Embattled Belief .. The Religious Experiences of American Military Nicholas Pellegrino This fascinating essay by Nicholas Pellegrino asks an important question. Why are America’s military cemeteries filled with crosses? Even if, in the days of yore, 90% of Americans filled in the blan[...]
Archive for May, 2019
May 26th, 2019 - 8:36 am § in Donald Trump
Memorial Day 2020: Where is YOUR PRESIDENT?
The Answer (5/26/2019, Tokyo) Did the US just start becoming obsessed with SUMO? Yesterday Donald J. Trump presented a massive “US President’s Cup” to the new SUMO champ! Smiling and waving before the roughly 11,500 the Donald became the first U.S. president to attend such a sumo tou[...]
May 26th, 2019 - 1:22 am § in Misc.
Time to Redo The Cabinet and the VEEP
The epic and often reprehensible composition of Trump’s cabinet suggests that the time has come to restructure the cabinet to better represent the administrative part of our triune system of governance. An incompetent Cabinet is not new to Trump. A redo of the Cabinet should create a rol[...]
May 26th, 2019 - 12:26 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Einstein on Prayer … 80 years later
January 19, 1936 My dear Dr. Einstein, We have brought up the question: Do scientists pray? in our Sunday school class. It began by asking whether we could believe in both science and religion. We are writing to scientists and other important men to try and have our own question answered. We will fe[...]
May 25th, 2019 - 5:59 pm § in Misc.
Today’s Trump Titillating Tweets and Terrific Triumphs
Trump tweets his love for Kim. “North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me,” Trump tweeted Sunday while visiting Japan. “I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Bidan[...]
May 25th, 2019 - 8:06 am § in Misc.
The Myths of Evolution
How did fish evolve to breathe air? The answer is obvious. There are no air-breathing animals. They are mythical like golden chariots in space or fire breathing dragons.[...]
May 24th, 2019 - 11:18 am § in Donald Trump
Trump’s trained seal
He barks on command and belongs in a circus. (Read story here.)[...]
May 23rd, 2019 - 9:13 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
IS THIS TRUMP’S DEFINITION OF A TERRORIST?
(Various sources, AFP, Farsi News, Law.com) The US has detained a well respected Iranian scientist for nearly seven months for allegedly attempting to ship growth hormones. Professor Masoud Soleimani had been invited to meet at the Mayo Clinic. The US canceled his research visa while he was alre[...]