https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/28/jimmy-carter-russia-investigation-trump-lost-1387634
Why does the MSM still publish what Jimmuh says? Oh, I know -- it casts doubt on Trump in their minds -- and some flat earthers.
If Jimmuh declares water wet, I will certainly have my doubts about the truth of that statement.
I think he needs to consult Amuh ... or go find a wise bunny ... possibly a swimming attack bunny!
Friday, June 28, 2019
BO Messiah
For once I agree with Psychology Today ,,, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201905/the-belief-trump-is-messiah-is-rampant-and-dangerous?fbclid=IwAR26Oo8vkcPVfGiO08rMu9xnCkuiBRz_B0YiZf3pEUcZYwc_NbmJObuPtsw
Thinking that an earthly leader is a "god" is dangerous! It is even MORE DANGEROUS when significant portions of the elite / media hold that belief.
Here is a very incomplete listing of the MSM and much of the left hailing BO as "the messiah". Interesting imagery since most of them claim that that there is no god ...
Naturally, none of them had any concern about BO being mistaken for a "god".
I think one has to dig pretty hard to find someone seriously thinking Trump is godlike!
https://www.politico.com/story/2007/12/messianic-rhetoric-infuses-obama-rallies-007281
http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/
https://academic.udayton.edu/race/2008electionandracism/Obama/Obama58.htm#Part_1
Thinking that an earthly leader is a "god" is dangerous! It is even MORE DANGEROUS when significant portions of the elite / media hold that belief.
Here is a very incomplete listing of the MSM and much of the left hailing BO as "the messiah". Interesting imagery since most of them claim that that there is no god ...
Naturally, none of them had any concern about BO being mistaken for a "god".
I think one has to dig pretty hard to find someone seriously thinking Trump is godlike!
https://www.politico.com/story/2007/12/messianic-rhetoric-infuses-obama-rallies-007281
http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/
https://academic.udayton.edu/race/2008electionandracism/Obama/Obama58.htm#Part_1
The Racist Republican, "Southern Strategy" Myth
https://www.nationalreview.com/2012/05/party-civil-rights-kevin-d-williamson/?fbclid=IwAR0srOEhfl160YxmIYXOyF844CwQCd2O_TMXAg0NrluwWYl3laGcDWSumx0
Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) have worked hard to paint Republicans as racists. For anyone with even a tiny bit of understanding of history, this is laughable. It could well be listed as the very definition of chutzpah! The Democrats WERE the South, fighting to maintain slavery. They presided over Jim Crow, the state sponsored subjugation of Blacks for 100 years in the South, and finally, voted against every single attempt to remove the oppression of Jim Crow in the late 50's and '60s.
When these facts are pointed out, they scream "Nixon's Southern Strategy"! This article exposes that as just another pedestrian leftist lie.
We can go to that "civil rights champion" LBJ to at least understand the Democrat Southern Strategy!
Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) have worked hard to paint Republicans as racists. For anyone with even a tiny bit of understanding of history, this is laughable. It could well be listed as the very definition of chutzpah! The Democrats WERE the South, fighting to maintain slavery. They presided over Jim Crow, the state sponsored subjugation of Blacks for 100 years in the South, and finally, voted against every single attempt to remove the oppression of Jim Crow in the late 50's and '60s.
When these facts are pointed out, they scream "Nixon's Southern Strategy"! This article exposes that as just another pedestrian leftist lie.
We can go to that "civil rights champion" LBJ to at least understand the Democrat Southern Strategy!
Different Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-isnt-what-it-used-to-be-11561069996?fbclid=IwAR3FbZSWskoeH2SmttigthnRNwm2W_VkqX7FXikYDDA-gBqe-w3UQMwZP1s
At least some of the "somewhat aged" Democrats are not aware that "this is not the party of your dad ... or maybe even you when you were in college". You may think it is "your team", but is it really?
At least some of the "somewhat aged" Democrats are not aware that "this is not the party of your dad ... or maybe even you when you were in college". You may think it is "your team", but is it really?
I know that young people are often idealistic and attracted to anything that seems like a fight against injustice. But progressives today are riding roughshod over much of what liberalism once stood for. I hope that old 1960s liberals like me will stand firm, not be shamed into silence, and call out those who challenge our core values, whether from the left or the right.
