President Trump has stated that he will be arrested on Tuesday and we should all take to the streets.
Don't do it!
Stay home, and let the lawyers handle it.
This is a set-up, just like January 6. Don't fall for it.
Don't go anywhere near a federal building, don't stand with groups of people you don't know, and don't send threatening emails.
Stay home, and let the lawyers deal with it. President Trump has good lawyers, he has great lawyers...he even has had Alan Dershowitz as a lawyer.
Trials are meant to be won, by rich people. President Trump is rich. Let him fight his battle. He has proven more than capable.
It's okay to be angry about things. And we are supposed to have the right to protest peacefully. However, they will sabotage that right. They will inject fake bad actors for the express purpose of charging you with a crime.
This will be an attempted Charlottesville and January 6 mass-arrest false flag operation.
Sometimes the best response is no response at all.
If we must respond, then let it be this: call in sick to work, go home, turn off the TV and internet, and pray with your family. Don't order anything, don't buy anything, don't watch anything. Turn off all your streaming services.
If half the country does absolutely nothing for a week, they will have to notice and deal with the fallout — especially if the people calling in sick are the truckers, the miners, the oil rig roughnecks, the firemen, and the police. You know, the conservatives!
If it's not possible for you to take a sick week, then go slow at work. Even that action can have an effect.
But putting yourself in jeopardy isn't going to help anyone. Your government has gone totalitarian. Be mindful of that as events unfold. Because President Trump is not in a position to help the January 6 political prisoners, and he won't be able to help you.
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:-)))))
Anarcho-libertarian creed? ;)
Well, when a society collapses you can rebuild it with either religion ala Islamic Courts Union... or via secular society ala anarcho-capitalism.
Which would you choose?
The problem with the anarcho-capitalism solution is that it requires a protective force to keep the "warlords" from usurping the riches of the anarcho-capitalists. So these anarcho-capitalists must be bound through ties to their own militias (as in American colonial times).
:P or :)
The model for American colonists...
My joke was unsuccessful. :-(
Perhaps the situation is funnier to some, than others. ;P
In my case... that is pure cultural MISunderstanding. :-/
You keep trying to make me say something about your inner problms.
But, though I wasted lots of time on talking with Ams and soaked in your hollywood and other media products.
Still... it's too damn far early for me to make some clue out of it all.
And well... not that much of incentive, too.
No, you've plenty of your own problems to deal with.
That is exactly my problem. Now.
If I want to push into reality my ideas -- USA is the best grounds.
If I'll not be able to accomodate myself to that grounds...
So, where it leaves me? Nowhere. :-(((
Emigrate to the US. :)
What for?
/If I want to push into reality my ideas -- USA is the best grounds.
Would I be able to do that while being poor emigrant without connections and understanding of inner working and culture???
You should ask Tesla... should he have sold his soul to Edison?
And he would bought? :-)))
What was The Plan of John Galt? ;-)
A little town in Colorado where the self-reliant lived for themselves...
...and the effective altruists lived somewhere else.
\\A little town in Colorado where the self-reliant lived for themselves...
And not secret island in an ocean, where most smartest would gether together to make new big things for the sake of progress?
Or, we talk about different JGs here? ;-P
That would be the EA crew.
...a tax-free island. ;)
...called Pala: The Palanese are so intimately connected with the reality of the moment that they even have taught the local myna birds to say "Attention" and "Karuṇā", to remind the people to stay focused on the here-and-now and to have compassion.
Well... they'll need a tech or two for that. ;-P
And unlike you, that JG was conscious of such a need. ;-)
If they're anything like the characters in Rand's novels, they "appropriate" whatever techs they need (for the greater good).
Of course.
Characters in a book can "appropriate" anything they want.
They even can do Magic... :-)))
But hardly "Harry Potter DID IT!" can be persuasive to anyone... past kindergarden. ;-P
Which is why you should move to GaltsTown... ;)
The symbols are not "external" to the community members.
I am John Galt.
:)
\\Anonymous Oliver Wendall Douglass Jr. said...
I am John Galt
Prove it. ;-P
\\Which is why you should move to GaltsTown... ;)
Ok. Address? ;-P
Sure. It's not here.
And?
