TheEncogitationer

Jake,

Reading about Azealia Banks is a welcome respite from from reading about Jay Jones, who is cut from the same cloth as Azealia Banks’ foes:

Jay Jones’s Texts Are a Frightening Peek into a Bleak Moral Worldview

Jay Jones’s Texts Are a Frightening Peek into a Bleak Moral Worldview

Let this s…[Read more]

Unseen,

You didn’t even read my questions, though you did answer them despite yourself.

Unseen,

I question the whole premise behind the scenario.

If the “Blues” are the ones who create the programs that redistribute wealth and the “Reds” are the beneficiaries more than the “Blues”, doesn’t that make the “Blues” dummies? And aren’t the “Blues” double dummies if the “Reds” are such bigots?

Fellow Unbelievers,

Stay safe out there, especially those across the pond. It can always repeat anywhere:

The Manchester Synagogue Murders
An Entirely Predictable Terror Attack
Josh Ferme

The Manchester Synagogue Murders

Robert,

Talk about logical contradictions. Why don’t you research deficit growth (especially relative to GDP) under old school Republican vs Dem administrations over the decades and then tell us why you fell for the “conservative” bullshit like so many others.

Conservative were never really for small government. They were for small taxes for t…

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Unseen,

The problem with blue cities with high crime rates existing in red states is that they are in red states with state governments that don’t feel like helping any part of the state which isn’t white and conservative.

But wait a minute, you just said before and almost in the same breath that Red States were the “takers.

There’s a furth…

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Robert,

And you’ll notice from the Axios article linked above that the Southern States you mentioned have blue cities with high murder rates. So bipartisan bloodbaths anyone?

Unseen,

Go to her Youtube channel and browse through her videos looking for a pattern. I think you’ll see what I see.

Look, she does what a lot of right wingers do which is to provide a video to support an argument based on one instance without full context. Was there an assault before the assault? Were inflammatory words exchanged? Is this o…

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Fellow Unbelievers,

A nuance view of Portland. Not calling for the Military, but calling on the City of Portland to restore order:

And another video showing overlap between Antifa and the “Free Palestine” crowd:

You were saying, Unseen? Who are…[Read more]

PopeBeanie, Well you’ve demonstrated you knowledge of the Gish Gallop by providing an object example.

For this, you win one of Don Rickles’ famous cookies.

In the U.S. whoever pays any amount of income tax is on the hook for government services, regardless of Party color.

Reg,

Good to hear at least that your friends made a better choice of destination (for now) than Manchester:

The terror of the anti-Israel machine
Manchester was the result of a years-long campaign
Jacob Howland
https://unherd.com/2025/10/the-terror-of-the-anti-israel-machine/

As the Late Rabbi Sacks would put it: It won’t end with the Jews.

Reg,

Calling for a military presence in Portland is political theater and completely unnecessary. It inflates problems into existential crises when, in reality, the city operates with schools, businesses and daily life as normal.

I fully concede on the Military being unnecessary as law enforcers, as well as illegal under The Posse Comitatus…[Read more]

Unseen,

Looks like somebody has moved from a Gish Gallop to a Gish Warp. Whether unaided or with help from AI, it is a wonder to behold.

Either way, Mayor Keith Wilson has only 3 months to accomplish his stated goal:

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson opens up about first 9 months in…[Read more]

Unseen,

Portland’s Impact Reduction Program does document reports of encampments. However the reports have increased every year since 2015, and the number of removals only matched the number of reports in 2015. Every other year, removals were only a small fraction of the reports.

Impact Reduction Program Data Dashboard and Performance Measures…[Read more]

Unseen,

That is a profoundly DUMB statement.

Four years ago there were wandering mobs of protesters in the central city which included unwanted anarchists who broke store windows and otherwise vandalized property.

What’s going on now are protests at an ICE facility and while a few throw a rock or otherwise misbehav and get themselves a…

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Fellow Unbelievers,

RFK JR’s brain worm is not content to deprive us of vaccines, Tylenol, and 5G WiFi. Now the brain worm wants to eat up our food supply by banning GMOs, banning glyphosphate and atrizine, and mandating “Organic, Biodynamic” Agriculture:

MAHA: Make Agriculture Harder for…[Read more]

Strega and Unseen,

I am no fan of the Military serving as domestic law enforcement.

At the same time, I seriously doubt that Portland has improved from what it was 4 years ago, as shown here:

Is Portland Over? From CBS KOIN Channel 6

And another “Autonomous Zone” could pop up at any minute if local…[Read more]