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Religion is a subset of ideology, and ideology is a set of beliefs about how how the world is and how the world should be. Capitalism is an ideology. Communism is an ideology. Scientism is an ideology. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and so on are religious ideologies.

The boundary between the two is weak. Communism and Scientism make metaphysical statements. Communism and Scientism generally state that there is no soul, there is no afterlife and there are no supernatural beings.

Capitalism believes that people, out of self interest (greed and selfishness), act in ways that create welfare for the majority. This is a radical belief, held by almost no one and no other belief system in history. It also believes in unlimited growth. The combination of these beliefs is going to wind up killing a few billion people.

So when is the media going to turn on Harris? I don’t know but I’d guess it’s going to happen pretty soon. It’s inevitable for all the reasons Brian Beutler spelled out in his excellent piece today in Off Message: As happily as it ended for liberals, the early weeks of July were their darkest since November 2016, illuminating only how various elites will respond if Donald Trump wins the election.  What we saw was disturbing: When it appeared that Trump would win the election all but unopposed, we did not see officeholders take steps to batten down the hatches of the political system, or media figures apply extra scrutiny to the presumptive president. (In 2016, media elites explained away their insipid obsession with Hillary Clinton’s emails by citing her poll numbers—she would likely be president, after all, and thus merited a thorough scrubbing.) Instead, we witnessed what the scholar Timothy Snyder has famously described as “obeying in advance.” Some of these gestures were truly ominous.

The Republican VP nominee pressured regulators to weaken limits on cancer-causing emissions from steel industry manufacturing.

Replace all Department of Education employees with sunglass-wearing dudes filming themselves ranting in pick-up trucks.

Abolish DEI hiring policies and ensure jobs are only given based on nepotism.

School children will start every morning reciting the pledge of allegiance and/or the lyrics of Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba.”

Outlaw abortions for all Americans, excluding mistresses of Republicans.

The libs have to take Chris Pratt back. We don’t want him either.

Everyone has to stop making fun of my Punisher Thin Blue Line tattoo.

All Americans are entitled to own and carry firearms, provided they are white.

McDonald’s must bring back Mayor McCheese and execute the Hamburglar.

Ban all books, because reading is for nerds.

Girls can no longer refuse to date guys because they’re MAGA, and also, they have to tell them they are handsome and sometimes have to buy them stuff.

To clarify the gender binary, they will be renamed “bangable” and “not bangable.”

The independent regulator Impress has called for new legislation to tackle the dangers of social media misinformation

Is it over Tuesday? Sure, I was disappointed to hear that North Carolina Roy Cooper withdrew from the competition to be Kamala Harris’s vice president. But I get his reasoning: Cooper, the former chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, has been close to Harris since they were both state attorneys general. His potential selection was seen as a possible asset in shifting North Carolina — the Democrats’ only significant opportunity to expand on their 2020 map — into Harris’ hands. Under the state constitution, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is the GOP’s nominee to replace the term-limited Cooper, becomes acting governor and can assume the Democrat’s powers when he travels out of state. For those following along at home, that’s Mark “some folks need killing” Robinson. Simone Biles is a “weak little gymnast” Mark Robinson. “Doesn’t pay his taxes and is under investigation” for fraud Mark Robinson. Cooper, according to two of the people, has expressed concern about what Robinson might do if he were to leave the state extensively for campaign travel.

Is the car our most gendered technology?

A recent report was problematic for appearing to place responsibility with 'demanding parents’ who contribute to local authority financial problems, writes Sharon Smith

What kind do you want? A power (and water) outage last night after a long afternoon of canvassing (plus a visit from the neighborhood black bear) has me catching up this morning. I haven’t had time to watch the Kamala Harris rally in Atlanta from last night now that power’s restored. Just sayin’. Apparently, Harris had the kind of to-the-rafters crowd Donald Trump lies about drawing. Rev. Warnock did some preaching. Those years of Republican voter fraud allegations about “them” stealing your vote? Warnock reminds Georgians that a “Florida Man” occupying the Oval Office actually tried to steal theirs in 2020. It’s on tape. And he’s been indicted. VP Kamala Harris received a “modest” welcome at the Georgia State University Convocation Center. Harris laid out the stakes. Really? What kind of future do you want? Those are the stakes.

Accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting Home Office processing amounted to £6.4 billion of the overspend

Key elements of misinformation about the Southport killings originated in a social media post by 'Channel 3 News’

1. I’ve put this body through a lot.

2. I’ve done the same routine over and over for years.

3. I wear a nerdy windbreaker.

4. One of my most important goals is getting as much gold as possible.

5. People suspect I’m a different age than I say I am, but no one’s been able to prove it.

6. It takes a lot of product and an almost bizarre number of pins to keep my hair where I want it.

7. At this point, I’m pretty unabashed about picking my wedgie.

8. I have a complicated relationship with bars.

9. I’m always concentrating really hard on not falling.

10. Sometimes it’s the bars that make me fall.

11. I never score as much as I want.

12. There’s a lot of tape on various parts of my toes and feet.

13. The skin on my hands is dry and chalky.

14. Most of my smiles are fake.

15. Anyone who witnesses me exercising on the floor feels nervous, anticipating everything that could go wrong.

16. I have random pain all over my body.

17. Part of my mind is always preoccupied with the next vault I have to clear.

18. I’m constantly bending over backward for everyone.

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After violence erupts on the streets of Milwaukee, musicians perform as an act of healing and a protest against hopelessness

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- by Nick Kabrél

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“I shouldn’t have to ask my opponent to condemn his biggest funders for putting out an ad like this.”

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The crypto industry is spending big money on the election to sway policy in their favor — and this is what they want.