Christian Favoritism

This is from the American Humanist Association: The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed the earlier U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision in the ongoing Bladensburg cross litigation. The court will allow the Bladensburg cross to stand, but will not upset the overarching national precedent forbidding

The Disconnect Between News and Reality

These sorts of surveys are always fascinating reading and viewing. So often, there is a disconnect between what we think is the case in any number of scenarios in the world around us, and the reality. We are really bad at estimating and we are swayed by the news quite

Another Comment on Comments

This is just a further post on the comments situation act has rightfully enraged a whole bunch of you. I just want to say, once and for all, that this is not a case of censorship for nefarious reasons of Patheos, or the owners Belief Net, wanting to shut down

Poll: Tory Party Members Would Rather Trash UK Than Remain In EU

This latest YouGov survey is an absolute shocker. It really is. And I can verify these stats with the last two party members I have spoken to (in my extended family). It has got to the point where political stubbornness has led to these extreme positions. We really are looking

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