There is no deeper religious feeling than the feeling for the natural world. I wouldn't separate the world of nature from the religious instinct...I would not even object to saying that the sense of awe before the grandeur of nature is itself a religious experience.

Does someone have a list of all the people who promised to leave NYC so we can put them on free buses to Florida?

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

It's Long Past Time to Give Meg White Her Respect With the White Stripes' upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the arguments about Meg White's talents can finally be put to rest.

Absolutely!

"Science is an ongoing process. It never ends. There is no single ultimate truth to be achieved, after which all the scientists can retire."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

The non-military version of "stolen valor."

The Art of the Deal

Trump causes a massive problem with his stupid tariffs.

China outsmarts him by boycotting US farmers.

Trump gets an earful from farmers and blinks.

Trump agrees to reduce tariffs & give China advanced chips.

Soybean sales go back to same level before Trump screwed up trade.

YouTube video by StarTalk It’s Getting Harder To Know What’s Real

fyi...

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Things are so mean-spirited right now, this made me tear up. In the gratuitously cruel age of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Mike Johnson, it's comforting to be reminded that there still are decent human beings that walk amongst us. Thank you, Heretic Coffee in Portland.

YouTube video by The White Stripes - Topic I'm Bound to Pack It Up

This is the song that hooked me to The White Stripes and everything Jack White...

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

Dec. 2024 vs now

Perfect quote to remember.

YouTube video by pusciferdotcom Puscifer - "Self Evident" (Official Music Video)

For those that don't know, this is Maynard James Keenen's (TOOL, A Perfect Circle) third band...

How the Proud Boys invented antifa The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump's White House

When Trump or his goons talk about "antifa," they might as well be talking about demons or leprechauns.

But this fake threat shows how the Trump administration has fully absorbed real organized criminal gangs.

Yep, echoes of Nazi history in this.

www.salon.com/2025/10/22/h...

ffs... Stupidest timeline ever

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

Donald Trump did the same thing to the Constitution's Wall of Separation Between Church and State.

This Is Fascism

Note blindspot Mike Schmidt creates here.

He argues that Don McGahn (left 10/17/18) and John Kelly (fired 1/2/19) kept Trump in bounds.

He LITERALLY appears ignorant of anything that happened after that, including Impeachment 1, Barr's side channel that framed Joe Biden, & Durham investigation.

I was a Young Republican for a brief time in the 1980s (for real). I promise you they talked like this back then. They didn’t know I was Jewish, so the Holocaust jokes flowed freely. It all helped radicalize me against the right.

Stupidest timeline ever...