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Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours. Read More For first time, world records 1 million coronavirus cases in 100 hours – Reuters tally — Financial Post

Covid-19 lockdowns are decimating the poor. From Claudio Grass at lewrockwell.com: As the dust is now begging to settle, both from the heights of the COVID panic and from the riots that shook the western world, we are starting to get an idea about where we stand after this unprecedented and tumultuous time. We are […]Continue reading “War on Poverty, or Just War on the Poor? By Claudio Grass — STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC”

When Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president in South African history in 1994, the world looked like a very different place. His election was a symbol of a new birth of freedom around the world. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991 and the end of the Cold War had helped spur… “LetContinue reading ““Let Freedom Ring Wherever the People’s Rights Are Trampled Upon”: What We Can Learn From Nelson Mandela Today — TIME”

A lot of systems of our way of life are failing all at once and will be replaced by something else, perhaps even something better. From James Howard Kunstler at kunstler.com: Baluchitherium. Gone but not forgotten. The Covid-19 virus itself didn’t run the United States into a ditch but it exposed the weakness and rot […]Continue reading “A Bigger Picture, by James Howard Kunstler — STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC”

For the great majority of Americans without a share of the stock market, and for those who can’t work from home, the pandemic is adding the prospect of a financial collapse to all their other concerns. 2021: Half of America facing poverty — NationofChange

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says new evidence suggests that COVID-19 may be transmitted through the air. The Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this during the briefing of the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force on Monday. He explained that before now the virus was believed to only be transmittable through droplets […]Continue reading “New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 May be Transmitted Through Air –NCDC — Breaking Down Boundaries with Information”

Navigating: Atheism A (painfully short!) Letter to the Heathens Navigating: Atheism — TheRSyndrome

Learn what Atheism is and why it feels so good. Why There is so much social buzz around it and is it truly correct? And also learn how to argue with an Atheist and actually win ! By exploiting one very serious problem with Atheism……… Atheism — Novice Narrators

Andy Tix, from “Psychology Today” writes on the non-intellectual factors that are taken into consideration by non-religious people. It is often said by atheists that Christians just believe for emotional/psychological reasons. What we are finding out is that no matter what you believe, there are strong psychological forces at play. However, none of this tells […]Continue reading “The New Psychology of Atheism — Help Me Believe”

I’m truly curious why there are so many people I run into who don’t grasp that as an atheist, I don’t believe in a source or creator, gods, goddesses of any kind or number, or even a higher power. There is… NOTHING. This isn’t unsettling to me. I don’t feel the need to feel connected […]Continue reading “Why is atheism hard to understand? — Succulent Savage Says…”