Class warfare rages on Facebook
A liberal friend posted the following meme on his Facebook page:
Read MoreThe mystery of death
“Tom, you’d better get up here.”
My wife called me upstairs. Her mom, my mother-in-law, was on her deathbed…
Read MoreQuick reactions to tonight’s Democratic Party debate
By Tom Quiner Hillary Clinton wins the debate in a cakewalk. She is the only one who came across as presidential. Here’s the problem: she is a deeply flawed candidate for reasons this blog has discussed frequently. A new poll shows leading Republicans beating Hillary in head-to-head contests. Dr. Ben Carson in particular trounces her.…
Read MoreNew Democratic Party slogan
By Tom Quiner “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.”
Read MoreQuiner’s tweet
By Tom Quiner Hillary says the rich have to pay more. The top 10% already pay 2/3 of our taxes. Bottom half only pays 3%. How much is enough?
Read MoreThe myth of scientific consensus on climate change
Two Democratic candidates said “climate change” is the biggest threat facing the world in tonight’s debate.
Bigger than ISIS?
Bigger than an Iran with a nuclear bomb?
Bigger than Putin’s expansion into the Ukraine and the mideast?
Bigger than a belligerent and nuclear North Korea?
Bigger than the systematic erosion of our First Amendment?
I could go on.
Is climate change the biggest threat facing the world? Not according to most scientists. I am re-running a QD blogpost from earlier this year which addresses the question:
Read MoreTaped conversations reveal Iraq had WDMs
The 1st Democratic debate is taking place as I write this.
Candidate Martin O’Malley repeated the slur that George W. Bush LIED about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. This is certainly not true.
I am rerunning a QD blogpost that addresses this issue:
Read MoreThe contagious mass psychosis of October 13th, 1917
“The universe is governed by scientific laws. These laws must hold without exception.”
So what are we to make of this miracle of the sun?
The phenomenon was first observed on October 13th, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal. According to published reports, somewhere from 30,000 to 100,00 were present to witness this event.
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