Politics

Grieving Mother Mistreated by Heartless Atheists

March 8, 2014 By Hank Fox Leave a Comment

Here's this article: Atheists Fight With Grieving Mom Over Roadside Crosses. Son dies in a auto accident at the age of 19, grief-stricken mother erects a memorial of crosses and flowers on city property, humanist group asks city council to disallow it. Good call? Bad call? Commenting on Facebook, Sinis Tergrin weighs in: I think it's pretty mean spirited to target a grieving mother. What kind of person complains about this based on the "separation of church and state"?? I thought we in … [Read more...]

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The Dark Side of the Sun

March 5, 2014 By Hank Fox Leave a Comment

I belong to a couple of Facebook groups on Transhumanism and the Singularity, and I avidly read the articles and posts. But I don't buy into every one of them. Yes, I want fantastic things to happen. Hell, I fully EXPECT fantastic things to happen. But ... a lot of the articles are more about possibilities than realities. For instance, I think we've been predicting safe, abundant fusion energy -- any time now -- for the past 50 years. I've kinda begun to wonder "What if it just isn't … [Read more...]

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Beta Culture: The Footprint of the Past

January 25, 2014 By Hank Fox Leave a Comment

One of my many interests is the residual social / societal effects of historical events and social movements. For instance, the fact that we still say “God bless you” when people sneeze, 14 centuries after the supposed origin of the practice ... One explanation holds that the custom originally began as an actual blessing. Gregory I became Pope in AD 590 as an outbreak of the bubonic plague was reaching Rome. In hopes of fighting off the disease, he ordered unending prayer and parades of … [Read more...]

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Cross-Posting Frank Schaeffer

December 15, 2013 By Hank Fox 2 Comments

Not a HUGE fan of Patheos co-blogger Frank Schaeffer ("Why I Still Talk to Jesus") but this is worth reading: The Slow-Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama. Go over there and take a few minutes with it. For me the title alone was an eye-opener; "slow-motion lynching" opened doors in my head, giving me an A-Ha! that had been 6 years building. One of the comments: This president is as good as it gets. And more. I am with you ALL the way---he is part of the 99% but when it comes to … [Read more...]

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The World Is Ending. Michele Bachmann Says So.

October 9, 2013 By Hank Fox 2 Comments

I love this quote from the Daily Kos story: Rep. Michele Bachmann is a member of Congress. She's one of the people currently celebrating the shutdown of the American government as being a fine thing. She is on—and I am not making this up—the House Intelligence Committee. This is a person who gained so much respect in her home district, where people KNOW her, that she has been repeatedly elected to public office -- first the Minnesota state senate, later the U.S. House of Representatives -- … [Read more...]

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Ted Nugent — Masculine, Admirable, Freedom-Loving American. Or Not.

February 12, 2013 By Hank Fox 26 Comments

Pimple-on-a-dog's-ass aging rocker Ted Nugent has been invited to the State of the Union Address by Texas Rep. Steve Stockman. Considering that Nugent has made fairly blatant public threats against both the President and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — for instance: “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” — and — "Obama, he's a piece of sh*t. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey … [Read more...]

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Please Support and Sign My “We The People” Petition!

December 22, 2012 By Hank Fox 6 Comments

Democracy only works if we make it work. Please sign my petition and help create enhanced freedom and safety for all Americans. With their narrow focus on firearms, the NRA is failing to protect our FULL arms-bearing Second Amendment rights. This is a real petition, and it needs 25,000 signatures by January 21, 2013. Let's get to work, Americans! A blade-carrying population is a respectful population! Click here: Hank Fox's We the People Petition … [Read more...]

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Dear Mr. President

November 11, 2012 By Hank Fox 19 Comments

Oh man, I am so glad you won. Whew! Mitt Romney just scared the hell out of me. And Ryan a heartbeat away from the presidency? No way! I know you have a lot on your plate right now, but ... I’m going to toss one more serving up there. “ABCD by 2023” is an ambitious scientific research project I’d like to see Americans undertake. Briefly, it’s a 10-year Apollo-style project against four diseases: Alzheimer’s. Birth defects. Cancer. Diabetes. For the rest of it, I hope you’ll … [Read more...]

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Slight Damper on the Obama Victory

November 7, 2012 By Hank Fox 20 Comments

One of my old Texas friends sent me an email last night, titled "A Touch of Real Class," showing 18 pictures of George W. Bush mixing and mugging with uniformed soldiers arriving at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. It ends with "And, tell me once again the name of the person in the White House who bad-mouths this man and his wife." Jeezus. (Inside scoop: I picked this photo out of all the others because of the young man's crooked smile. I fancy it says "Yeah, yeah, I'm smiling on that side … [Read more...]

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