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Graham Hancock is featured in a Netflix documentary regarding his theory of an advanced, ancient civilization more than 12,000 years old.

"It is a very natural thing," he said, "that weak and vicious minds should be inflamed to acts of violence by the kind of awful mendacity and abuse that have been heaped upon me for the last three months by the papers."

Are you dumber than a doper? (With manifest apologies to Jeff Foxworthy)

Kinda brings a tear to one's eye, it does. Yes, it purely does!

Islam is similar to Judaism in the importance it gives to legal interpretation. As one Muslim scholar put it, “Shariáh instructs man on how he should eat, receive visitors, buy and sell, slaughter animals, clean himself, sleep, go to the toilet, lead a government, practice justice, pray, and perform other acts of [worship].” Unlike Christianity in the West, where divisive debates often have focused on theological doctrines, in Islam the most important schools of thought reflect differences in jurisprudence. There are four main schools of law for Sunnis (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafií, and Hanbali schools) and one for Shiítes (Ja'fari). The...

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Just a thought: instead of deporting the illegal immigrants, let's have them sign up for gov't assistance, then send Mexico the bill. We'll put Trump in charge of collection. Am only half-joking. We don't have the manpower to find and relocate all the illegals. And since a number of candidates/politicians are calling for 'self-deportation' maybe an idea like this (sending Mexico the bill) could be made to work. It is my understanding that many, if not most, of the illegal immigrants are here because the Mexican gov't is so corrupt, and living conditions are so dangerous, that many illegal immigrants...

Not sure about y'all, but have been listening to some of the stumpin' summaries and hearing that the newly elected plan to go and get things done. Not what I want to hear. I want to hear them talkin' UN-doing!

From the Thurston County (WA) Official Local Voter's Pamphlet: Elected Experience: Elected Democrat PCO 2 Dist.vice-president -international brotherhooh of teamsters 313Appointer Sectreasurer of teamsters local 313 Other Professional Experience: owner Marijuana grower business Education: school of hard nocks father of four parents degree in how to stretch your paycheck to make it last after the state/federal goverment has takein 1/2. been around the block with state and local agency/ goverment that dont or wont help small business get started and off the ground. Community Service: elected PCO officer Democrate 2nd dist.PTA member donate to local food banks Statement: i am...