Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Reg,

I tested 20/20 correct out of 20 headlines on the Misinformation Susceptibility Test..but probably because I’m a good tester who could identify baloney and was sufficiently media saavy. I also think I could sense the direction of the test’s drift.

Perhaps if the test was solely on logical fallacies or scientific method, it could more…[Read more]

@Reg

Wear sunscreen.

Some “rules” to be happy as you age.  All suggestions welcome!!

@_Robert_ I understand the sentiment. I find it increasing difficult to keep friendships with religiously minded people. It is not their faith that is the problem. I can generally ignore it. But it is how the magical thinking entwines itself into their view of the world.  Once they have fallen for the “Great Overarching Delusion” (GOD)* they end…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.” – Christopher Hitchens, born April 13th.

Love this quote, however as I advance towards my end with the realization that the median person is mentally and moral…[Read more]

“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.” – Christopher Hitchens, born April 13th.

Authoritarianism.

It not only goes with religious societies. It is the sine qua non, the little engine, the clarion call, the marionette to the puppet.

If Islam is successful in its objective to attain world domination it won’t be as it has been historically via the sword. (Am hoping Israel/USA blast the nuclear weapons of Iran or its…[Read more]

Unseen,

The article from The Forward you cited wasn’t accurate for saying that Netanyahu and Erdogan are cozy. Not according to this:

Turkey and Israel hold talks to avoid accidental conflict in Syria
https://apnews.com/article/israel-turkey-syria-conflict-talks-447f81a8eff6e1bb81b85dca0b7c6034

Also, between this story and Trump’s tariff’s…[Read more]

The first sentence if my prior post was a run on disaster, so I thank you—especially Enco—for giving it the intended reading not the literal meaning opposite to my intention.

To wit:

Not many of the people who are asking for the normal rules of warfare to be adhered to by Israel in Gaza so as to stop what seems to be a genocidal campaign are not…[Read more]

Reg,

The recent years have taken a lot out of Douglas Murray, as it has all of us. He’s went grey quickly. I just hope he doesn’t lose that Promethean fire like too many cultural commentators have.

Unseen,

Netanyahu is not getting out of this unscathed, no matter how the war in Gaza ends.

October 7 happened on Netanyahu’s watch and his Mossad had a 9/11 scale failure of imagination not to foresee it. Given the history of the Jews, the last thing an agency dedicated to protection of Israel should have is a failure of imagination. In…[Read more]

Authoritarianism goes so well with the religious societies. A belief in a god or ‘superior’ entity and a belief in Dear Leader are really not all that far apart. If you’re already worshipping a god, it’s not a huge pivot to worshipping a leader.

@Reg

Not many of the people who are asking for the normal rules of warfare to be adhered to by Israel in Gaza so as to stop what seems to be a genocidal campaign are not pro-Hamas. They are not pro-rape or pro-torture. Don’t be absurd.

Israel has become a right-wing authoritarian country which keeps friendlier company with other authoritarian…[Read more]

Strega,

Give hegemony to far left/Islamists the Islamists execute the socialist/lefties as they did in Iran in 1979.

A war would ensue between the various Muslim sects to determine top dog. Excellent chance they’d all agree to complete the final solution. I am not going to elaborate on the horrors of Islam. I think to one degree or another we…[Read more]

With respect to the regime without any rights, I am hard pressed to see that as something different than that which the current administration aims for.

“I would like to quote what you said last time, that ‘there’s nothing that’s more important to this court than due process rights and fundamental fairness.’”

Mahmoud Khalil addressing the court that ruled gov can kick his sorry ass to Timbuktu or seaworthy to Davy Jones locker! Ain’t that rich having the scum of the earth intend to capitalize…[Read more]

I have pretty much ditched all the MAGA supporters from my world. Feels good.

Unseen wrote:
Trump lies to see who’s loyal to him. Who’s in his cult.

L. Ron Hubbard, creator of Scientology was a science fiction author, who eventually made claims like he was a (nuclear?) physicist, Buddha in a past life, and he kept writing the most unbelievable origin stories and how people can nurture their superpowers, even learning to…[Read more]