TheEncogitationer

Jake,

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is in error about Economics not being a science, and in the larger body of the speech, he is in error on the origins of the numbers we use (they are Sanskrit, not Arabic.). But his basic position on contributions to science is correct.

In the larger speech he pointed out the religious reason why the Islamic world is…[Read more]

Reg,

Nota bene The inspiration for Orwell’s character of Big Brother was none other than JHVH-1 His Own Self.

Jake,

Enco, how did that never occur to me? Go, go, go read Poe.

Didn’t occur to you? Surely you jest! (And no, I’m not calling you Shirley.😁)

Loved his short stories as a kid. And a few of his poems like the one with Anabelle Lee if memory serves and it is better than the drive-through.

I read them in Elementary School and also…[Read more]

Jake,

I meant to use the name Poe, the author of “The Raven.”. I was imagining the words coming from a cynical, frazzled English Major student working in the drive-thru trying to hurry things along.

I would, however, use the term “Po” if I spoke Tagalog,

Unseen,

But recall the discussion of Thomas Nagel’s “What Is It Like Being A Bat?” In his What Does It All Mean?. You can’t just observe or infer what is like to be a bat. You have to be a bat being a bat to know for sure. But since you can’t communicate as a bat what it’s like being a bat to a human, the question is unanswerable. Ditto with…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Sorry, I didn’t mean to repeat myself.

Joke,

I sometimes say “only this, nothing more” when i go through a drive through for coffee or whatever. I think only once, maybe twice, has the response been drive right up or some affirmation of understanding. It’s “anything else sir?”

So, what’d they say? “OK, Poe! Move it on up!” 🐦‍⬛ 😁

Joke,

I sometimes say “only this, nothing more” when i go through a drive through for coffee or whatever. I think only once, maybe twice, has the response been drive right up or some affirmation of understanding. It’s “anything else sir?”

So, what’d they say? “OK, Poe! Move it on up!” 🐦‍⬛ 😁

Reg,

Crow T. Robot repeatedly tried to posit what it would be like if Rocky from the Fugitive Alien movie franchise were Rocky The Flying Squirrel. It did not result in result in interspecies/intersapient understanding and empathy on the part of Joel Robinson.

Now, to be clear, no one should be bent…[Read more]

Reg,

What’s it like being a raven or a crow?

Again, Bullwinkle? What next? What is it like being Rocky the Flying Squirrel?

Unless the raven could quoth on this in a tongue that we bore, we can never know, now or evermore.

Unseen,

Why not join the Marines or Navy Seals?

The Russian Orthodox Church wouldn’t tell that to men unless it’s to serve as a double agent or saboteur for Putin.

Reg,

How to fix the American healthcare system.

I have a diabetic foot wound as we speak and have had my foot in a boot for 8 months.

None of that New York Times “Old Grey Lady” socio-babble addresses my problem.

I don’t smoke and with Metformin and proper diet I keep my blood sugar below 120mg/DCL most mornings. I would exercise and have…[Read more]

Reg,

Young US men are joining Russian churches promising ‘absurd levels of manliness’.

So you can’t be a man if you don’t smoke the same incense as them? Or for that matter if you want your Sunday Mornings free? Or if you don’t like Patriarch Kyrill telling you what to think? Or if you don’t favor invading Ukraine and kidnapping thousands of…[Read more]

Jake,

I imagine that city bears are too preoccupied with avoiding road-kill status so they don’t end up in RFKJR’s trunk.

Robert,

Ahh…afraid of China owning US treasuries, are you? The reason they did is that until recently our bonds were as good as gold and the dollar was the world’s currency. The entire planet was invested in the success of our government and society. Now that the codependency (aka “globalism”) and our special status is being destroy…

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Robert,

Yeah, try explaining how this works to fearful Christian conservatives, whose entire lives are based on landing natural and supernatural credit. The crazy thing is that much of the national debt is owed to foreigners (like the Chinese) who would suffer badly if the country defaulted.

I was worried about my Federal agricultural-loan bonds…

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Unseen,

Ah, the national debt may not matter anyway…

Except that what the Government taxes us to pay just the interest is that much less that private Citizens can invest in goods and services-producing businesses to keep GDP growing.

Note to self: Do not hire such economists or Janet Yellen to administer so much as an ice cream truck.