Unseen

Van Jones made a funny statement on CNN.

Surprisingly the entire panel agreed Iran can’t have nucs. Of course they portrayed it as a rogue state and extreme as opposed to par for the course in Islamic nations. Van said Iran wants to kill all of the Jews, wipe out America, wipe out Israel. “One of those three outght to scare progressives.”

The…[Read more]

Woops, Pope, just remembered that there is another Yasmine podcast in which a guy who lived in Gaza and went to a UNWRA school (Hamas teachers) tells his story of how he was beaten silly by his dad and Hamas teacher. He did not want to throw rocks at the Israeli soldiers. They gave him candy. He was surprised to see it was not true that Jews had a…[Read more]

Bonus points if you listen and identify the “could it be”…

Pope,

You are not any way shape or form a lefty. Just a liberal which is totally cool. Having a mindset that is amenable to a change of position based on good arguments and good evidence is the sine qua non of reason and reasonableness.

Lefties have a secular religion. I use that terminology deliberately. Based on bs mythology. Based on an…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Israel is dragging us into a potential WW3.

You mentioned not provoking Putin into nuclear attack once, is that what you’re thinking?

WRT Iran, I think Israel has been significantly reducing the threat, avoiding civilian casualties as best as they can. I believe Iran really has been producing weapon-grade nuclear fuel, although I…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Ok well if you’d indulge me then answer the following questions?

Wow, no, I’m tapping out now. I think we must just have wildly different opinions of what “the left” is, and how monolithic it is. My opinion is not cut in stone, I’m learning from the ex-Muslim women you’ve turned us on to, and I want more.

Although I did want t…[Read more]

Pope, speaking ex cathedra sayeth “Lefty me does not fit your definition or those wonderful women’s definition of the left.”

Ok well if you’d indulge me then answer the following questions?

1. Did the UN GIVE the state of Israel to the Jews?

2. Is UNWRA an institution that contributes to the betterment of Palestinians?

3. Is antizionism…[Read more]

Title: Candide in America
Subtitle: “All is for the best… in the best of all possible tax brackets.”

[EXT. SUBURBAN STRIP MALL – FLORIDA – DAY]

CANDIDE, wide-eyed and ever-optimistic, now wears a red Make America Great Again hat slightly askew. He’s holding a Chick-fil-A milkshake in one hand and a dog-eared copy of The Art of the Deal in the…[Read more]

My conversations with the rabbi are pleasant. It probably helps that he’s an atheist. But the Baptist minister I worked with for a while had a couple issues with me, taking me to a Calvary headquarters once (in Florida), introducing me a superior of his, noting “He likes to think”, and the superior said “Ah, I see”. Once he called me Satan across…[Read more]

Pope,

If you are exposed to enough anti-leftist literature/vids, learn enough history, and listen to Muslim/apostates give accounts of life in Islamic nations/cultures and the censorship from the leftists when they want to describe the lives they’ve lived and the dangers posed by Islam then no explanations will be necessary.

When i was a new…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
If you want to hear varied accounts first hand listen to the Yasmine Mohammed podcast. Here is the most recent episode.

4/3 of an hour… was well worth the listen. Funny at times, too. Tragedy and comedy being on opposite sides of the same coin.

I call myself “lefty”, but keep hearing this meme/theme about how “The Left” is so…[Read more]

Well done Reg.

Thanks Strega, Unseen gave me the idea and this eternal waiting for a remote server to reboot allowed me the time……and there it is as I pen these words….back as a mirror image of itself from 90 minutes ago….its present state identical to its past…….and me with a little less gray matter and a lot more gray hair…….:-)

Title: W.L. Craig and the Cosmological Flatulence
Subtitle: “Yes, it began to exist… but that doesn’t mean it was mine.”

[INT. UNIVERSITY DEBATE STAGE – NIGHT]

The room is hushed. WILLIAM LANE CRAIG sits onstage beside a noted atheist philosopher. Midway through a point about the Kalam Cosmological Argument, a loud, unmistakable FART echoes ac…[Read more]

Title: Jordan Peterson and the Stopped Clock
Subtitle: “What do you mean it’s right twice a day?”

[INT. KITCHEN – EARLY MORNING. JORDAN PETERSON stands before a wall clock. It reads 11:37. It has read 11:37 for several days. He is visibly distressed, mug in hand, posture impeccable. There’s a camera crew filming a documentary behind him.]

PE…[Read more]

Reg, these are brilliant!  Thanks!!!

Title: IKEA: Thus Spoke Flatpack Zarathustra
Subtitle: “God is dead. And so is the Allen key.”

[INT. IKEA – SHOWROOM MAZE – DAY]

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE wanders the endless labyrinth of display rooms. He wears a thick mustache and the expression of a man who just read his own Yelp reviews. Blue-and-yellow signage hangs above him like the oppress…[Read more]

Title: Simone de Beauvoir Visits the LEGO Aisle
Subtitle: “One is not born a mini-doll, but rather becomes one.”

[INT. TOY STORE – LEGO SECTION – DAY]

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR strides in, coat sharp, intellect sharper. She approaches the LEGO shelves with purpose. To her left: bold, complex LEGO City and Technic sets — helicopters, space stations,…[Read more]

Title: Camus and the Claw Machine
Subtitle: “One must imagine Sisyphus… at the arcade.”

[INT. SEASIDE ARCADE – EVENING]

Albert CAMUS stands before a claw machine glowing with neon emptiness. Inside: plush toys piled like meaningless stars in a cold, indifferent cosmos. Camus smokes, hands in coat pockets, collar turned up like a rebel philoso…[Read more]

[INT. TOY STORE – MIDDAY]

Bright lights. Aisles of blinking plastic joy. Enter JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, trench coat flapping, cigarette hanging precariously from his lip. He scans the shelves with existential dread. A CHEERFUL TOY STORE ASSISTANT approaches, smiling.

ASSISTANT:
Bonjour! Can I help you find something for your child?

SARTRE (gruff):
I h…[Read more]