Strega

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths would go down somewhat proportionally.

Funny, you did not allow such nuance with the…

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Since Antisemites, Antizionists, and Holocaust Revisionists were praising Charlie Kirk’s murder, I doubt that Joe Goebbels and company would have considered Kirk a martyr. See Armin Navabi’s video from my other thread on Charlie Kirk.

You completely missed the point there enco. I am saying that political martyry’s are a hallmark of aut…[Read more]

Joe Goebbels and company had themselves some useful martyrs back in 1930s Germany. Maybe we will repurpose 9/11 as MAGA martyr day.

I see MAGA farmers are crying for govt bailouts again as they are burning their Chinese soybeans and corn crops. What a bunch of pansy socialists.

I doubt Trump has the health to finish his term. Then we will  get…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
So did New York’s stringent weapons laws stop Salman Rushdie from getting stabbed by Shia’ lunatic Hadi Matar?

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths wou…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

Wouldn’t you have to say communications technology should be at least as restricted as guns, if danger to lives is your concern.

A free marketplace of ideas is inherently good. By, contrast, societies with stricter control over guns…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Wall Street Journal headline: Early Bulletin Said Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology; Some Sources Urge Caution

I guess being antifascist has become a vile, nasty, evil thing.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, Ideas in The Holy Bible, Al-Quran, The Communist Manifesto, and Mein Kampf put out by media technology beginning with the printing press have killed millions more than guns alone. Should such media technology be restricted to an elite few?

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

jakelafort wrote:
Shitstorm is gonna intesnify a bit if the killer of Kirk is apprehended and it turns out he is a lefty. Probably is too. Imagine how the US and far right Europe would react if Trump is assassinated? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/europe-far-right-leaders-charlie-kirk-shooting-turning-point-usa

Trump is already…[Read more]

So, who was Charlie Kirk?

“I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” — Charlie Kirk

Well, I think we can feel a little bit more secure now, can’t we?

Some more about the BBC bias.

Jesus is Magic!!

TheEncogitationer wrote:
And in a free market, vaccines could be made available over-the-counter and administered by Epi-Pen™, and if you wish, shipped by climate-controlled truck to your door right beside the Omaha Steaks. No trips to creepy Dr. Moreau Islands required. And the supply would be plentiful enough to meet demand for far less than…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Are all you guys still supporting government-run health care after all this?

Has there ever been a more corruptive, governmental force in a civilized country, bent on destroying a health care system than what’s happening now? The damage seems so intentional. Even the incompetence seems intentionally made as permanently…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
But I can attest today that a Jesus Fish on a work van or business sign doesn’t necessarily equal trust or quality. Televangelists and Noah’s Ark theme parks do not help matters either.

I think the “trust” thing works both ways with religious people.  I’m always suspiciously on the look out for tell-tale hypocrisy.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Tribes and clans can be and were dismantled by travel and trade between different peoples.

Travel and trade come into the story.  But in the first place, if family, clan and tribe ties are dissolved to a great extent, then people become individuals.  And religion provided the trust necessary for individuals to trade, o…[Read more]

I think Holy Water is meant to have some spirit in it? And 10 year old scotch is no longer for 10 years olds.

“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.…..W.C. Fields.