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"This seems a popular, if erroneous, notion -- that the West is overrun with bug-eyed atheists, freethinking fanatics, and villainous infidels. Where so many pundits and journalists get the idea that Westerners are largely disciples of Darwin and Dawkins is an utter mystery. Certainly they don't get it from the research. The fact is the United States -- the largest, richest and most culturally significant Western nation -- is one of the most religious societies in history. Only about 10 percent...

Greetings from the beyond the realm.

My time cryogenically frozen in an underground cellar occupied by gay scientist-werewolves has been cut short, I'm sorry to say, and I warn you of the drama that I will breed following Christmas eve. I would've hoped my hiatus from ForgeHub would be longer, but as seeing that rehab from the Hubpub was too hard to manage, I was bound to relapse sooner or later.

On a more serious note, school mid-terms in California and many other...

Traveling to the end of my thoughts.
Yet I don't know what will be in stow for me.
But I have no doubt that it won't end well.
Just keep in mind that I won't be back for quite a while.

People are here beside me.
They do not draw breath.
The overcast sky matches their eyes.
They disappear as fast as they come.

The road before me grows wider with every step I take.
Asphalt stretches in every direction as far as the eye...

A report released by the US National Intelligence Council suggests that America's power is set to wane in the coming decades as economic power and wealth shifts from west to east, and nonstate actors have greater influence. In addition, the report warns of a bleak future:

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This is so sad. I support the Dalai Lama and hope his dreams of peace come true.

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