Zoning Out on Liberal vs. Conservative Issues

January 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Con vs Lib

I woke up this morning with this diagram in my head.I tinkered it up in Illustrator later. Probably could have chosen brighter colors or a better layout, but I got tired of messing with it. You may have to click-and-embiggen it to see all the details.Especially note that the center vertical bar is labeled to indicate a gradation from Greater Factual Information (More Informed) at the top to Lesser Factual Information (More Ignorant) at the bottom, whereas the center section is labeled … [Read more...]

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Catholic Church Flexing Muscle in U.S. Hospitals

January 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

According to Wikipedia: The Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 per cent of them located in developing countries. In 2010, the Church's Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers said that the Church manages 26% of the world's health care facilities. The Church's involvement in health care has … [Read more...]

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Beta Culture: A Third Approach to Gender Equality

November 23, 2014 by 9 Comments
Unequal copy

I’ve been thinking about feminism for a couple of years, and I’ve actually felt a certain amount of dread when I attempted to relate it to my conceptual work on Beta Culture. It’s completely obvious that Beta can’t work without a healthy respect for the needs of women, something better than what our western society has now, but I couldn’t see how ‘feminism’ – not the thing I want feminism to be, but the thing that it presently is – could be integrated into it without overwhelming the welcoming, i … [Read more...]

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Wait … What? —Take 2

October 2, 2014 by 5 Comments

Man, those ultra-Orthodox Jews must NEVER get laid. Ultra-orthodox Judaism forbids physical contact between men and women unless they are first-degree relatives or married to one another They don't fly well either. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men Cause Flight Delay By Refusing To Sit Next To Women I'm not even sure what to say about this that probably isn't already obvious. The story itself says the women felt "bullied and harassed" -- which is precisely how they should have felt.I'd feel … [Read more...]

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Grieving Mother Mistreated by Heartless Atheists

March 8, 2014 by 97 Comments

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 49 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Beta Culture, Environmental, Nature, Politics, Sciency Stuff, Serious Shit 49 Comments

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