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A Morning Thought @ 2641

Slot Machine

Anthony McIntyre ⚽Although the English Premier League title was secured by Liverpool some weeks ago, today was when they received their crown.We headed to the Thatch to watch the home game against Crystal Palace, themselves flushed with success just fresh from their FA Cup achievement. It was the usual firm for Liverpool games, Paddy, Jay, moi, Andrew and Ronan. Myself and Ronan got a lift over.

Left-Wing Irish Bigots And Right-Wing British Bigots 🪶 Is Free Speech Only For My Tribe?

Nick Cohen ✏ Writing From London. Recommended by Kate Yo.The UK's Authoritarian HypocrisiesYesterday afternoon the British police charged Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh from the Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap with a terrorism offence.His case has every chance of turning into a spectacular example of political and cultural hypocrisy. Today’s left and right want freedom for their supporters to

Did Humans Evolve To Prefer Religion? Research Shows Many Atheists Intuitively Favor Faith

The Conversation ✏ Written by Will Gervais. Recommended by Henry Joy. Many atheists consider themselves to be highly rational people who rate evidence and analytical thinking above religion, superstition and intuition. They might even argue that atheism is the most rational worldview.But that doesn't make them immune to having intuitive beliefs themselves. Science suggests the link between

Trump’s ‘Religious Liberty Commission’ Packed With Anti-Abortion, Anti-Equality Activists

Right Wing Watch 👀 Written by Peter Montgomery.President Donald Trump has rewarded his loyal religious-right base with executive orders creating a “Religious Liberty Commission” and a “Task Force to Eliminate Anti-Christian Bias.” Together they will put the force of the federal government behind the conspiracy theories, false persecution claims, and reactionary policy proposals of the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Sixty Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousPeers back measures to tackle unregistered schools in schools billJehovah’s Witnesses are suing a reporter for "wiretapping"—after

A Morning Thought @ 2640

A Morning Thought @ 2639

Europa Chumps

Cam Ogie ⚽ What an abysmal advertisement for English football and the Premier League!Ali McCoist and Darren Fletcher on realizing they’d been under-handed the poisoned chalice of commentary for such a shit-show masquerading as football, quickly considered a drug induced panacea of psilocybin mushrooms and contemplated the virtues of assisted dying.Spurred on by their professionalism, they

Wanted For Not Supporting Israeli Terrorism

Frankie McKillen ✊with a recommendation following on from the decision by the British police to prosecute a member of Kneecap. As Barry Malone tweeted in pure, biting Swiftian satire:After more than 60,000 dead - including 1,800 children - I'm pleased to see that Kneecap and Gary Lineker have finally been brought to account.