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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)



1/3/25

New Chilean president Jose Kast and his wife



And on the world stage, another democratic domino ... falls

There aren't many left.


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1/2/25

In India, millions of women receive direct payments ...

as state recognition of domestic labor


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1/1/26

Plant sexuality is complicated:
most are hermaphrodites ...

the rest can be either male or female


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12/31/25

Huge study (30 million people)
shows that the Covid vaccine
does NOT increase death rate
while the unvaccinated died at a rate ...

50% higher


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12/29/25

Zuckerberg was already on his knees,
now he's stripped down and gone butt up in the air
with cheeks spread wide apart ...

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content


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12/28/25

The FED has surrendered to Trump's takeover:
the interest rate has been lowered for the third time ...

this time, in the absence of data!

The FED is now down on its knees, kissing the ring.


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12/26/25

Fewer than 60,000 people (0.00075% of the world’s population)
control 3 times as much wealth as ...

the entire bottom half of humanity (~4 billion humans)


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12/25/25

Trump says it is 'Seditious' and 'Treasonous' to question his mental health

Question:
How many hundreds of times did Donald Trump question
Joe Biden's mental health and cognitive capabilities when Biden was in office?

Seems to me like "The Donald" just confessed to hundreds of acts of Treason.
(sometimes these little kings just make this ... waaaaaaay too easy)


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12/24/25

Trump shuts down CBS "60 minutes" episode

Propaganda doesn't just consist of lies, but also,
suppression of the truth.


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12/23/25

CBS is becoming "Fox News Light" as more and more knees are bending and ...

kissing the ring


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12/22/25

Trump admin allows big corporations to resume ...

defecating on the poor

(you didn't know that I meant that literally, didja?)


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12/20/25

Robert Reich explains why Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize ...

less than any president in U.S. history


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12/19/25

Elon Musk demonstrates how some Oligarchs give the appearance of charity ...

the Musk Foundation


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12/18/25

Scientists zero in on a way to slow down aging by ...

recharging mitochondria


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12/17/25

Bolsonaro's son has just thrown his hat in the ring

If Trump is forcibly removed from office
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see
Donald Junior do the same thing.


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12/16/25

New England is warming faster than almost anywhere else on Earth ...

~twice as fast as the global average

RELATED 12/12/25

The moratorium on shrimp has been extended due to ... warming oceans


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12/15/25

Cults (like MAGA) use cognitive dissonance
to befuddle and control their victims (members) ...

Trump frees convicted drug dealer

There are a slew of examples of MAGA using this tactic.
Probably the best known one is
convincing Evangelicals that Republican Jesus
is the same as the King James Jesus ...
when they couldn't possibly be any more different.


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12/14/25

Classic Fox "news" propaganda.

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert uses "psychological projection" on viewers

As a trained professional, Alpert knows exactly what he is doing.
This isn't ignorance ... it's intentional dishonesty.


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12/12/25

Federal judge Mark Wolf resigns
but isn't running from the battle ...

but towards it


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12/11/25

Leigh McGowan is seeking warriors for ...

Earth Justice (2:25)


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12/10/25

Robert Reich weighs in on the Trump attacks against ...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly


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12/7/25

America's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

has been severely disabled by the Trump administration

It looks like Trump may have been right.
We may not have to worry about voting anymore.


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12/6/25

Just as everyone expected,
the Oligarchs made sure that no "progress" was made at ...

the UN climate summit in Brazil

And the Oligarchs keep pushing civilization to ... the brink of disaster.


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