"An especial focus is the "whataboutism" of professed anti-imperialists who justify Russian aggression in light of past NATO-led wars in the Balkans or Iraq."
What you see as not right here?
"We aren't trying to disprove their propaganda, because it's extremely easy to make up lies and very hard to disprove them," he explained. "Instead we are openly mocking them."
What's wrong in it, you see?
"The diversity of NAFO is also proof of the organic nature of our movement," Maris explained. "Politicians, ambassadors, former prime ministers, academics, anarchists, disabled pensioners, ex-army officers, farmers and engineers that are old and young, left and right, and of all colors, origins, genders and sexualities," make up its cross-cultural membership, he said.
Isn't that... admirable? And up to your ideals.
"Fact check: How do I spot state-sponsored propaganda?
Across the world, politicians use propaganda to manipulate the thoughts and actions of others. It's a strategy deployed by democracies and dictatorships alike. How, then, can I detect state-sponsored propaganda?
SOCIETY01/11/2022January 11, 2022"
"Propaganda is not only deployed by countries like Russia, China and North Korea, said propaganda expert Robinson; it is present all over the world. "I think the problem we face in democracies is that we have a lot of propaganda, but we're not aware of it."
Zollmann concurred. "Propaganda is also present in Germany and the US," he pointed out. It is deployed by both authoritarian as well as democratic states, according to Zollmann. Freely accessing alternative media outlets and information, however, is far more straightforward in democracies, he said."
Still... too far from understanding. :-(((
\\...a tax-free island. ;)
Yap. Because they do donations for a "common cause" out of their "free will". ;-P
/And?
"An especial focus is the "whataboutism" of professed anti-imperialists who justify Russian aggression in light of past NATO-led wars in the Balkans or Iraq."
What you see as not right here?
I don't love Russia. I do it because it's true.
/"We aren't trying to disprove their propaganda, because it's extremely easy to make up lies and very hard to disprove them," he explained. "Instead we are openly mocking them."
What's wrong in it, you see??
Why try and disprove the "truth"?
/"The diversity of NAFO is also proof of the organic nature of our movement," Maris explained. "Politicians, ambassadors, former prime ministers, academics, anarchists, disabled pensioners, ex-army officers, farmers and engineers that are old and young, left and right, and of all colors, origins, genders and sexualities," make up its cross-cultural membership, he said.
Isn't that... admirable? And up to your ideals.
Multiculturalism isn't one of my "ideals". Freedom/ Liberty for a diversity of "thought" is, not a diversity of targetted-advertisement-based identity labels. To the extent that people of different thought express their support for Ukraine, I applaud them. But I'm sure that I could find a similarly diverse group of people in the Donbass who would oppose NATO support for Ukraine.
/"Fact check: How do I spot state-sponsored propaganda?
Across the world, politicians use propaganda to manipulate the thoughts and actions of others. It's a strategy deployed by democracies and dictatorships alike. How, then, can I detect state-sponsored propaganda?
SOCIETY01/11/2022January 11, 2022"
"Propaganda is not only deployed by countries like Russia, China and North Korea, said propaganda expert Robinson; it is present all over the world. "I think the problem we face in democracies is that we have a lot of propaganda, but we're not aware of it."
Zollmann concurred. "Propaganda is also present in Germany and the US," he pointed out. It is deployed by both authoritarian as well as democratic states, according to Zollmann. Freely accessing alternative media outlets and information, however, is far more straightforward in democracies, he said."
Still... too far from understanding. :-(((
From today's news: Not only does the American Government generate propaganda, they CENSOR TRUTH. I try and make that censorship HARDER for them.
\\"An especial focus is the "whataboutism" of professed anti-imperialists who justify Russian aggression in light of past NATO-led wars in the Balkans or Iraq."
What you see as not right here?
\\I don't love Russia. I do it because it's true.
I will not try to answer it.
Because "what is true" is too subliminal here.
Only will remark it here -- that's exactly what propaganda want to achive -- for people to see something as truth, subliminally, without ability to discern how and why they was infected with such beliefs. ;-P
\\Why try and disprove the "truth"?
Dunno.
