Trump’s Yanked Support for Hudson Tunnel Angers Those Who Saw a Done Deal

For beleaguered commuters who ride trains into and out of New York City, the plan to dig new rail tunnels under the Hudson River must, by now, seem like a big tease. Just a few months ago, the idea once again appeared to have gained the support it needed in Washington and, once again, it...

Lawyer: Execution Attempt Was 'Gory, Botched'

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff 'They gave up when they could not find a vein' (Newser) – When the execution of Doyle Lee Hamm was called off last week, the Alabama Department of Corrections said it was because it didn't have time to prepare the inmate before a midnight death warrant expired....

Trump campaign emails photo of Parkland survivor, asks for donations

By Devan Cole Updated 6:43 PM ET, Sun February 25, 2018 (CNN)President Donald Trump's re-election campaign used a photo of a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, shooting in an email Saturday that asks its recipients to donate money to the campaign. The email contains a photo of...

Cosmos. A true Journey.

Watch. Listen. Enjoy. Learn. Understand. Grow. Become a better human being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMcDPV2NrQ <iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bBMcDPV2NrQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

How small and insignificant.

How vast these Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is compared to them.  A very fit consideration, and matter of Reflection, for those Kings and Princes who sacrifice the Lives of so...

Up and Down Buttons. Yes or no.

My personal feeling on them is that we keep them. The only way they can be abused is if someone is too thin skinned. If someone uses a down button just because they don't like the poster no matter what they said in the post (The sky is blue), so what? Anyone whose feelings get hurt over such...

More Thoughts of Richard Dawson from his book 'The God Delusion', Mono and Polytheism

Polytheism It is not clear why the change from polytheism to monotheism should be assumed to be a self-evident progressive improvement. But it widely is - an assumption that provoked Ibn Warraq (author of Why I Am Not A Muslim) wittily to conjecture that monotheism is in turn doomed to subtract...

More Richard Dawkins. Selected chapters and thoughts of his from his best selling book 'The God Delusion.'

A deeply religious non-believer I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe to at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it. Albert Einstien Deserved respect The boy lies prone in the grass , his chin resting on his hands....

Dawkins. Selected chapters and thoughts of his from his best selling book "The God Delusion.

 Why there is almost certainly no God. The Priests of the different religious sects...dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subdivisions of the duperies on which they live' Thomas Jefferson The Ultimate Boeing 747...

Avatars.

I think we need to strongly encourage (force) all members to have any avatar. Any avatar other then just the blue head. It makes the front page look cheap with a whole list of just blue heads. Like were some sort of new experimental site that might not last long enough to bother joining. Just my...