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This web site is dedicated to the eradication of irrational thinking.
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)



8/10/18

The Trump administration continues to bully world organizations
which are engaged in efforts to help people ...

wherever those efforts threaten corporate profits

"the US position aligned with infant formula manufacturers."

Right/Wrong no longer has any meaning in modern-day America.

There is only ... greed


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8/9/18

Conservative political commentator George Will warned Republicans about Trump in April of 2017 (7:02)



Since that video was made, everything George Will said has been magnified a hundred times.
Yet Republicans continue to sell out their country ... for power.


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8/8/18

Even God says life (human soul) begins with ...

the first breath

Notice: that was from a Christian source.


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8/7/18

When did fish first begin to breath air?

Video - 9:07

We've come a long way, baby.


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8/5/18

Governor Rick Snyder celebrates 8 years of transferring wealth from the people ...

to the big corporations

Now Trump is doing to America, what Snyder did to Michigan.


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8/4/18

Apple just became the first Trillion-dollar company.
How did they do it?

By selling out Americans

Keep voting Republican. The rich sure do appreciate ... your support!


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8/3/18

The missing third of ordinary matter has been found ...

million-degree filaments of oxygen between galaxies

Now we just need to find that dark matter.


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8/2/18

Facebook is trying to protect American elections from Russian influence

So the Republicans fight back in the House!

And Republicans fight back in the Senate!

When even Facebook is more patriotic than our elected congressmen
it is clear that these Republicans need to be tried for treason.

Keep voting Republican. The rich sure do appreciate ... Your Support!


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7/31/18

Panspermia (the theory that life began on Earth after arriving from outer space)

Another classic Novella take-down

It is definitely worth the time (great training) to watch how Novella destroys this guy's argument.
This guy wasn't some religious nut or political "useful idiot" - but a well-qualified scientist;
which is what makes this dissection all that much more impressive.

Even scientists are vulnerable to irrationality when they allow their egos to outgrow their brains.


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7/30/18

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the founders of "The Giving Pledge."
Members of The Giving Pledge have promised, that when they die,
they will contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Click on Bill's picture to see the list of rich people who have pledged to donate.


Bill Gates Warren Buffett


I would like to see a breakdown by political affiliation.
I am curious to see if there are ANY Republicans on the list.


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7/29/18

U.S. productivity v. wages (since WW2)

Productivity has continued to increase.
But all the benefits from that productivity ...

now go to the rich


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7/28/18

If you've been involved in the skeptical movement
then you are probably familiar with the phrase:

"Correlation does not imply causation."

Here is a web site that does a fantastic job
of teaching this concept to others:

Spurious Correlations


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7/26/18

On the same day that Russian agent Maria Butina was indicted,
the NRA pressured Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to ...

legalize 'dark money'

Republicans no longer even bother to try to hide their treason.
The only explanation for that, is that they know ...

that they OWN their base of idiots


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7/24/18

Medicaid expansion produces significant health benefits

Yet Republicans are doing everything in their power to take it away from the people

And the most amazing part of all, is that many of these people ... still vote Republican.

In related news ...

Worldwide, 8 million largely preventable deaths from treatable diseases
cost $6 trillion in lost economic welfare in low and middle-income countries in 2015
due to insufficient access to high-quality medical care.

But 8 million deaths mean nothing to the wealthy


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7/23/18

A writer believes that former Supreme Court Justice Stevens is wrong about ...

repealing the Second Amendment (6 pages)


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7/21/18

Some scientists think they have proof that God exists ...

like Robert Nelson (9 pages)

It's amazing what counts as proof ... to the desperately delusional.


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7/20/18

Here is a comparison (13 pages) between
the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights v.

The Republican Party platform

Human rights don't even register as an issue in the Republican party;
which is not surprising once you understand
that their singular purpose is to transfer as much wealth as possible
from the masses ... into the pockets of the rich.


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7/19/18

Rare alignment of planets on one side of the Sun
means that the barycenter of our Solar System
is the farthest it can be from the Sun's surface.
Unfortunately, this guy didn't seem to be aware of it (3:14):




Explanation


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7/17/18

Republicans have been attacking FBI agents, claiming they were anti-Trump.
In response, Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly from Virginia
brilliantly uses sarcasm to expose the hypocrisy of the Republican party.
This is truly, one of the greatest Ass-Whoopins in Congressional history (5:00):



Now that's how you do it


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7/15/18

Trump insults crowd right to their face ... and they cheered him!



People that stupid should not be allowed out in public ... without guards.

For those of you who still don't get it, I will explain:
He tricked them by acting like he was praising their loyalty,
but in reality, he was telling them that they were so incredibly stupid,
that he could do anything he wanted (even shoot someone) ...
and they would still support him.

And sadly ... time would prove him right


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7/13/18

The evolution of the Republican party can be divided into 3 periods:
They began as the "Party of Lincoln" and were responsible ending slavery;
which had been supported mainly by Southern Democrats (the South was completely "Blue").

But when Democratic President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964
and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, racist elements within the Southern Democrats felt betrayed
and switched their allegiance to the Republican party (that's why the South is now "Red").
Nixon took advantage of this to win the presidency in 1968 by instituting the "Southern Strategy."

About 40 years later, the Republican party continued its voyage to "The Dark Side"
as the Plutocrats concentrated their efforts on America's most gullible and easily manipulated faction ... "Evangelicals."
Evangelicals are Christians in name only. They stand against everything that Jesus stood for ...
but they can't get enough of Jesus' Old Man: you know, the Guy who never met a living creature, animal or human ...

that He didn't want dead.

The Plutocrats molded the Republican party into a cohesive voting unit built around a party platform
that catered to its various factions: Evangelicals, Racists, and Greedy Capitalists
(those are Capitalists who are cursed with uncontrollable greed).

That was a brief, general overview of the moral degradation that has turned a once-proud political party
into an enemy of the people: the greatest enemy America has faced ... since the Civil War.

To quote President Trump ... #SAD


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7/12/18

There is a negative correlation between cognitive ability and ...

both religion and conservatism

This should be pretty obvious to anyone who has debated online with either type.
But what the study doesn't address is the amazing level of arrogance
that these cognitively-challenged conservatives display.
They are willing to sink to any level of immaturity to avoid admitting they are wrong.


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