They say that they do not disprove it. They mocking it. ;-P
\\But I'm sure that I could find a similarly diverse group of people in the Donbass who would oppose NATO support for Ukraine.
Go seek... that could be great... new Legend of the Seeker started. ;-P
\\From today's news: Not only does the American Government generate propaganda, they CENSOR TRUTH. I try and make that censorship HARDER for them.
Whatever.
Moderation is needed ANYWAY.
While banned would scream about it being censorship too. :-)))
\\"An especial focus is the "whataboutism" of professed anti-imperialists who justify Russian aggression in light of past NATO-led wars in the Balkans or Iraq."
What you see as not right here?
Hypocrites should avoid sanctimony. It reflects BADLY upon them. Wanna be sanctimonious? Then don't complain about whataboutism, act in a manner in which "whataboutism" can't be used against you.
Let he who is w/o sin, cast the first stone.
Whatever.
Moderation is needed ANYWAY.
While banned would scream about it being censorship too. :-)))
You want to arrest people for screaming "FIRE" on the internet? I say, "Scream away!" It's the freakin' internet. :)
\\\\"An especial focus is the "whataboutism" of professed anti-imperialists who justify Russian aggression in light of past NATO-led wars in the Balkans or Iraq."
What you see as not right here?
\\Hypocrites should avoid sanctimony. It reflects BADLY upon them. Wanna be sanctimonious? Then don't complain about whataboutism, act in a manner in which "whataboutism" can't be used against you.
Not helpful. :-(
Well, whatever.
Cultural differences. (tm)
\\You want to arrest people for screaming "FIRE" on the internet? I say, "Scream away!" It's the freakin' internet. :)
Now Internet is not techy media for nerds... any more. :-/
And screamong "F*K!!!" alongside kindergarden... well, ehm, I'm not a punk enough for that. :-/
Then censor only the screens of kindergartners. Leave the rest of us alone.
Too bad... most of the people ARE like that kindergardners.
Like Trump. ;-P
Ha-ha... comment mentioning kindegradners and Trump... was eliminated. ;-P
Censorship in action.
But would you oppose to it, if it so favorable for you? ;-P
Shows you how "smart" the Spam algorithm is...
No, I can't support censorship, even if it's favorable to me. Democracy stops working then. When it stops working, it's time to find another country to live in (Switzerland comes to mind).
ps - My ancestors came from Germany, Switzerland, Poland, and the UK. They moved to find "freedom" (actually my GGM had gotten pregnant before the wedding) but we're running out of suitable territories to run to.
\\...but we're running out of suitable territories to run to.
Well... Space. ;-)
I can't afford the ticket. :(
And even ride on a lift? ;-)
Anti-scarcity. ;-)
\\Then censor only the screens of kindergartners. Leave the rest of us alone.
And what about spam? Would you like to deal with thousands in your inbox. Daily!
Or what about DDoSes???
Or... about neighbour wasting electricity on something useless... like crypto? ;-P
Riddle for you.
What you can dream only about... in the Past?
What you can have for money... now.
What you (probably) will have for free... in Future? ;-)
\\Then censor only the screens of kindergartners. Leave the rest of us alone.
/And what about spam? Would you like to deal with thousands in your inbox. Daily!
I can't write or buy and run my own spam filter?
/Or what about DDoSes???
NMP. I don't need the internet.
/Or... about neighbour wasting electricity on something useless... like crypto? ;-P
NMP, don't care. Waste away... so long as I can buy gas from Russia.
/Riddle for you.
What you can dream only about... in the Past?
What you can have for money... now.
What you (probably) will have for free... in Future? ;-)
Modern medical care?
\\I can't write or buy and run my own spam filter?
Means... you want your own censorship? ;-P
\\NMP. I don't need the internet.
Too brave claim... from deep inside one. ;-P
\\so long as I can buy gas from Russia.
You still don't get it... that times far as gone.
Now that bargain with Devil -- wanna our gas, sell your soul. ;-P
To a Russian... err, Russo-Sino... err, Sino-Ru.... ehm, nihao... big bwana. ;-P
\\Modern medical care?
Well... that too.
\\I can't write or buy and run my own spam filter?
/Means... you want your own censorship? ;-P
Only this way, I get to choose what to "repress". ;)
\\NMP. I don't need the internet.
