Whatcom Freethinkers

#2) Watch Ken Burns reflections on Public Broadcast cuts and its future:
8 minute video of Ken Burns reflection on Public Media cuts

#3) Jose Antonio Vargas updates 'Dear America' to describe the process to become documented, and the status of Immigration in America today:
8 minute video on interview with Jose Vargas

#4) IRS being forced to share personal information to ICE on all taxpayers and remove privacy protection to undocumented workers who voluntarily report and pay social security and income taxes to benefits they cannot claim, so ICE can find, arrest and deport without due process!
6 minute video of IRS to release taxpayer Data to IRS in search of Illegal Alien addresses and contacts

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#5) Nearly 46 years ago, President Jimmy Carter gave this speech that echo through time with eerie relevance. Was it foresight—or have we simply not changed?

Read this Famous speech from SKEPTIC. Do you agree?

Click on link below:

https://www.skeptic.com/article/jimmy-carter-crisis-of-confidence-speech-1979/?ref=skeptic-newsletter
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Also, updates, links to material to read or watch and PDF files to down load are provided later this week to those I have email addresses for.

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3. On Death & Dying & "What would you do differently if you knew you only had one year left to live" (thank you Yifan Chen for offering this question to our last Friday N. of Costo meeting.
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4. NOSTALGIA: The last time we had a big win on Separation of Church, School & State. Ever since 2004, despite the rapid growth of Americans unaffiliated with organized religion, we've been loosing the battle in court and of public opinion. Let's reminisce on our last court battle sucess in the following 2 hour NOVA special, 2004, You may click to skip add to move onto this video.

Judgment Day Intelligent Design On Trial FULL (NOVA)

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We will start out by introducing ourselves, our personal passions and also share our choice on how to conduct our meeting (2 minutes or less per person).
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Freethought encourages creative solutions, but then this group uses reason, evidence and the scientific method as the only reliable means to prune down answers to our probing questions and common sense solutions to humanity's current problems.
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Normally we never follow through with pre-readings, videos or topics anyway and jump in to whatever subjects pop up during introduction circle. The flavor of conversation is quite varied and unique based on who shows and what those present bring to the table.

Feel free to bring a book or article and your take on the readings. Comments on ever changing current events easily fill our discussions!
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Free Coffee, cream and sweetener will be provided. Just bring yourself and share in great conversation, but if you'll be hungry, feel free to bring your own lunch to eat during our talk.
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Have a future idea or topic? Email me at secularworld@aol.com and share!
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Randy Drubek & Monty Vonn – Coordinators