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We need to talk about religion, & how it’s playing a direct role in the moral decay of this planet. All religions use the ‘emotional reasoning’ logical fallacy to try & convince people their theology is true, but any belief built from that fallacy is categorically wrong. apnews.com/article/minn...

I mean this from the bottom of my heart: #FuckMikeLee

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Yes, there were shots fired at the protest, but I’m not certain what became of it. I confronted a couple of cops in their squad truck and demanded they tell me what was going on. They said they thought someone had a rifle, which I thought smelled like bullshit, but I guess they weren’t lying.

Salt Lake City checking in. Yes, I am very loud. #NoKings #FuckMikeLee

The most effective nonviolent resistance is to turnout 3.5%+ of a country’s population into the streets peacefully protesting, so I will be attending the No Kings protest closest to me. I will do my part to keep it peaceful, and not provoke escalation/violence. www.hrc.org/resources/ti...

If they’ll use force like that on a sitting Senator, they’ll use it against us regular citizens in even worse ways. ground.news/article/demo...

The way I cackled when Mel said, ‘but instead, we’re making this movie!’, scared my cat into running upstairs to the third floor even though he was on the ground floor and I’m on second floor.

When we talk about the Horseshoe Theory, this is what we mean. Rashida Talib and MTG can both kiss my Jewish ass. A chance to put their money where their mouth is, and this is how they chose to use it: by sitting in silence instead of loudly condemning attacks against Jews. Message received…

The worst part is not that Trump activated 2,000 National Guard troops to LA, the worst part is that those 2,000 troops and their chains of command all complied. Let this be the warning it needs to be that US troops will attack US citizens at the pleasure of the President. Militia time yet?

Reading Sapiens and being reminded that everything is a shared myth, forcing me to again confront the insanity of it all, because we do NOT have to live like this, where we hurt each other over stupid imaginary constructs like money, religion, or nationality. We don’t have to tolerate dragons.

God damn I fucking hate the fucking fuck-ass Yankees.

Top 3 favorite electric bass players: 1. Marcus Miller 2. Larry Graham 3. Victor Wooten I think Vic is the better overall bass player in terms of technical skill, but Marcus and Larry just funk me up in all the best ways.

Q: What did they have to use when King George sent soldiers? A: Equal Or Greater Force. (EOGF) Q: What about the slave owning South? A: EOGF. Q: Hitler? Hirohito? Louis XVI? al-Assad? Stalin? Mao? Mussolini? Pinochet? A: EOGF. Q: …Trump? A: What part of EOGF do you not understand?

Yeah, sex is cool and all, but have you ever fucked the system?

Me, unironically, to my 15 year old: ‘Oh yeah, well back in MY day, we didn’t even have the fucking internet!’ We’ve come full circle.🤦🏻‍♂️ Kill me now.😂

Rebecca Yarros in Onyx Storm with an absolute banger: ‘You preach peace when you have only known its privilege!’ RELEVANT!

THIS is when I’m in my element…planting trees! My brother and I planted a Norwegian Spruce, two Eastern Redbuds, and two purple lilac bushes (second lilac not pictured). Glove for scale, and future picture updates.

Yup! Where are these cowards’ protests for Trump and conservatives? Oh that’s right, they’re actually just a bunch of antisemitic contrarians with no principles that they actually hold. Pro-Pali ‘activists’ are performative pussies that haven’t saved a single Palestinian life, and never will.

And this ties into politics directly, just look at the cult of personality around Trump that we’re all forced to deal with. These MAGAt fucks actually believe he was sent by their god, and that he is doing their god’s work. There are no peaceful resolutions with religious fanatics.

I do not respect religious beliefs. I respect the right for people to have religious beliefs, but not the beliefs themselves. Believing anything is real and factual based on feelings and logical fallacies, and very often contrary to real and factual evidence, does not deserve respect.

‘dECoLoNiZe YoUr MiNd’ says the believing Christian, unironically. If you believe in any form of Christianity, please shut the fuck up forever about other people’s need to ‘decolonize’. Recall the parable of the wooden beam in the eye, and apply it thusly.

With that being said, when the Executive no longer follows legitimate court orders, we have entered the ‘Wild West’ of Constitutional crises. I know this may sound cringey, because the Right has spoiled this concept, but this is what the 2nd Amendment is for.

I believe in due process under the law. That means that EVERYONE, including people we know are guilty, still get their day in court. Doesn’t matter if they’re a citizen, or not. Every single person deserves to go in front of a judge (and jury, if necessary), to make their case. Non-negotiable.

Happy Jackie Robinson Day! Jackie is credited by some with starting the civil rights movement by breaking the racist segregation barrier in professional baseball. His example spurned many others to follow his lead, and not just in sports. If you haven’t, check this link out. #42 www.nlbm.com

Nonviolent protests must have DEMANDS that must be met before the protests are ended. I’d like a little more than ‘hands off’ for a weekend. All Trump has to do is wait it out, and continue the fire hose of shit.

Imagine being stupid enough to ask Elon Musk when the ‘DOGE checks’ are going to go out… Holy fuck these people are so stupid. And we have to share a planet with these morons?

I’m so glad I checked to make sure the app worked an hour before first pitch (it did), and now all I get is this. First world problems, yes, but technology is only good when it fucking works.

OPENING DAY! Let’s fucking go Red Sox! (Yankees suck)

If you’d like an example of why I am anti-theist, please watch the documentary Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke. Our species tolerates, and even encourages, uncritical thinking through the false construct of religion. Religious beliefs are a cancer to the mind.

What we need is a billionaire to bankroll our protests. The lower class can keep up the pressure nonstop if we know we have our bills covered and food will be on the table.

This is what I’m talking about!