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Rationalists are those, whose thinking is strictly guided by the laws of logic.
Rationalists only accept as true, that which has been proven to be true,
through the application of the scientific method.




Neo's Daily Blog
(politics, religion, and science)



2/21/26

The top 1% now own as much wealth as the bottom ...

90%

Doing the math, based on the article,
wealth is divided into 3 groups:
0-89% get about a third; 90-98% get about a third;
and those in the 99% get about a third.

Here's an analogy:

Imagine 100 pies are available and 100 people come to get them.
People line up based on their wealth, richest first.
The first person in line (the "1%") demands and receives - 33 pies.
His employee uses a wheelbarrow
to load them into the back of the Rolls before departing.

The next 9 people (representing the remainder of the top 10%)
demand and receive - 33 pies (or almost 4 pies apiece).
They are able to stack and carry them
to their Mercedes before driving off.

Finally, the last 90 people approach
and are told that only 34 pies remain.
Being hungry, they gladly accept the slice (~1/3rd of a pie)
and then quickly eat it before the Rolls returns;

and the Rolls … always returns.


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2/19/26

In a rare good story about economic inequality,
hundreds of millionaires side against their fellow rich, by stating that ...

the rich need to pay more taxes


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2/17/26

New experiments reveal that protein precursors
can form naturally in deep space, and
simple amino acids can bond into peptides on ...

interstellar dust


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2/16/26

In only 5 years,
billionaire wealth has grown enough
to eliminate global poverty ...

26 times over


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2/15/26

Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings but ...

they are too afraid of Trump to admit they were pressured to stop

Even a MAGAt could see through that flimsy lie.


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2/14/26

Robert Reich compares
Hitler's Gestapo with Trump's ICE:
"We are proud Nazis, but ...

don't call us Nazis!"


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2/12/26

Freedom of speech is going ... going ... going ... almost gone:

Texas attacking teachers over Charlie Kirk comments


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2/11/26

Study confirms (what everyone already knew)
that conservative judges on the SCOTUS ...

are increasingly siding with the rich over the poor


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2/10/26

With the invasion of Iceland,
mosquitoes now inhabit every country on Earth, thanks to ...

global warming


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2/9/26

In addition to a skyrocketing national debt,
the interest on that debt has now surpassed ...

a TRILLION dollars


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2/8/26

Anthropologist explains why we can move our fingers independently ...

but not our toes


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2/7/26

Trump's attempt at getting revenge against Jack Smith
for trying to hold Trump accountable
for Trump's attempt to overthrow our democracy ...

seems to be backfiring


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2/6/26

While Trump grandstands with his usual lies ...

Big Pharma is stripping Americans blind


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2/4/26

JoJo from Jerz tells you EXACTLY what the MAGA cult is;
and as we have all seen ...

there is no bottom for these people


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2/2/26

Researchers use science fiction
to develop a new idea on how to reduce space junk ...

tractor beams


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2/1/26

2025 was the third-warmest year ...

ever recorded


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1/31/26

An advancement in the understanding of
the complicated disability called autism ...

identifies 4 main categories


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1/29/26

This may be one of the most important videos that you will ever see.
As America succumbs to the Nazi takeover,
PoliticsGirl (Leigh McGowan) confronts
what millions of us have been worrying about:
"How do we deal with family, friends, coworkers, etc.
who have betrayed everything that America ever stood for?"

Shun Maga (3:20)

Divide-and-Conquer has kept the 1%
in control of humanity for 10,000 years.
If we cannot defeat it ... we are doomed.


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1/28/25

Ghost worshiping is disappearing faster than I realized ...

less than half the people (ages 18-35) still believe in God


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1/27/26

The U.K. is slowly advancing into a civilized society ...

by passing laws against animal cruelty

Progress is slow worldwide because of subhumans like Farage
who will always place greed above suffering (whether animal or ... human).


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1/26/26

In a capitalist system,
socialism sometimes creeps in ...

owner shares his wealth with his employees


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1/25/26

Malaysia joins Brazil and South Korea
in showing America how to deal with ...

corrupt leaders


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1/24/26

The court system finally forces the VA
to do what it was intended to do ...

take care of veterans


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1/22/26

Truth is now whatever Der Fuhrer says it is ...

as he changes plaques in the white house


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