/Too brave claim... from deep inside one. ;-P
Get back to me in September when I retire for good. :)
\\so long as I can buy gas from Russia.
/You still don't get it... that times far as gone.
Now that bargain with Devil -- wanna our gas, sell your soul. ;-P
To a Russian... err, Russo-Sino... err, Sino-Ru.... ehm, nihao... big bwana. ;-P
What soul? ;P
\\Modern medical care?
So what's your answer?
\\Only this way, I get to choose what to "repress". ;)
You only can "repress" only that what decided to come to your place... ;-P
\\Get back to me in September when I retire for good. :)
And how I can do that??? Being bodiless spirit cought inside Web. ;-P
\\What soul? ;P
Well... that is secular Devil -- it'll take everything... plus someting more.
Only by disguising oneself as something non-valuable for him, you can avoid it. :-/
\\\\Modern medical care?
\\So what's your answer?
Do you not like it? Penicilin. And all other drugs.
just a century ago -- no money could buy it.
Same as many other things.
Airflights.
Television and computers.
Diving.
and etc...
\\Only this way, I get to choose what to "repress". ;)
/You only can "repress" only that what decided to come to your place... ;-P
That's all I need. :)
\\Get back to me in September when I retire for good. :)
/And how I can do that??? Being bodiless spirit cought inside Web. ;-P
Just a ghost in the machine... verbum vincet! ;)
\\What soul? ;P
/Well... that is secular Devil -- it'll take everything... plus someting more.
Only by disguising oneself as something non-valuable for him, you can avoid it. :-/
:) Plato's "Magnesia".
\\\\Modern medical care?
\\So what's your answer?
/Do you not like it? Penicilin. And all other drugs.
just a century ago -- no money could buy it.
Same as many other things.
Airflights.
Television and computers.
Diving.
and etc...
So anything recently invented. btw - DO you know the high cost of "free"? It makes YOU the product being bought.
:P
\\That's all I need. :)
:-(
\\So anything recently invented. btw - DO you know the high cost of "free"? It makes YOU the product being bought.
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Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused.
Go (re)watch "Tail wags dog"... to see how Real Propaganda and PsyOps work. ;-P
That really would be the tail wagging the dog!
Kneel... befor OUR Digital Masters. %-)))))
Indeed. The Achievement Society meets the Society of Control. What could go wrong?
Rinse and Repeat and Repeat.
Sinergy? Or Resonance? ;-P
Nostalgia. A preference/ bias for "the familiar".
\\A preference/ bias for "the familiar".
And... what GOAL of it?
Is that level of indirection, meta-introspection accessible to you?
...
That is not sneaky question or try to sound "all-wise".
Just a banal and pragmatical observation -- there is too much information... that even more easily accessible, today.
Whole ocean of it.
So, filtering of it, navigation through it -- is inevitable limitation.
And only way -- to know your goal(s?)
Or... is there something wrong with this my claim?
\\A preference/ bias for "the familiar".
/And... what GOAL of it?
Keep corporate capitalism in the hands of the same corporatists, of course. Keep consumers consuming instead of prosuming.
???
Goal of that "--Nietzsche, "Twilight of the Idols"" text. Of course.
\\Keep corporate capitalism in the hands of the same corporatists, of course. Keep consumers consuming instead of prosuming.
I keep pointing to it -- you'd need a tech to accomplish that. ;-)
Or... there is something wrong with my logic?
The tech is available. We just need a legal system that doesn't keep destroying it.
"We have machine gun... and they not" -- THAT IS how new techs work.
They create "legal systems". "Might makes right"... if you want. ;-P
At the beginning of law, is always the outlaw.
:)
A pretty girl, a pretty girl can walk anywhere
All doors open for her
Like a breath of fresh air, her beauty, it precedes her
Wrapped in her beauty, everywhere, she is welcome
First class on the plane, closed door of the club, all faces turn, all faces turn
And they come alive, with a desire to protect her
Nothing can interfere with a dream of dreams so near
And when she caught my eye, we were those for whom the rules do not apply.
