THE SKEPTIC ARENA


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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)



4/1/25

There is no other word for this story than simply ... "cruel"

health and human services are being shut down

America voted for this and now the bill is coming due.


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3/31/25

Here is a great example, showing how the richest of the rich ...

are taking control of America


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3/30/25

A psychiatrist explains why Evangelical Christians fall for ...

Donald Trump (6:28)


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3/29/25

Stock ownership by the rich has reached a record high ...

the wealthiest 10% now own 94% of all stocks

Let's break that down:
Imagine 100 pies are available and 100 people come to get them.
People line up based on their wealth, richest first.

The first person in line (the "1%") demands and receives - 56 pies.
His employee uses a wheelbarrow to load them into the back of the Rolls before departing.

The next 9 people (representing the remainder of the top 10%)
demand and receive - 38 pies (or about 4 pies apiece).
They are able to stack and carry them to their Mercedes before driving off.

Then the next 40 wealthiest people (in the 50-90 percentile) receive 5 pies;
which means that each person will get one SLICE of pie (~1/8 pie).
They put the slice in the wife's purse and leave.

Finally, the last 50 people approach and are told that only 1 pie remains.
Being hungry, they gladly accept the sliver of a slice (1/50th of a pie)
and then quickly eat it before … the Rolls returns.


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3/28/25

Anonymous@YourAnonCentral posted this on X:

"Don't be afraid to call things by what they are.
MAGA is a terrorist organization,
ICE is a secret police force conducting Ethnic Cleansing,
Elon Musk is an oligarch,
and Trump is a foreign backed coup d'état figurehead.
This is not an administration, this is a regime ...

and your country is occupied.
"


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3/27/25

Legalizing marijuana may not have been such a good idea afterall ...

studies show a significant heart disease increase


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3/26/25

This should give you a good idea of how the Magat mind functions ...




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3/25/25

Want to see some real-life examples
proving how powerful cults can be?
Here are a couple of examples ...

Man's newlywed Peruvian wife incarcerated by ICE ...
and he still doesn't regret voting for Trump!


Parent's child killed by the measles; and they still tell people ...
not to vaccinate their children!


The power of cults, always has been, and still is, indescribably powerful.
Once a cult gets control over a mind with little, or no rational defenses,
it is pretty much ... game over.


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3/24/25

Whenever I run out of news stories, it's time for ...

FAMOUS QUOTES

author: Shaun Mason

"Faith is the determination
to remain ignorant
in the face of all evidence ...
that you are ignorant.
"



3/23/25

Maria Branyas Morera died at age 117 ...
5 years short of the world record.



Many supercentenarians may not be as old as we were led to believe


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3/22/25

This is what is coming to America ...

Erdogan imprisons rival to ensure reelection

This tactic is being played out worldwide.
And the people seem helpless to stop it.


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3/21/25

Trump is crushing America's free press;
soon the only "news" we will be allowed to receive, will be from ...

Fox

Every accusation Trump made was true of his side (not the other side).
That is called "psychological projection";
in which you accuse the other side - of what your side is guilty of.
It is learned by every kid in America on the playgrounds in grade school.
You probably know it better as this: "No I'm not ... YOU are!"
Since Magats have the emotional attainment of small children,
this is the tactic that Fascists use 90% of the time to direct their thoughts.


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3/20/25

Whenever I run out of news stories, it's time for ...

FAMOUS QUOTES

author: Primo Levi (Auschwitz survivor)

"Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous;
more dangerous are the common men,
the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.
"



3/18/25

Freedom of Speech ...

going ... going ... gone?

Great article by John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute.


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3/17/25

An antivax experiment, best illustrated by the town of ...

Texarkana

So, do you think this would have any effect on Maga cult members?
No. They will continue to sacrifice their own children and family members
in order to remain loyal ... to the cult.


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3/16/25

Robert Reich warns that free speech is disappearing ...

and no one (including the military) is intervening

America is dying in darkness ...
just as so many have predicted.
Those of us trying to fight back
are too few and too weak.


