Reg the Fronkey Farmer

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I cannot figure out how some voters are still undecided. How is the difference in choice not obvious to them? They are waiting upon the finer details of certain policies or something?

Gee….I know one is a conspiracy riddled bats in his head liar and the other is an educated person with a calm and logical mind but first I would like to ask both of you “Given the current inflationary pressures, how do you plan to balance the need for tighter monetary policy to control inflation with the potential risks to economic growth and employment? Specifically, what fiscal measures will your government adopt to mitigate the impact of rising consumer prices on lower-income households without exacerbating inflationary pressures further?” so I can make an informed decision on who to vote for.

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The illegals are eating our cat and dogs. That little diatribe was priceless.

Apparently it’s true cos he saw it on TV.

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In the end, we can always commit suicide.

Whenever someone in a group setting asks about the purpose of life I always consider suggesting that we should all go outside now and commit suicide. Depending on the maturity of the company of course. When I get told “that is a horrible thing to suggest”, I ask, OK, tell me why we should not?

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I doubt today’s analytical philosophers are so rigid as if they walk around thinking like Spock or something.

Maybe they would confuse Spock by asking him what he means exactly by the term “live long” and if he could outline his definition of “prosper” in terms of the cultural differences between them and the Klingons?

Captain, its the Engines here. Scotty cannot take much more…

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OK, Reg enough popcorn. This is great.

 

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All that, and one has to make a binary choice in November.

I still fear that Trump can win. If Harris can keep the honeymoon going and also let the voters hear more of her actual policies, without the rhetoric, then I think she will have a much better chance.  If Trump can’t keep himself in check during the debate and Harris displays a diplomat skill and speaks as an orator to all citizens then it will be difficult to see her losing. Trump will not be diplomatic. His MAGA fan base won’t want him to tone down his vulgarity. MAGA is nothing without him. I can’t see how Trump will manage to sit quietly and let an articulate and educated black woman speak without becoming vulgar. He is too weak a man to allow a powerful woman show him up. I really think Harris will do so much better than in 2020 in the early rounds. Just ignoring Trump might be the best strategy to take. I have the popcorn ready.

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Have a great week everyone!!

Christians think nothing of condemning nonbelievers to eternal suffering, but will forgive the most atrocious crimes committed by themselves.

–Ignots Pistachio

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Romeo dies??? Well I guess I won’t be watching that movie then.

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Since there’s no way to get rid of groups, since only groups can cooperate (internally) – there’s no way, in this competitive world, to get rid of in-group bias and out-group antipathy.  The only thing we can do is be aware of it and how it works, and then maybe it can be overcome to some extent.

A group that evolve dynamically and for the benefit of its members is not the problem. Their power is derived from the combined membership of the individual members. It exists to help everyone flourish by its collective power. So long as everyone has a role and fulfills that role according to the group’s expectations, all is well.  But religion fucks all that up. It imposes it magical thinking and usurped power on the group and takes it over like a parasite does to an otherwise health system. It creeps its way to total control of the group, be it a small sect or an entire population. It no longer allows the group to evolve dynamically. It now tells everyone what to think and not how to think. The in-group is poisoned by that religion and can only survive by spreading itself like a brain pox. Atheism is the vaccine.

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@jakelafort – A very good smartphone would tell you that O’Brien and Dettori score a treble tonight with Greenfinch, Mountain Bear and Chief Little Rock.

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You can get rid of Google and Apple IOS cellphones but freedom has a price…..

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This is a fault in human nature – our in-group bias.

I agree but I think there is a bigger picture to look at here. In-group bias evolved as a survival mechanism. Favoring those within one’s own group lead to more cohesive and cooperative units, enhancing group survival against external threats. It allowed us to protect our territory and resources and build up trust between members as we watched out for each other. This trust relationship is likely where our ethical behavior and moral standards first took root.

But we were a lot more ignorant than we are now (Stephen Colbert once said “I think some of us are getting stupider more).  We assigned gods to everything we did not understand. Animism was the start of religious belief. It came to be exploited by those who were a little smarter when they figured out that an in-group can be easily lead in any direction.

In a modern setting in-group bias hinders objective decision-making, promotes unfair treatment of people based on group membership, (us vs them) which escalates into prejudice and exclusion. In a globalized world, where cooperation and understanding across diverse groups is crucial, in-group bias is a detrimental trait that undermines social harmony and equality.

In short, I guess in-group bias was a lot more useful for our survival than it is now where it is used to divide and conquer. It is more of a fault now that it was in our more primitive days.

All religions, intentionally or not, are responsible for creating in-group bias. Islam is the currently the worst poisoner on the human mind. I see nothing “Islamophobic” in saying that. I am only pointing out what is patently obvious to anyone that can look objectively at events in the world. Anyone of the billions of people who disagree with me I am now accusing them all of being “truthphobic”.  At least that is what that in-group looks like to me.

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I know a male dentist in Ireland who saw a patient from Saudi for a wisdom tooth extraction. After the procedure the patient left his sister in the waiting room and said he would be back in 30 minutes as he wanted to get his prescription from the pharmacy. He only left her “alone” as the other 2 patients and the receptionists were female. It transpired that some people had not attended their appointments so the people in the waiting room got earlier slots. The Saudi woman saw the same male dentist as her brother and made no objections as the nurse was female.

About 10 minutes into the procedure her brother barged into the surgery and started shouting at the dentist. “How dare you touch my sister”. He was asked to leave as he was not scrubbed in, but refused and insisted on staying in the room. As the procedure would be finished within a minute it was decided to let him stay.

When he was paying the receptionist, he started ranting to her and was asked to leave the premises or the police would be called. The dentist who relayed the story to me said “All I wanted to say to him was why he had not objected to having a gay atheist man doing his own extraction” 🙂

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@_Robert_ always will be a child molesting…cult.

I suspect this is going to be the case but they are not in first place considering the latest news about the Catholic Church in Ireland which will lead to more revelations around the world over the next few years. I won’t post about it yet but I will be asking people why they still support an international organization of child abusers, as I have consistently done for the last 25 years. I am now getting a t-shirt printed. “Are you still a f******* Catholic”??

“No, please count the fucking asterisks.  I am asking why you remain a faithful catholic.  It’s just I think being faithful to child abusers is a sickness”.

I am not posting about it yet because I will have to post a mod warning to myself. I won’t change my language and then I will have to ban myself from this site. Yes, there might be a few good apples in that poisoned barrel of rotten apples but they are only window dressing to the gullible myopic sheep that think their putrid church will reform.

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See what happens when you try to silence me…..

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