Reading Time: 9 minutes I have written an awful lot on this election and there will be some more post mortem examination to take place. This piece will be an analysis of a right-wing commenter, Person223, who comments here regularly and who at least gives a little more substance than most every other right-wing (religious) commenter here – thanks […]
2020 Election
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Georgia On My Mind
Reading Time: 3 minutes The road leads back to you, come January. And no peace you’ll find, no peaceful dreams you’ll see till this thing is sorted. Disclaimer: I’m not American (as you all know); correct me if I err in my claims. Where are we at? Let’s face it, Biden has won whilst the Republicans are being, well, snowflakes. […]
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2020 Election: Is It Over Yet Edition
Reading Time: 6 minutes Hi and welcome back! As the election counting continues, our hopes rise ever so slightly that our next four years won’t feature an incompetent lunatic in the White House after all. But waiting to find out either way sure ain’t doing anybody favors. Today, many of us ask: Can this election please be over sometime […]
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Holy Cosmos! You WHAT? Evangelical Twaddle-Peddling…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Paula White, the presidential spiritual adviser, is nuts. Not just nuts, but properly nuts. This prayer service was led after the election. Watch this, look and listen to her absolute nonsense. After you hear her insanity, you can watch the fascinating montage of her…greater insanity. Of course, she served her purpose for Trump – to […]
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Humanist PAC Marks Gains for Atheists and Freethinkers – and Hope for All Americans in Future Elections
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Washington, D.C., November 5, 2020) – While freethought leaders hoped for more progress this election toward a safer, saner, stronger America, they view the very close and mixed results as a call for greater participation in the electoral process by the atheist and humanist community. “Sadly, this election shows that a substantial number of Americans continue to […]
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Some More Election Reflections (Messaging & Electoral Reform)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are a few more nuggets to discuss: It makes not one substantive jot of difference whether Biden wins in a landslide or by the skin of his teeth. The only thing that really matters past whether Biden gets in or not at all, is the Senate. That the Democrats look not to have flipped […]
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A Few Election Thoughts
Reading Time: < 1 minute Are a couple of thoughts: Irrespective as to whether Biden or Trump wins this, Joe Biden was my last choice for Democratic primary nominee. I wonder whether there is any decent data to suggest whether he was the best choice or not for beating Trump. I came round to the conclusion that the best choice […]
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Election Update
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is probably pointless as it will change. It’s 4.40 am here and the night has not remotely gone as was expected. The pollsters will need to do some reassessing. The margin of error will be leant on quite heavily. It looks like Arizona, presently 75% submitted and Virginia still remaining to be counted in […]
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2020 Election Primal Scream Post
Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s have a primal scream about what’s on all of our minds — or see the stuff you’re doing to keep your mind off of the election. Today is an Off-Topic Wonderland, Election Edition!
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I’ll Be Appearing on the DAM Show Later Today
Reading Time: < 1 minute I will be appearing on the Daily Atheist Morning Show later today for their live streaming broadcast on election day. The link is here: Come and join me around at 4.30 pm EST or 21.00 GMT for about half an hour. We’ll be talking…politics and election! They will be streaming on three different YouTube channels […]