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3/15/25

Cervical cancer in young women is way down: progress is attributed to the ...

HPV vaccine


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3/14/25

Syria's "Magats" have killed more than 1,000 of their fellow citizens ...

since their dictator (Assad) was removed

If America somehow manages to overthrow Trump,
this is likely what we can expect from our Magats.
(we were given a preview on 1/6/21)


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3/13/25

The most powerful puncher in the animal kingdom?
It's not a heavyweight boxer ...

it's the mantis shrimp


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3/10/25

The big corporations have been using the Avian Flu as an excuse ...

to make MASSIVE profits


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3/9/25

HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer ...

RFK called it “the most dangerous vaccine ever invented”

And RFK is now in charge of America's health.
(sometimes I wonder why I even go on - this is one of those times)


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3/8/25

First X, and then YouTube, banned me from commenting for a day.
They warned me that I could lose my account if I continued.
This was my comment (which was obviously directed at Trump):

SIEG HEIL, MEIN FUHRER !!!
(English: "Praise liberty, my leader")

Did I make a threat? Or use profanity? (Neither).
They claimed that it was hateful content.
Yet we all know that Trump has publicly praised Hitler
and even lavished praise on Hitler's generals.
Hitler certainly didn't consider it hateful or insulting.
So the argument for hate falls apart in the light of those facts.

But it was something that can be as devastating as hate ...

it was ridicule

(That is what Dems should have done during Trump’s speech;
after rising and saluting - ala Elon Musk).

Here is the pop-up message I got from YouTube:

Commenting paused to protect the community
We've discovered that comments you've left may violate Community Guidelines:
• Hate speech policies
You'll be able to post comments again in 1 day.
Have feedback? Let us know


Here is the feedback that I sent:

"I don't blame you for cutting off my freedom of speech.
You can only do what your lords tell you to do in order to keep your jobs.
I used no profanity, no threats, and since Trump admitted he admired,
not only Hitler but his generals as well, you can't say I defamed him.
I realize that very shortly our freedom of speech will be gone.
I wish you guys luck.
I would hate to be in your position, forced to take away
one of the most cherished rights that, we as Americans ... used to have.
"

To all of you out there, enjoy your freedom of speech while you have it
because Trump’s minions are removing that along with ...

as many of your freedoms as they can


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3/7/25

Trump regime wastes no time in repaying the Oligarchs by ...

shutting down IRS audits on the wealthiest Americans


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3/6/25

How are we (Homo Sapiens) related to Neanderthals?
That depends ...

Based on the current "consensus"
(or the closest thing to a consensus)
Homo Neanderthalenis evolved from Homo Heidelbergensis.
Some time later ... so did we.
After we evolved from Homo Heidelbergensis, they went extinct.

The answer depends on whether:
we separated from Heidelbergensis who then went extinct;
which would make us the younger sibling of Neanderthals
(this is likely the current, most popular understanding).

Or: after Neanderthals evolved into a separate human species,
Heidelbergensis went extinct ...
when the rest of them evolved into Homo Sapiens.
The second scenario would make US the ancestor (parent) of Neanderthals.

Something to think about when you are bored.


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3/5/25

Oligarch and president Donald Trump just finished giving
the longest State of the Union speech in history (~100 minutes).

Senator Bernie Sanders responds to Trump's speech (23:05)


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3/4/25

Here's another reason that Republicans have gotten in line to ...

bend the knee and kiss the ring

They are scared. That would explain much of what we are seeing.


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3/2/25

The minds of cult members (like MAGA)
are under the almost complete control of the cult;
and have been programmed, never to doubt or betray the cult ...

under ANY circumstances

That explains why, throughout history, cults have been so hard to defeat;
and modern, educated humans are just as easy to prey upon
as ancient, illiterate humans were thousands of years ago.
If education were the key - that is not what we would see.
So while education is important, history proves that a more important factor must be in play.
Since we are talking about mental processes, that narrows the target down to ...

psychology

The Oligarchs have controlled every civilization on Earth for 10,000 years
through a combination of force (violence) and psychology (Divide-and-Conquer).


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