Monthly Archives: May 2020

05.21.20
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PUT A LITTLE RA IN YOUR LIFE

I don’t know if you guys know who Aron Ra is, In my humble opinion he is an atheist rock star. He has been on the front lines of religious stupidity for decades. He has a huge video library, and a ton of experience battling the stoopid we see every day.

Now he might look like a biker from hell, but he is a no nonsense atheist that has been doing this for a long time.

I gave his site a visit a couple days back, I don’t go there much lately out of pure laziness, or otherwise just too much to do and not enough time to get to it all. I dropped in and caught this wonderful post. I’d like to share.

This line really jumped off the page for me, “Thoughts and prayers are worthless. Two hands working accomplish more than a thousand clasped in prayer.”

…and that “Fourth” paragraph is exactly how I see it. Enjoy.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/reasonadvocates/2020/04/13/atheist-vs-religious-accountability/

05.21.20
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I LOVE THIS GUY

Tell it like it is Steve. I saw this the other night as it happened live. Thought I’d share with those of you who may have missed it.

I am otherwise sad this is all true. I hope we get a new person in the office after the election. For the sake of America, Americans, and the sake of the entire world.

05.15.20
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SOME LIKE IT HOT

Some like it cold. Some might not live long enough, to get good and old.

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/05/08/fatal-heat-humidity-emerging/

I can remember way back when I was a younger lad, Me and my pet dinosaur had a great time! šŸ˜‰

Actually I was a deckhand for a time, working towboats for a couple of years, and while it was always hot out on the tow, with the sun beating down on all of that solid steel, it was often like walking through an oven, the heat at times was stifling. We went through New Orleans, on our way darn near to the gulf one time, and while I was there the heat was incredible. I mean stepping foot out on the deck from an air conditioned boat, you immediately felt the sweat pores open up and the water started flowing. A miserable, beat you down to the ground sort of heat. But we persevered. It’s what tougher than sensible, types do.

Then in my shell digging days, I’d come up from a dive on a day with 110 heat index, and all the water wetting the floor of the boat would be dry in like 10 minutes, the sweat pouring off my nose as I graded shell, the only thing that made it tolerable was knowing I’d be jumping back in the water soon. We persevere.

This was way before the global warming thing was a thing. I have to wonder now, with all of the threats facing humanity, what with Covid 19, and global warming with its intensifying weather extremes, hurricanes, tornados and such, and with those in charge looking the other way, greed and profit being the main motivators, just how much time does humanity actually have left?

There is only so much that we can persevere, after that we are just dead. And we will be taking an entire planet of life forms with us.

Hug the wife and kids, or significant other, every day. Enjoy what we have for what time we have left to enjoy it. Maybe we can turn this thing around, but it isn’t looking too good.

Y’all stay safe. Stay healthy.

SD

P.S. There is one lonely comment at the bottom of the link worth looking at.

05.13.20
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MUSINGS…

This Covid 19 virus sucks! The numbers might be flattening a bit, but not really going down much except in a few places. I can’t for the life of me understand why people want to rush things back to they way they were, when the way they were, we may never see again. It might be a few years if we make it that far. This could be a paradigm change for society. I suppose we will see, those of us who live long enough. I only hope this wave of death and misery finds its way to our rear view. Sooner the better.

It occurred to me a few days back, as tens of thousands of elderly people on SSIĀ  (Social Security Income) are dying, and it ain’t over yet… The response from our (R) gov’t is lethargic at best, and criminal at worst. And I had a moment where I realized this is a (R) wet dream come true. All of those old people dying off, and as a result losing their SSI benefits. Sure they can’t utter a word to confirm that notion publicly, but do I think they are a bit giddy about the prospect? Yes. Yes I do. Cutting or killing SSI is a priority for many R’s. Would they stoop so low as to just let people die to help achieve that outcome? I don’t know, you tell me. The (R) party is already lower than whale shit at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Does no one believe they can’t dig a little deeper?

The (R) party is the party of “kill the ACA”Ā  “cut Social Security”Ā  “loosen environmental protections”Ā  “global warming is a hoax”Ā  “cut food stamps and SNAP benefits”Ā  “let the post office die if there is any chance of getting mail in ballots” andĀ  “give give give to corporations and fuck the little people.” Oh yeah, and if you work at a meat processing plant the R’s are the party ofĀ  “Go the fuck to work! And don’t come crying to us if you get sick!” Nice people, Republicans… (sarcasm folks)

They sure as hell have convinced NO ONE (except those who think Faux News and Alex Jones types are legitimate news outlets,) that they are doing anything and everything in their power to stop, or even slow down this wave of death. In fact, as I write this they are doing EVERYTHING they can to jump start the economy, and an obvious result (to most of us,) it will undoubtedly wind up in more old people (as well a others) falling off of the SSI rosters due to premature death caused by Covid 19. Enhanced by the”golly gee willakers what can we do?” (R)Ā  response to the outbreak. Oh happy day for Republicans across the land!

Maybe I need my tin foil hat adjusted. Or maybe I’m angling for the left leaning antithetical position of the aforementioned Faux News and Alex Jones. Trust me I don’t want the job. Maybe I’m just up to here with the antics and endless scandals of the (R) party today. Maybe as an observer of things in this world, I’m just calling it how I see it.

I can’t stress enough get out and vote come Nov. There is no other way out of this mess.

Y’all stay safe and stay healthy.

05.02.20
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UGH, WHY CAN’T I JUST LEAVE IT ALONE?

I get on here to browse my reader and almost every time there is a post like this mixed in among my followed blogs, that inevitably grabs my attention.

https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/8544970/posts/252747

This was my reply:

“That is the biggest pile of bovine excretement I have seen in a long time.

I see a lot of x + y = z, but nothing to back it up whatsoever. (an atheist) {x} (is content to say ā€œevolution did itā€) {+ y} {=} (and cease exploratory research) {z}

Just because you imagine something to be true, does not make it so. The entire post is an excercise in make believe. “I believe this is how it is so it must be true.” Unfortunately that doesn’t cut it with an atheist. We prefer to actually have facts and data in our hands to form an opinion.

Stick to religion pal. Atheism requires more work than just making shit up and claiming it to be so. You want to play with an atheist? Show your damn work.

Religion is the playground of “I believe.” So maybe you ought to stay in your sandbox and let the atheist ponder the facts… Unless of course you actually have some facts to show that your speculative strawmen are real? I’ll wait.” (end quote)

I kind of doubt my response will see the light of day. I can’t be sure but I think I have run into this guy before…

I’m off to the river. There be adventure out thar and I aim to find it. Y’all have a good day too. šŸ™‚