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Reg:

World of Woo: Everyday life……

Trying to force dogs and cats to go vegan is a good way to get the SPCA and Animal Control turned on a pet owner, and rightly so. And Child Protective Services will also turn on parents who try to make their youngsters go vegan, again, rightly so.

Here, virtue signaling with food is not only playing with you…[Read more]

Pope,

Timing of takeover in Venezuela is interesting. Major protests erupting in Iran and Trump warning Iran it will i don’t remember exact wording but come to rescue of protestors if any are killed.

So it is perhaps a message to Iranians that they aint kidding around and will invade unless… And it also suggests coupled with the bombing of…[Read more]

Have a great week everyone!

jakelafort wrote:
Next Mexico and Cuba.

My guess he’ll not mess with them, but just throw his usual pejoratives and trumped up outrage at them. He’s gotten mileage from the kidnapping and subsequently acting like (or actually fantasizing that) he’s taking over Venezuela. Maybe Steven Miller’s spiking his drinks and stoking fantasies. “Please…[Read more]

First Venezuela.

Next Mexico and Cuba. Hell just take over South and Central America. Bunch of shithole countries. Murica is expanding. Canada is too cold unless and until we need it.

And why not legalize slavery again? Why should the Arab/Muslims have all of the fun?

Trumpistan and Trump is the man who can. All hail Trump.

@regthefronkeyfarmer – but I never said the truth had to be justified – just “true”.  Anyway I like your definition of understanding better – understanding the factors that make something happen, and everything has a causative structure.

I understand that the concept of truth is not simple and is hard to define precisely.  If something is l…[Read more]

@Simon – Understanding is true belief. False beliefs are either redundant or harmful because delusion is always unsatisfactory.

That’s incorrect in modern epistemology. The old school of thought was that “Knowledge is justified true belief”. It is difficult to shake that idea because it is ‘folk epistemology’ and it has been around for centuries…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Religious justification is more powerful than anger or hatred and that is how ordinary people become instruments of atrocity.

I actually think that extremist religion and politics can justify “righteous” anger and hatred, blotting out all compassion or respect for human rights.  That’s because morality has an…[Read more]

Reg,

You said a mouthful. Several mouthsful.

Moral Judment is externalized. Yep. Innate impulses concerning right and wrong are superseded. But remember you can’t be a good person without the moral guidance! Crusaders slaughtering infidels. Muslim suicide bombers. Goddamnit little Aisha no tears for your brother who is in Jannah.

Once moral judgment is externalized, violence becomes procedural. Killing is no longer an act of violence. It becomes a duty to the cause. The killer experiences righteousness, not guilt. I remember the phone call by the Hamas terrorist to his father and both were rejoicing in the murders. Religion claims absolute moral authority by an…[Read more]

Very interesting/informative article i link.

Please read this. You won’t hate for having done so.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-881994

See those college kids protesting in support of the brave Iranians who are risking their lives?

No of course not. They are morons. Or should i say they are human and acted upon just like monkeys? Degrees are no assurance or indication of intelligence. Achievement tests same. Until we recognize that the masses are led and incapable of critical…[Read more]

Understanding – apprehending the truth – is an aspiration or goal.  We can’t guarantee to reach an adequate understanding of something.

Understanding is true belief.  False beliefs are either redundant or harmful because delusion is always unsatisfactory.

Understanding is voluntary.
Belief is optional.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Univ. of Oklahoma punishes instructor for failing Christian student who didn’t do the assignment.

She wrote a right-wing rant instead.  I think that the student, Samantha Fulnecky, will never be able to get a normal job now.  But there’s plenty of work spouting off on YouTube, playing the victim and pretending to be…[Read more]

I was wondering if anyone would bring up the lynching of the Hindu.

Heart warming stuff.

Now i could pontificate and berate and conflate one state with another but meh it is just in the wind.

Thanks, Reg!  Happy New Year to you and  I hope all your Machiavellian plans for 2026 achieve outstanding success!

Have a great week everyone and Happy New Year!!

Last week I checked my crypto wallet on my cellphone. It said I had a balance of $28,151,000. I closed the app, re-opened it and I had the same balance. I immediately tried to transfer funds, thinking there must have been a “bitcoin moment”. When I got to the transfer window, the last 3 zeros were gone and I was actually down about $200. I could…[Read more]