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Why can’t anybody stand us?
(We all know the one-word explanation for why nobody can stand us Americans right now.) The “us” I’m referring to are New Yorkers. Oh, we knew what you were thinking about us, even before social media. We see you every … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Religious fundamentalism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", British taking Manhattan, capitalism, democracy, Dutch New Amsterdam, freedom from religion, fundamentalist Christianity, Manhattan Island, multiculturism, multiethnicity, New England, New York, Puritanism, Russell Shorto, Wall Street
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Another sign of the “End Times”? Or the “Second Coming”?
MediaMatters, the sharpest eyes watching over the (nutso) media business, just informed us that extreme Christian media figures are saying Trump’s irrational war may be the beginning of the “End Times.” Or the “Second Coming”. Or both. Naturally, all this … Continue reading
Posted in Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Christian beliefs, End Times, Second Coming, Trump's war
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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged apocalypse, Ghana rapture, Harper's, The Rapture
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