meh, people live super unhealthy lives
possibly
of note, trump did this too (unless he took saline or something)
I think a lot of people have argued she was a jew putting out zionist disinfo
Pure capitalism includes the ability to inflict usury on one's fellow man, as an opposite extreme to pure Communism
It's not that capitalism is bad but it enables bad / wrong things when misused, which Rand doesn't go in to
(but she develops her own materialistic capitalist moral system of "Objectivism" which may be in contrast to Christian teachings at times)
"Then Jesus saith to him: Put up again thy sword into its place: for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matthew 26:52
All gave some
Some gave all
good vid that seems to break things down in more detail than I have previously seen, thank you; it's at least worth asking questions about
(often when these things happen, there is messy speculation that isn't always right, which is fine, as we don't know what happened and are brainstorming to figure things out)
reposting a comment about Charlie Kirk with Erika Kirk vs. Candace Owens drama:
since [others were] propping up official narratives, I guess we should share how much info quickly came out that busted these after the event last year:
there were some substacks that tried to "expose" erika (search "erika kirk exposed substack"), I don't think this was the one but it has some of the same vibe: https://phantompain1984.substack.com/p/erika-kirk-and-the-ritualistic-assassination
Among things that were mentioned was that Erika associated with a nonprofit in Romania that people questioned if it had trafficked kids. Some strange networking connections were suggested with Erika's circle (and Candace too tbh). The linked article suggests Erika was proven to say some things that were incorrect.
Now as far as the actual event last year went, there were a lot of weird anomalies like the security making strange hand gestures before Kirk was shot, I think weren't they denied extra security that day for some reason, and wasn't there a video that showed some guy seemingly shooting a small handgun from the front to the left of the stage? Others speculated the microphone might have been rigged, on Charlie.
I ... [think] it's probably wise to be both skeptical of Erika and Candace respectively (Erika as promoting a false mainstream narrative, Candace as promoting a false "alternative" narrative)
Thanks for coming to the TED talk
Aquinas: Summa Theologica
Possible PDF: https://archive.org/details/st.-thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica/page/n25/mode/2up
New Advent HTML version: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/
Catholic encyclopedia on "Aquinas": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm
The "Summa theologica"-- This work immortalized St. Thomas. The author himself modestly considered it simply a manual of Christian doctrine for the use of students. In reality it is a complete scientifically arranged exposition of theology and at the same time a summary of Christian philosophy ... In the brief prologue St. Thomas first calls attention to the difficulties experienced by students of sacred doctrine in his day, the causes assigned being: the multiplication of useless questions, articles, and arguments; the lack of scientific order; frequent repetitions, "which beget disgust and confusion in the minds of learners". Then he adds: "Wishing to avoid these and similar drawbacks, we shall endeavour, confiding in the Divine assistance, to treat of these things that pertain to sacred doctrine with brevity and clearness, in so far as the subject to be treated will permit."
Something to jump around reading bits and pieces of, or like a piece a day for a while if you want to read the whole thing...
Unless nukes are " fake and gay"
AI on the other hand...
There's a lot of natural anti-cancer and anti-parasitic remedies
Not sure how effective they are but not sure how effective conventional or alternative treatments like this are either
disappointing
related: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/
these things happen when we deregulate and "de-tax" too though lol
(in other words the illegals are arguably not the problem, just "big government"; or, even if we had the illegal problem, with less regs and taxes we could still "live long and prosper")
is this a "dinosaurs never existed" theory or a "dinosaurs were separate creatures that didn't 'evolve' along with humans" kind of thing? I'm tending towards the former view maybe at times
Maybe something for a post but I was thinking a lot of leftists seem to like the psychological idea of "boundaries" and that maybe this could be tied to getting them to support borders
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
and other such American documents available for download and discussion: https://www.theconstitutionalistsociety.com/historical-documents/
This came up in a "canon of American writing" search (although is commonly known)
meh I don't think it's that deep in this case:
without physical disks, there is less resale ability and more control and it costs less to not manufacture physical media
maybe we could just push eco-friendly initiatives - that save money as a win-win - and that could placate them
(there are real environmental problems, but "global warming" is kind of vague and not necesssarily one of them. Real issues like: pollution, waste of resources, poisoning of ourselves via pesticides in food supply, etc.)
so, end the Fed or something...
tbh sounds like a cope
it seems like a loss but that doesn't mean we / Trump can't win long game
"Dear Boomer, 'capitalism' enriched you at the expense of future generations. Your lazy, entitled, participation-trophy generation failed capitalism. Stop blaming young people for your failures and promoting the illusion that you 'worked hard fair and square to earn what you have'"
Discuss?
tbh I don't actually get the objection here
or don't quite get the objection against halal or maybe kosher slaughter, but I'm not big in to "animal rights" when we still literally kill animals for food (which I'm fine with)
it's just kind of sad that it takes muzzies for us to legalize freedom to slaughter our own backyard meat or something?
meanwhile I think as others commented, our whole beef meat supply is backed up because of meat processors or something
I'm with you, islam is a distraction
I guess the "Dark Ages" are somewhat wrongly titled, as there was a lot going on then
I've gotten an impression though that a focus on spirituality might tend towards creating a "Dark Ages" in a good way, though;
those who are not Christian and are totally focused on nothing but this life may have an obsession with developing technology and creating an "Age of Light" or "Enlightenment" (consider that the Devil is known as the "Light Bearer");
those who are focused on spiritual matters and may take more time to pray rather than spend that time developing technology, may develop at a slower pace (thus, the "age" is "darker") - but this is of course a trade-off of material prosperity and technological development which is useful for only a few moments on earth, for the trade of "spiritual treasure" which has eternal value
Hence, I think maybe there's some truth that "religion and Dark Ages go hand in hand"; yet, there are also other voices that point out that the "Dark Ages" wasn't really that dark either, and some of the excesses of an atheistic materialistic mindset may actually even work against technological progress (paradoxically)
"so, end the fed or something"