ERIK HAS A QUESTION: How do you get non-material consciousness when all you have to work with is material? Regardless if you are an atheist or a theist, it’s the kind of question that will make you think hard about what you think and why you think it.

WELL, IT’S BARACK OBAMA:

GOT WOKE, WENT…:

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OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

THIS IS THE SLAPDOWN. NEXT WE NEED CONSEQUENCES:

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: James May Visits Katz’s Delicatessen.

LEE WILLIAMS: Judge ATF as They Judge Us: They’re All Guilty and They All Need to Go. “No one makes the case that it’s time to end the ATF better than the ATF itself. Rather than allowing the agency to continue on its own or merging it with the DEA as has been recently discussed, President Donald J. Trump should put the agency out of our misery before its agents kill yet another innocent American or violate someone else’s civil rights.”

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Are We Losing the New Space Race? “The race isn’t to merely plant a flag for prestige and bragging rights. The race is on to establish a permanent and (eventually) self-sustaining presence on the ultimate high ground — and the gateway to the riches of the asteroid belt.”