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Nonhuman Personhood? Is there such an animal?

March 27, 2017johnfrancis Leave a Comment

What is a person?  The definition varies wildly depending on who is defining it.  Most persons would agree that all humans are persons. See what I did there? It is a very important definition for legal and moral reasons. Persons… Continue Reading →

Culture nonhuman personhood, personhood

Racism isn’t a problem in the United States.

February 6, 2017johnfrancis Leave a Comment

It makes me sick to think that we as a population need to celebrate Black History Month. The only thing that hurts worse are those that ask if this is necessary.  Yes motherfucker…it is absolutely necessary. Its people like those… Continue Reading →

Culture, History black history month, racism, racist

Alternative Facts

January 22, 2017johnfrancis Leave a Comment

On January 20th 2017 Sean Spicer held a press conference where he scolded the press for their coverage of the presidential inauguration.  The press reported and showed photographic evidence of a relatively small crowd. And the Trump team found it… Continue Reading →

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Black History began in Africa. All human history did in fact.

February 27, 2016johnfrancis 1 Comment

Happy Black History Month! All humans can draw their roots back to the continent of Africa.  There is some debate about when exactly our species and other species migrated from there but there is no credible evidence to support the… Continue Reading →

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TO GMO OR NOT TO GMO. THAT IS THE QUESTION.

January 5, 2016johnfrancis Leave a Comment

It seems that the GMO genie is out of the bottle.  But is it a good idea? I think its a great idea. I’m just not so sure if we know exactly what the hell we are doing.  Genetics is… Continue Reading →

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Happy Winter Solstice!

December 22, 2015johnfrancis 1 Comment

Today marks the day when the sun god begins its triumph (albeit temporary) over the dark.  Since the summer solstice, in the northern hemisphere, darkness has progressively defeated the light.  The amount of sunlight has decreased about 2 minutes each… Continue Reading →

Culture, History christmas, pagan, paganism, wicca, wiccan, winter solstice

Liberty, Equity, & Fairness

December 21, 2015johnfrancis Leave a Comment

Bitcoin bitcoin bictoin.  I drive my wife nuts with all my bitcoin talk.  At least I have an outlet now for all things bitcoin thanks to my blog. One BTC is currently trading at $435, down from above $460 but… Continue Reading →

Culture, Science and Technology anarchy, anarcocapitalism, bitcoin, btc, capitalism, cryptocurrency, freemarket, geek, geeky, intelligence, social anarchy, virtual currency

How about that Bitcoin?

December 9, 2015johnfrancis Leave a Comment

Bitcoin has a history of volatility no doubt but the overall movement has been upwards.  It has withstood some major blows and in the face of all that adversity I think it is doing surprisingly well.  Bitcoin is currently valued… Continue Reading →

Culture, Science and Technology bitcoin, geek, geeky, intelligent, virtual currency

I have an idea. Do you?

October 30, 2015johnfrancis 1 Comment

I’m no fan of proprietary information or the idea of intellectual property.  The idea of proprietary anything doesn’t make practical sense to me for a few important reasons. I think we as a species would be much better sharing our… Continue Reading →

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