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Rationalists are those, whose thinking is strictly guided by the laws of logic.
Rationalists only accept as true, that which has been proven to be true,
through the application of the scientific method.



Neo's Daily Blog
(politics, religion, and science)



7/16/25

Journalist Matt Fleming tries to attack Socialism but ...

can only make vague, discredited accusations


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7/15/25

Now Erdogan is rounding up mayors, but only in cities controlled by ...

the opposition

The playbook is the same worldwide.
We are watching it play out in America ... right now.


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7/14/25

Researchers can now pull water from the air even in places as dry as ...

Death Valley


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7/13/25

Almost 40% of Tuvaluans (island nation of ~10,000) want ...

OFF!


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7/12/25

I was leery of Elon Musk’s "X" (twitter) but I chose to give it a try anyway.
I kept getting suspended when crybabies (Magats) reported my posts.
I pointed out that “Sieg Heil” translates to “Praise Victory.” It is NOT hate speech.
The moderators didn’t care. I was suspended anyway.

I also got suspended for violent speech for posting funny things.
After a few months, I finally gave up. I gave them a chance and now I regret it.
I’m guessing our freedom of speech will soon follow our democracy into oblivion.

Welcome to MAGAT WORLD

BTW, unlike YouTube, X allows you to block people,
so suspending people with whom the crybabies disagree is ...
totally unnecessary


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7/11/25

Salmon-hat wearing orcas also give each other ...

massages with kelp


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7/10/25

The Dollar just had its worst "first-half" year since ...

1973


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7/7/25

Global Peace Index

Maybe those anti-evolutionists are right?
This is strong evidence that if evolution is true ...
it is incredibly slow.


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7/6/25

Robert Reich explains that Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"
will likely kill about 16,000 Americans ...

per year

The Vietnam War killed far, far fewer Americans.


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7/5/25

Not all stories about the "non-wealthy" are depressing ...

Buying a house VS. renting a house


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7/3/25

Private Equity spends millions lobbying congress
and it turns out to be money well spent ...

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill


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7/3/25

U.S. immigration history

The main source of immigrants has changed from Europe
to non-white areas (Africa, Asia, Latin America).
Fascists use "race" (just like they did in 1930's Germany) to divide Americans;
in the same way that they've used religion, sex, and other differences to divide us.
That is how the 1% control the other 99%: they use the "Feeble" half against the other half.


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7/2/25

What is the culprit behind those sweltering summer nights?

Climate Change


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7/2/25

Austria shows America how to do it: after a mass shooting ...

they tighten gun laws


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7/1/25

#1 of 4 episodes on Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays ...

and their effect on society (58:45)


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6/30/25

Exactly 6 years ago today, Trump ordered bombers to bomb Iran
but "cooler heads" made him call them back ...

with 10 minutes to spare


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6/29/25

Latest study reveals that worldwide religious belief is divided roughly into quarters, among ...

1) Christians, 2) Muslims, 3) Nonbelievers, and 4) other religions

Evolution sure works slowly.


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6/29/25

Southern Baptists overwhelmingly vote against gay marriage ...

which Christ NEVER mentioned

The vast majority of those fake, phony-ass Christians are Republicans.
If you want to find real Christians, you will have to look in the Democratic party.


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6/27/25

Since 2010, states with more relaxed gun laws
saw a sharp rise in firearm deaths among children and teens ...

while those with stricter laws did not

Gee, what a fuckin' surprise, huh?


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6/27/25

Marco Rubio blasts the attack on Columbia's democracy
while actively helping Trump ...

destroy ours

The hypocrisy is just mind-blowing.


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6/26/25

Republicans join Democrats in effort to undo
some of the damage Trump has done:

Weather service positions to be restored


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6/26/25

Mongolia shows the courage to do what America is afraid to do ...

it boots out its leader

South Korea, Brazil, and Mongolia prove that it can be done ...
but it takes guts (something America has yet to find).


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6/25/25

New lenses give our eyes the ability to see visible and infrared light ...

at the same time


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6/24/25

House Republicans are trying to cut SNAP food benefits to children ages 8-17

Why? ... Because they have to pay for all those tax breaks for the rich.
At this point, calling Republicans "human" ... is a stretch.


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6/24/25

The millionaire and billionaire families are growing ...

rapidly

Money quote
"The number of global millionaires now stands at 23.4 million;
7.9 million of them are in the US."

34% of the world's millionaires are in the U.S.
The U.S. has ~4% of the world's population.
Therefore, the U.S. has 8-9 times the number of millionaires
that one would expect for its size.


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6/23/25

Trump fights to "protect our border";
meanwhile death at the border actually seems to be going ...

in the other direction

We are the ones exporting death to countless individuals ... all for money.


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6/23/25

Journalist John Stossel tries to push the old lie "Socialism always fails" ...

and gets his ass handed to him - in a jar

Magats NEVER have any facts on their side.


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6/22/25

Study finds that regular marijuana use,
including both smoking and THC-laced edibles, is linked to ...

early warning signs of cardiovascular disease


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6/21/25

The Oligarchs who run the big corporations ...

turn on their shareholders


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6/19/25

To save every penny they can,
(in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the rich)
the Trump/Musk administration cuts out ...

sign language interpreters


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