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Part 3 Raven Rock. The government’s plans for after a nuclear holocaust
This is the third part of my book review of: Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. Simon and Schuster. This book stresses that a full … Continue reading
Part 2 Raven Rock. The U.S. government’s plans to save civilians from nuclear war
Graff, G.M. 2018. Raven Rock. The Story of the U.S. Governments Secret Plan to Save Itself–While the Rest of Us Die. At the outset of the cold war, scientists proposed that nationalism had to go away to prevent nuclear wars, … Continue reading
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Tagged bomb shelter, emergency plans, evacuation, FEMA, homeland security
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Fantasyland 9. Myths and infotainment
Preface. This is the last of the Fantasyland review series. Links to the 9 parts of this book review: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, delusions, fantasyland, infotainment
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Fantasyland 8. Religion the main factor in America’s descent into the darkness of superstition
[ This is the 8th of nine posts about Fantasyland. Andersen believes all of the madness and superstition in America originally springs from our history of religiosity. The scariest part of the insanity is that there are Christians trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Armageddon, critical thinking, insanity, Rapture, religion, superstition
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Fantasyland 7. How America became the world’s biggest theme park
Preface. This is the 7th of 9 posts about Fantasyland. Some theme park quotes: One of America’s first theme parks was created in 1894, Black America, with 500 pretend slaves advertised as “Fun for the Darkies” and the “Fun-Loving … Continue reading
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Fantasyland 5. Why Americans are so prone to believing in conspiracies
Preface. This is the fifth of nine posts about this very important book on how and why a large percent of Americans have has been irrational for 500 years. Links to the 9 parts of this book review: 1 2 … Continue reading
Fantasyland 4. American churches go from crazy to insane and unhinged: 1800 to present
Preface. This is the fifth of nine posts about Fantasyland. This is a very important book on how and why a large percent of Americans have has been irrational for 500 years. Evangelism threatens to create a non-democratic, authoritarian government, … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, history of irrational christianity, religion
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Fantasyland 3. History of increasing craziness of U.S. religion from 1517 to 1800
Preface. In another post about critical thinking, “What percent of Americans are rational?”, I list the results of 10 polls about what Americans believe. Here are the questions about Christianity. When there’s more than one figure, they’re from different polls: … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, religion
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Fantasyland Part 2. How America Went Haywire. A 500-Year History.
Preface. This is the second of nine parts about the book “”Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. A 500-Year History”, mostly the introduction. Links to the 9 parts of this book review: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Continue reading
Fantasyland Part 1. How America Went Haywire. A 500-Year History.
Preface. This a review of the “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. A 500-Year History”. If you want to understand what’s wrong with America, and be highly entertained at the same time, this is the book for you, one of my … Continue reading