Friday, June 21, 2019
The Fruits of Amorality
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/teens-kill-friend-catfish-murder-footage-alaska-anchorage
Newton's third law tells us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Programmers and engineers know that for every "fix" or "engineering change", is very likely that there will be "side effects". Military ops often have "collateral damage" . Drugs have "adverse reactions" (side effects) and "interactions".
When you mess with any system, it is nearly certain that you will have some sort of side effect, and it will often be negative -- and quite often VERY negative.
So ... We have drastically reduced the teaching of any morality outside of "follow your own desires", "tradition is immoral / corrupt", "if it feels good, do it".
Are we surprised that there are some effects of this change to the system that are not altogether positive?
Although, as we continue to "progress", what is the rational / scientific reason that we can declare this murder to be "wrong"? It looks like a group of people enjoyed this murder.
Bentham's Utilitarianism would tell us that if more people found pleasure in this killing than found pain, the action was "good".
As we continue to "progress", perhaps a vote of some constituency could be taken to determine the rightness or wrongness ?
Murphy's Law states that "If it can go wrong, it will". It is a VERY unscientific "law", however any experienced technologist will testify to it's truth. Or as Scotty so aptly stated:
Is human culture / society a complex system? If so, is it rational to assume that massive changes made with little thought beyond "we want to be free (even applauded) to do anything we want to do"!, is nearly certain to have negative (catastrophic?) side effects.
Do you perceive any? If you do, perhaps the faith that massive change is always for the better is worthy of some scrutiny,
Newton's third law tells us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Programmers and engineers know that for every "fix" or "engineering change", is very likely that there will be "side effects". Military ops often have "collateral damage" . Drugs have "adverse reactions" (side effects) and "interactions".
When you mess with any system, it is nearly certain that you will have some sort of side effect, and it will often be negative -- and quite often VERY negative.
So ... We have drastically reduced the teaching of any morality outside of "follow your own desires", "tradition is immoral / corrupt", "if it feels good, do it".
Are we surprised that there are some effects of this change to the system that are not altogether positive?
Although, as we continue to "progress", what is the rational / scientific reason that we can declare this murder to be "wrong"? It looks like a group of people enjoyed this murder.
Bentham's Utilitarianism would tell us that if more people found pleasure in this killing than found pain, the action was "good".
As we continue to "progress", perhaps a vote of some constituency could be taken to determine the rightness or wrongness ?
Murphy's Law states that "If it can go wrong, it will". It is a VERY unscientific "law", however any experienced technologist will testify to it's truth. Or as Scotty so aptly stated:
Is human culture / society a complex system? If so, is it rational to assume that massive changes made with little thought beyond "we want to be free (even applauded) to do anything we want to do"!, is nearly certain to have negative (catastrophic?) side effects.
Do you perceive any? If you do, perhaps the faith that massive change is always for the better is worthy of some scrutiny,
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Russiagate -- BO and SloJoe, When did they know?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/obama-had-to-know.php?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sw&utm_campaign=sw&fbclid=IwAR38qeYKUv6UGJuwhPgLb9VxOdF0cT9FfAmXAx2N4KhVUDH6V8VZCCu5h6Y
Good little SHORT summary ... OF COURSE they knew. After all, BO is all knowing. Isn't he?
Good little SHORT summary ... OF COURSE they knew. After all, BO is all knowing. Isn't he?
Thursday, June 13, 2019
AGW, Closing Barn Door After Cow Is Out
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/another-pane-of-glass.php
A lot of our world today is well defined by the Wizard Of Oz "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain". If you do happen to point him out, you are a denier, crazy, or something. You are to believe that the emporer of AGW is "clothed"(real), and if you point out that is a naked lie, you are to be duly punished.
The following is a bit technical, but the meaning is simple -- how much the earth can be warmed by solar input is limited by physics,
A lot of our world today is well defined by the Wizard Of Oz "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain". If you do happen to point him out, you are a denier, crazy, or something. You are to believe that the emporer of AGW is "clothed"(real), and if you point out that is a naked lie, you are to be duly punished.
The following is a bit technical, but the meaning is simple -- how much the earth can be warmed by solar input is limited by physics,
Mass Shootings Understood
https://www.dailywire.com/news/48180/prager-why-so-many-mass-shootings-ask-right-dennis-prager?utm_campaign=dwbrand
I've done versions of this in the past, but this is better. It's like solving any sort of problem:
I've done versions of this in the past, but this is better. It's like solving any sort of problem:
- When did the problem begin?
- What happened just before that? What change? What event?
Hmmm ... LOTS of change in the 60s!
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