Pretty girl young man old man man with a gun
Two people in love (Two people in love)
The rules do not apply to people in love
Pretty girl young man old man man with a gun
Two people in love (Two people in love)
The rules do not apply to people in love
On a wire, a high wire
She likes to balance on a knife
She says? On the wire, that is living, oh, you can forget the rest?
On the wire, that is living, each step must be in place
So don't look down, one false move is all it takes.
We? d rather risk it all; roll the dice and let them fall
They say we can? t survive but a life like this keeps me alive
Doesn? t matter where we are, I still say the rules do not apply
Pretty girl young man old man man with a gun
Two people in love (Two people in love)
The rules do not apply to people in love
Pretty girl young man old man man with a gun
Two people in love (Two people in love)
The rules do not apply to people in love, do not apply
Pretty girl young man old man man with a gun
Man with a gun
\\At the beginning of law, is always the outlaw.
Well... it depends... of your ideology.
Is it:
Anything that not forbiden (by law) -- allowed
OR
Everything that is not allowed -- forbiden?
\\A pretty girl, a pretty girl can walk anywhere
Aha... but only in a men's whorld. ;-P
Would it be the same... in a women's bath, for example. ;-)
I think Aristophane's "THE ECCLESIAZUSAE" or Women In Council, already answered that question.
The main part of the comedy deals with the many amusing difficulties that arise inevitably from this new state of affairs, the community of women above all necessitating special safeguarding clauses to secure the rights of the less attractive members of the sex to the service of the younger and handsomer men. Community of goods again, private property being abolished, calls for a regulation whereby all citizens are to dine at the public expense in the various public halls of the city, the particular place of each being determined by lot; and the drama winds up with one of these feasts, the elaborate menu of which is given in burlesque, and with the jubilations of the women over their triumph.
...as for what the laws allow... would the presence or absence of a Divinity make any difference?
excerpt from Zizek's "Defenders of the Faith"...
More than a century ago, in "The Brothers Karamazov" and other works, Dostoyevsky warned against the dangers of godless moral nihilism, arguing in essence that if God doesn't exist, then everything is permitted. The French philosopher André Glucksmann even applied Dostoyevsky's critique of godless nihilism to 9/11, as the title of his book, "Dostoyevsky in Manhattan," suggests.
This argument couldn't have been more wrong: the lesson of today's terrorism is that if God exists, then everything, including blowing up thousands of innocent bystanders, is permitted -- at least to those who claim to act directly on behalf of God, since, clearly, a direct link to God justifies the violation of any merely human constraints and considerations. In short, fundamentalists have become no different than the "godless" Stalinist Communists, to whom everything was permitted since they perceived themselves as direct instruments of their divinity, the Historical Necessity of Progress Toward Communism.
During the Seventh Crusade, led by St. Louis, Yves le Breton reported how he once encountered an old woman who wandered down the street with a dish full of fire in her right hand and a bowl full of water in her left hand. Asked why she carried the two bowls, she answered that with the fire she would burn up Paradise until nothing remained of it, and with the water she would put out the fires of Hell until nothing remained of them: "Because I want no one to do good in order to receive the reward of Paradise, or from fear of Hell; but solely out of love for God." Today, this properly Christian ethical stance survives mostly in atheism.
Fundamentalists do what they perceive as good deeds in order to fulfill God's will and to earn salvation; atheists do them simply because it is the right thing to do. Is this also not our most elementary experience of morality? When I do a good deed, I do so not with an eye toward gaining God's favor; I do it because if I did not, I could not look at myself in the mirror. A moral deed is by definition its own reward. David Hume, a believer, made this point in a very poignant way, when he wrote that the only way to show true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God's existence.
Secular ideological fundamentalism is everywhere today. Just look at Dervy.
When ideology exists, everything is permitted. Even a so-called 'Democrat' cheating in an election (provided it yields the desired electoral result).
...its why people join certain groups. In order to understand the unwritten rules that allow one to violate the group's charter. If I am a priest, on how to violate the Ten Commandments.
\\I think Aristophane's "THE ECCLESIAZUSAE" or Women In Council, already answered that question.
As in modern version? (in one of series of "Futurama")
\\excerpt from Zizek's "Defenders of the Faith"...
