Fellow Unbelievers:

Here below is a collection of scenes from a movie I saw on the Universal Monsters streaming channel, not my usual viewing of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The scenes are from Dracula’s Daughter, the 1936 sequel to the original 1931 Dracula starring Bela Lugosi as the title role.

Dracula’s Daughter (1936) | Movie Scenes |…[Read more]

Reg and Jake:

Oh I forgot: Mark Levin actually granted Trump the honor of being The First Jewish President. Thankfully, no word about Bar Mitzvahs< or bris ceremonies.

So the racist, Antisemitic Christian Nationalists have yet another reason to flip out.

And Mark Levin is not only shouting at clouds, but shouting at McDonald’s and KFC fart…[Read more]

Reg:

Christian racists and conspiracy driven fascists will gather in Texas to plan how to seize power in the name of their imaginary god.

I wonder how they are going to react to the revelation of The First Bisexual President* and his desire to “swirl it up,” as the kids say, with Nikki Minaj?

* (The honor of The…[Read more]

Simon:

“I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” To give AI rights is the most frightening idea I’ve ever heard. It’s already sociopathic, or psychopathic, in that it has no morality whatsoever, it’s entirely instrumental, although so far, morally neutral in every way.

Great description of the present ownership and wanna-be owners of AI.😁

Jake:

Einat and her peers in Israel are not going to gratuitously call out or alienate an ally like Trump. Well a sometimes ally. And they still need USA to help end the threat of ballistic weapons/nucs and the IRGC.

So it’s “Trump uses Israel and she uses Trump and neither one cares”* …only it’s the Mullahs, the IRGC, and their terrorist…[Read more]

The need for weapons is like the need for lawyers. Ya need em to protect yourself from other lawyers. To arms, to arms the British are coming. And they don’t stop.

As long as political ideologies keep reinforcing the us v them and the constructs about innate characteristics aine nuthin gonna change.

No argument with the article but the…[Read more]

Jake:

A fantastically brilliant article from a suitably-named Substack:

The ‘Pro-Pal’ Scam
Nobody Really Gives a Damn About Palestinians
by Danielle Pletkin
https://whatthehellisgoingon.substack.com/p/wth-the-pro-pal-scam

I hate to use Quick-Draw McGraw psychobabble, but the people of Gaza and the West Bank are going to need to have aa…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Humans are debating the possible moral status of AI while using AI systems to help formulate their arguments.

“I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.”  To give AI rights is the most frightening idea I’ve ever heard.  It’s already sociopathic, or psychopathic, in that it has no morality whatsoever, it’s entirely i…[Read more]

Jake:

Medical breakthroughs are fantastic. Too bad countries were not devoting their military expenditures to science and medicine. Competition might be based on pride in delivering the goods instead of weapons and defense to those weapons. But hey….we are human…

We’ll always need some arms. As Thomas Paine observed, Invaders and plunders are…[Read more]

Have a great week!!