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Animal news! What happens to your pets after the Rapture?
The short answer: right now, before the Rapture comes, you pay $10 to an organization called After the Rapture Pet Care. Which will take care of your pets after the Rapture. But before we go into this service thoroughly, I want … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged After the Rapture Pet Care, Harper's Magazine, Pet Caretakers, The Rapture
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The god problem: “Acrylic matzoh box — never used (price $5)”
It is at times like these — this one happens to entwine Easter with Pesach, coming upon us in a couple of weeks, and then there’s Ramadan which began yesterday… You might think I took such a detour from what … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Easter, Jordan River, matzohs, Moses, passover, Pentateuch, Pesach, Ramadan, seders, the Ten Commandments, Torah
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I am not a subject. I am a citizen
I never considered the distinction between those two nouns until I read Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by Richard Overy. In laying out every detail leading to and encompassing World War II, Overy tells us that the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, Human rights, Jan 6, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, American citizenship, democracy, despots, Einsatzgruppen, Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom, Hitler, Hungary, MAGA, Pico della Mirandola, Richard Overy, strongmen, subjects and citizens, the Talmud, Third Reich, Thomas Jefferson, World War II
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