Author: Sheila Marler
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September 23: The Day the Apocalypse Didn’t Happen
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere was a rumor going around that something terrible was going to happen on September 23, and whatever it was it was supposed to usher in the end times. [1]It turns out the rumor was wrong, but the debunkers who argue that there is no threat because Planet X does not exist…
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Was Election 2016 Just the Way the World Works?
Reading Time: 3 minutesI think I’ve finally figured out why it’s so hard to describe what happened in the 2016 election. Judging by the comments about Hillary’s Clinton’s book tour the entire election was a demand by establishment Democrats that we recognize them as ultimate authorities. That’s why they don’t hesitate to say things that…
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What is the Apocalypse to Us?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s one thing to criticize those who justify a war by using hazy apocalyptic thinking. It’s another thing to act as though the Book of Revelation is not part of the Bible. We have yet to talk about another type of destruction, natural disaster. I can’t say for sure that Revelation is…
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American Religion and the Iraq War
Reading Time: 5 minutesConsidering the un-peaceful tendencies in the Christian religion is it logical for a Christian to work for a peaceful future? The belief in the apocalyptic end of the world seems to work in the other direction. Many American Christians supported the Iraq War and justified their support by citing the Book of…
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There Are Worse Things Than Losing a Primary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are worse things than losing a primary. Hillary put herself in a very bad place when she shut Bernie out of the primary. Now there are stories that confirm our worst suspicions. Like the one about how her donors threatened to call it quits if she lost Nevada, and her…
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Democrats: Stop Using the Intelligence Bureaucracy to Fight Trump
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe circus of the 2016 election was too weird to be explained by ambition. I suspected one of three motives. Keep in mind that I may have been in a state of paranoia: The geopolitical situation is so precarious that the oligarchs are afraid they’ll lose their hold on world domination if…
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The Unraveling of the Intelligence Game
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst shot across the bow of the security state: https://youtu.be/Ses_qfxTqLs Then watch: https://youtu.be/S43hft-jJhw And: https://youtu.be/ipufl_-2rVA
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Expunge Plato and Aristotle from History
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’m forcing myself to read The Republic. It’s painful. It is disturbing that apologists have been accepting Plato’s lies without hesitation for 2500 years and they would like to continue for another 2500 years. In my opinion, we should expunge Plato and his student Aristotle from history. The Republic In this article…
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Irreconcilable Differences?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re all aware of the conflict in the Catholic Church between those who want the Church to be more modern and those who want it to maintain traditional discipline and forms of worship. For those of us on the outside, the public comments have been so cryptic and contradictory it’s impossible…