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Hitchens had much good to say. Neither an authoritarian regime, or God. Yep, i'm with you that a general sense of optimism
beats the other, along with extra-healthy ration of reality. Or, heh, at least a conscious attempt to get as close to it as we can.

"He had some pithy lines on that topic
Like, "who wants to be controlled by a totalitarian regime, not me?..""

Yep, it's been a long evolution. Chuckle, yep, have checked on your "Check it out; 11k yrs
to arrive at Beyonce + NFL" one, to get a clearer sense of what your 11k was getting at, so

Timeline of human prehistory

[...]

* 11,600 years ago (9,600 BC): An abrupt period of global warming accelerates
the glacial retreat; taken as the beginning of the Holocene geological epoch.

*11,200–11,000 years ago: Meltwater pulse 1B, a sudden rise of sea level by 7.5 m within about 160 years.

*11,000 years ago (9,000 BC): Earliest date recorded for construction of temenoi ceremonial structures
at Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey, as possibly the oldest surviving proto-religious site on Earth.[32]

*11,000 years ago (9,000 BC): Emergence of Jericho, which is now one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities
in the world. Giant short-faced bears and giant ground sloths go extinct. Equidae goes extinct in North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_prehistory#Holocene
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To your link - The Jay-z NFL deal and the controversy around it is all news to me,
and very interesting. This one, linked in yours was ended up a good introduction

Jay-Z faces backlash over NFL partnership as Colin Kaepernick remains out of the league
By deena zaru Aug 19, 2019, 4:05 PM ET
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jay-faces-backlash-nfl-partnership-colin-kaepernick-remains/story?id=65055305

Back to Hitchens, there are many on the board. One of arizona1's here,

2010 - I could listen to Christopher Hitchens speak all day. I was really sad to learn that he has cancer.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=54563895

There were heaps around the time of the Kaepernick knee developments and controversy. Then we left it so thanks for bringing all that back.

A few of multi-many on the board involving religions

Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close
What percentage of terror attacks in the United States and Europe are committed by Muslims? Guess. Nope. Guess again. And again...
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110990183

What is Christofascism?
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=129165956

Tearex, so-called Judeo-Christian values did not come out of thin air, was my reaction to your claim.
No, America is not founded on Judeo-Christian values
[...]
America is founded on humanistic values that sprung from the 18th-century Enlightenment:
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124474319

One of F6's - conix -- as much as Christianity is for its
which is to say, as to each/both -- yes, of course
[in reply to post headed Is Islam to Blame for Its Extremists?]
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=118464060

It's fun going through old posts. Thanks for bringing the Kaepernick et al social movement back.

Edit: PS: Forgot to include, yep, the Trump-NFL-owner political-corporate nexus is politically interesting too.