Quote of the Day

“If I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself credulous. The danger … More Quote of the Day

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“As for the ‘religious’ arguments for the annexation of the territories—these are only an expression, subconsciously or perhaps even overtly hypocritical, of the transformation of the Jewish religion into a camouflage for Israeli nationalism.  Counterfeit religion identifies national interests with the service of God and imputes to the state—which is only an instrument serving human … More Quote of the Day

Bullets Dipped in Pigs’ Blood and Unintended Consequences

Donald Trump, frontrunner in the Republican presidential primaries, told a rally of admiring supporters an apocryphal story about an American general who, faced with Islamic terrorism a hundred years ago in the Philippines, lined up 50 captured Muslim terrorists and had 49 of them executed with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood. He let one go … More Bullets Dipped in Pigs’ Blood and Unintended Consequences

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“If naturopathic medicine were governed by science, as practitioners increasingly claim, they would not provide: detoxification services, homeopathic remedies, most herbal remedies, and cosmetic facial acupuncture.  But these types of services are, as evidenced by clinic websites, the core of naturopathic medicine.  If you don’t believe me, I invite you to Google “detoxification and naturopath”.  … More Quote of the Day

Trump: Crippled America and Chapped Lips

Donald Trump’s new book Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again is becoming a nightmare for publisher Threshold Editions, a division of Simon and Schuster. Apparently buyers of the book have complained that it’s “all words.” Trump is reportedly livid with his editor for not seeing that there were way too many words, many … More Trump: Crippled America and Chapped Lips

Quote of the Day

“In the Bob Hope Golf Classic, the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at one stage at the disposal of a man who might have either pressed it by mistake or else pressed it deliberately in order to obtain room service.” –Clive James

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“Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems.” ― Heinrich Heine