This Week in MAGA #76: The Clock Runs Out on 60 Minutes
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
The Ten Commandments Are Not the Foundation of Law
On a rather regular basis you will come across yet another push to erect a 10 Commandments monument on public land such as outside a courthouse. A common variation has also been the push to display 10 Commandments posters within schools. Here are a few recent examples: Much of it is constitutionally suspect, and in … Read more
This Week in MAGA #75: WarGames Incompetence
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
The Exorcism of Demons That Aren’t There
A couple of months back representatives of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) asked Pope Leo XIV to ensure that every Catholic diocese worldwide has “one or more” trained exorcists. There is one small issue here, demons are not real, so why would they propose this? Let’s briefly turn to the media article reporting this … Read more
This Week in MAGA #74: Multiple layers of Corruption
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
No, Claude Is Not Conscious: Dawkins, AI, and the Train Illusion
In 1895 the Lumière brothers shot a 50-second silent documentary. It famously captured a steam locomotive pulling into a station. Titled “L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat“, it was first shown to the public in January 1896 in Lyon. A rather popular story is that when the film was first shown, the audience was … Read more