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Secular Sunday – The Positions Modern Religious Republicans Hold Are, Quite Literally, 100% Incorrect

Think about it. They look at the world through the lens of a religion that is clearly a fantasy. Virtually all their decisions are made looking through that lens. Consequently, virtually all of their beliefs, opinions and decisions are objectively wrong. They reject science in favor of their “faith”, so vaccines are from the […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science, unitedstates

Music Monday – “I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean/I love the country but I can’t stand the scene/And I’m neither left or right/I’m just staying home tonight/Getting lost in that hopeless little screen”

“Democracy” – Leonard Cohen

¶ Posted 07 November 2022 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, music, television, unitedstates

Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs

RIP Loretta Lynn. Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century. Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL […]

¶ Posted 04 October 2022 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, music

Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?

9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, health, history, science

Secular Sunday – Supreme Injustice

¶ Posted 26 June 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Tampa Bay Players Refuse To Wear Gay Pride Logo On Their Uniforms Saying Their Religion Forbids It

I always chuckle as how selective (some) Christians are about which “rules” they follow and even how they decide that these rules exist in a book that was written thousands of years ago. Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear the Gay Pride logo on their uniforms this weekend — saying their religious beliefs wouldn't […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2022 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Catching Up With An Old Friend

A lifelong buddy who now lives in Arizona and who we haven’t seen in years sent me a text that he was back in town for the weekend and wanted to meet for a pint. I was so excited I booked a time with him, completely forgetting that we’d also planned a family supper for […]

¶ Posted 21 May 2022 § Family § Jobs § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: unitedstates

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

¶ Posted 11 May 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

¶ Posted 09 May 2022 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, music, science, unitedstates

Still Negative (And Some Random Covid News & Thoughts)

I’ve probably felt like I had Covid dozens of times over the past couple years – every sniffle, every scratchy throat – but the last few days were the first time I was *certain* I had it due to my symptoms – heavy cough, tight chest, fatigued, etc. etc. – along with the sense from […]