“The Bible depicts a world that, seen through modern eyes, is staggering in its savagery. People enslave, rape, and murder members of their immediate families. Warlords slaughter civilians indiscriminately, including the children. Women are bought, sold, and plundered like sex toys. And Yahweh tortures and massacres people by the hundreds of thousands for trivial disobedience … More Quote of the Day
“The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.”— H. L. Mencken
“Democracy’s going to end with a cliff-hanger. I guess we’re all going to have to wait until November 9th to find out if we still have a country – if Donald Trump is in the mood for a peaceful transfer of power, or if he’s just going to wipe his fat ass with the Constitution.”—Stephen … More Quote of the Day
The beleaguered Trump campaign has come up with a Hail Mary pass strategy to win over suburban women who have been put off by his claiming that the women who have accused him of groping and assaulting them aren’t attractive enough for him to have bothered. “Donald Trump didn’t find those women attractive enough to … More Trump on Brokeback Mountain
After watching Anderson Cooper interview Melania Trump on CNN, we know one thing for sure: Donald Trump didn’t marry Melania for her brains. But then, she’s a trophy wife, and trophy wives aren’t usually given IQ tests. In her defense of Trump’s “I grab them by the pussy” comments, Melania suggested that her poor husband … More Melania to the Defense
“Irrationality is the square root of all evil.”–Douglas Hofstadter
“Despite the seductiveness of psychogenic explanations for physical ill-health, the oft-expressed idea that ‘our thoughts make us sick’ is not supported by the available evidence. It is riddled with fallacies in reasoning, and causes harm to those to whom it is applied.”–Angela Kennedy “Bad Thoughts Can’t make You Sick: That’s Just Magical Thinking” https://aeon.co/ideas/bad-thoughts-can-t-make-you-sick-that-s-just-magical-thinking
“On the law that requires women to wait twenty-four hours before they are permitted to have an abortion: I think it’s a good law. The other day I wanted to go get an abortion. I really wanted an abortion, but then I thought about it and it turned out I was just thirsty.”–Sarah Silverman
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will forever be cited in high school and university courses as a prime example of irony and poetic justice. The candidacy of this sick, misogynistic narcissist will have ensured the election of the first woman President of the United States.
“Trump is a marvelously efficient acid bath, stripping away his supporters’ surfaces, exposing their skeletal essences. Consider Mike Pence, a favorite of what Republicans devoutly praise as America’s “faith community.” Some of its representatives, their crucifixes glittering in the television lights, are still earnestly explaining the urgency of giving to Trump, who agreed that his … More Quote of the Day
No Harm Spilt 