Strega

Adam Kinsinger served as a savvy and (relatively) good-hearted Republican Congressman. He and Liz Cheney had the gumption to be the only GOP to serve on the Jan 6 select committee. Kinzinger was one of ten House GOP to vote for Trump’s second impeachment.

Also taken from Wikipedia: ‘On February 4, 2022, the Republican National Committee called…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
ask him to justify his framing of almost every issue through the narcisstic lens of Trump. How is it that the president of the USA subordinates the interests of the people he is representing as the ultimate public servant to his own interests?

If you did that, he would ruin you, and possibly have you shot, lol.  Is anyone still…[Read more]

Pope,

I like how that guy in the vid rhymes Trump and chump.

It is also kind of amusing he sees Trump as the most imbecilic and narcissistic and yet he says he is gonna die soon and have to answer to his maker. hahaha

Ya know it has occurred to me over and over that not one reporter who questions Trump has the gumption to ask him to justify…[Read more]

Enco,

Who is Auerbach? You are not talking about Red are ya? The all time great basketball coach of the Boston Celtics who would light a stogie during game when the issue was decided or a foregone conclusion. Would also take out his buddies weekly to his favorite Chinese restaurant where he held court and entertained his guests.

I doubt that is…[Read more]

WHOA! This is something to remember! I hope Trump stays up all night on social media for this gem…

The rationale switched from Theological irrationality to Pseudoscientific irrationality.

Yes, that is a good point and a good distinction. I agree that Classical liberalism did not generate antisemitism. It was probably a 1,000 years too late for that. Classical liberalism attacked the fusion of church and state and religious privilege or legal…[Read more]

Jake:

I would disagree with Auerbach’s statement that Classical Liberalism led to Antisemitism in France or anywhere else.

Rather, pre-existing Antisemitism shape-shifted to adapt to the new cultural milieu. The platform switched from the Church to mass media and Academia. The rationale switched from Theological irrationality to…[Read more]

Enco,

De rigueur has many spellings and most of em aint propuh including my de rigor stopper.

Don’t give ALL enlightenment figs too much credit for being divorced from their contemporary biases. Diderot for instance was a Jew hater. Voltaire not much more enlightened in that manner.

Keep in mind that it is ultra important that criticism of…[Read more]

Jake:

Ackshually, it’s de rigueur, as Count De Monet would correctly say, though being from the Pre-Enlightenment, De Monet would agree with that sentiment on Jews:

Simon there is one major exception to the vulnerability and feeling unsafe as a result of a political statement. Jews. It is not only tolerated it is deriguer to make Jews feel unsafe and unwanted.

54 percent of Americans are dead nuts certain of God. Yeah there is hope for us.

Yikes, here I am, late to the party!

Thanks, Reg!!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
My take (yours may differ) on the cause of the fracture was replacing (or displacing) the concept of universal individual rights in favor of group-identity moral ranking. A lot of modern progressiveness has moved away from treating everyone as equal individuals and toward treating people primarily as members of…

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Reg:

Crunchy Moms are only asking questions.

I think I found the methodology that RFK Jr. and the Crunchies use:

They post The Healing Web poster on the wall, then throw noodly appendages of The Flying Spaghetti Monster against the poster to see what sticks.

The Healing Web

The Healing Web

Is time a…

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Have a great week!!

Modify Youtube Short’s URL to provide a thumbnail from the link

Abridged explanation: Change “shorts” in the URL to “v“.

I don’t know if it works every time, but it has worked in all of my tests. Also, since my instructions came from AI and not Youtube, I imagine this method could be deprecated by Youtube at any time. Please let me know if/when…[Read more]

right-click “Copy video URL” from a short:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bj7TATbpZsI?feature=share

right-click “Copy embed code”:
<iframe width=”151″ height=”268″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/bj7TATbpZsI” title=”LOVE TO BE LOVED 6.02.26 ❤️‍🔥The Warning x Carín León” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; e…[Read more]

The best democracy money can buy?

How about best University Qatar can buy?

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-884966

After WW2 the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sounded good. But ““Lest we forget” implies history contains lessons that we should learn from and  remember past catastrophes to avoid repeating them. But with human nature this always becomes “History is bunk” and the past becomes obsolete noise and only the present matters.…[Read more]

Reg, you articulated the dynamic accurately. No issue with anything you’re written. I confess i was unaware or perhaps forgot about Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The UN stated out with noble ideals but it has lost a lot of respect. It was never a moral body, just a diplomatic one that existed to keep states talking to each other. We will never get moral clarity out of a system where Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Russia, and liberal democracies all get equal seats at the table. At best we get a consensus of…[Read more]