\\More than a century ago, in "The Brothers Karamazov" and other works, Dostoyevsky
Go read something more modern... like Strugatsky's. ;-P
Well, it is outdated too. :-)))
\\Secular ideological fundamentalism is everywhere today. Just look at Dervy.
I doubt it. About him being "fundy".
Henlon's Razor. ;-P
But well... poor intellect prescribes poor moral values, isn't it?
\\If I am a priest, on how to violate the Ten Commandments.
And how to perform Black Mesas? :-)))
\\I think Aristophane's "THE ECCLESIAZUSAE" or Women In Council, already answered that question.
/As in modern version? (in one of series of "Futurama")
Maybe. I'm not a Futurama fan. :(
\\excerpt from Zizek's "Defenders of the Faith"...
\\More than a century ago, in "The Brothers Karamazov" and other works, Dostoyevsky
/Go read something more modern... like Strugatsky's. ;-P
Well, it is outdated too. :-)))
To each his own. :P
\\Secular ideological fundamentalism is everywhere today. Just look at Dervy.
/I doubt it. About him being "fundy".
Henlon's Razor. ;-P
But well... poor intellect prescribes poor moral values, isn't it?
No, Hanlon's razor isn't it. If it were, he'd be "educable". But Dervy thinks that he both "knows something" and that "he's being moral." And that is a sure symptom of a secular neo-liberal progressive ideology. The ideological "blindness" of the "New Left" (as in the blinding of Oedipus after discovering that Jocosta was his mother, "Oedipus at Colonus").
\\If I am a priest, on how to violate the Ten Commandments.
/And how to perform Black Mesas? :-)))
...or have sex with young children. A huge % of the Catholic priesthood is gay. Inside the Church, they're called the gay mafia.
\\Maybe. I'm not a Futurama fan. :(
And Simsons too? That encyclopedia of USA life.
\\No, Hanlon's razor isn't it. If it were, he'd be "educable".
Low intellect prescribes low learning skills too, isn't it?
\\But Dervy thinks that he both "knows something" and that "he's being moral."
That is... beyond obvious -- for religious people.
\\...or have sex with young children. A huge % of the Catholic priesthood is gay. Inside the Church, they're called the gay mafia.
That is... ordinary practic of totalitarian cults -- deny follower some of their desires to be fullfilled, so they'll redirect their passion toward Mother Church.
Ain't it obvious?
Researched by Russian ethologist Pavlov... ;-P on dogs.
\\Maybe. I'm not a Futurama fan. :(
/And Simsons too? That encyclopedia of USA life.
First 10 seasons, maybe. I'm more of a "South Park" guy.
\\No, Hanlon's razor isn't it. If it were, he'd be "educable".
/Low intellect prescribes low learning skills too, isn't it?
\\But Dervy thinks that he both "knows something" and that "he's being moral."
/That is... beyond obvious -- for religious people.
Yes Dervy suffers from the secular religion of "authenticity". It inlicts far too many Americans who think that getting a tatoo makes them "authentic". I have three tatoos. They were given to me to align the radiation machine for treating my colon cancer back in 2004/5.
\\...or have sex with young children. A huge % of the Catholic priesthood is gay. Inside the Church, they're called the gay mafia.
/That is... ordinary practic of totalitarian cults -- deny follower some of their desires to be fullfilled, so they'll redirect their passion toward Mother Church.
Ain't it obvious?
Researched by Russian ethologist Pavlov... ;-P on dogs.
That, and they'd leave no heirs to contest any "property" they may have acquired. :(
\\That, and they'd leave no heirs to contest any "property" they may have acquired. :(
Decameron. ;-P
See... I am at least THAT literate. :-))))
...more literate than I, then. I never read the Decameron. :(
I just know how many times rich people ended up leaving all their money/ estates to the Church after change of heart following a deathbed confession.
Like *I* have read.
But... info still syphoned through that... how you call it?
\\I just know how many times rich people ended up leaving all their money/ estates to the Church after change of heart following a deathbed confession.
Well... isn't that good tradition?. ;-)
If you're the oldest, largest, richest corporation on Earth (the Catholic Church), sure.
Envious?
Not in the least.
Institutional Struldbruggery.
...and the Grand Academy at Lagado.
Yap.
Small Teams Rule! ;-P
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