Jim

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I watched Maher’s commentary about his visit to the White House. I was surprised by it but will decide once I catch the full show later, including the Overtime section with Steve Bannon.

I get that Maher is all about cross partisan communication and dialogue. Have you ever talked with a hardcore MAGA? You may as w…[Read more]

I watched Maher’s commentary about his visit to the White House. I was surprised by it but will decide once I catch the full show later, including the Overtime section with Steve Bannon.

Jake,

The non-metaphorical CTs are necessary for screening for disorders, as non-metaphoical CT shields are necessary to prevent related harm. My Rx is perhaps a different metaphor is needed.

Roughly 86 billion per shield, whether defective or effective.

“Median person mentally and morally very limited” and yet it is an experiment that ought to be conducted. Construction of C T shields begin! Lets suppose it is one percent of the population that think well. Maybe it doubles or triples given the training and ameliorates the woefully…[Read more]

Jake and Reg:

The one I had in mind, obviously with neutrons included and stimlating to the neurons in the head too:

I think the C T shield is composed of neurons.

Jake,

It will be through propaganda and the appeal of authoritarianism. It will be enabled by our failure to have a C T shield.

What’s a C T shield? Is it made of Vibranium or Adamantium and makes all who oppose it yield?

I got 19/20. I made up an excuse for myself that I did it too quickly!

Re the Sunscreen tip….yes, that is good advice. I put a layer of it on at the weekend as summer in Ireland was on a Saturday this year….40F at the moment

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]