tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post4932367732459811363..comments2024-03-28T08:34:43.846-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Mortality, morality and politicsDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-88426962216399296802018-06-09T19:16:02.146-07:002018-06-09T19:16:02.146-07:00Been traveling and engaged in stuff. Lots of stuff...Been traveling and engaged in stuff. Lots of stuff.<br /><br />But let me say that the previous note by LarryHart shows why he's an American, and the ent is a traitor to everything the Great Experiment stands for.<br /><br />onward<br /><br />onwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-5890964817453950162018-06-09T17:37:08.157-07:002018-06-09T17:37:08.157-07:00Treebeard:
At this point a Force choke by a presi...Treebeard:<br /><i><br />At this point a Force choke by a president would restore my faith in the future.<br /></i><br /><br />At this point a Force choke <b>of</b> the president would restore mine.LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-341226157609592432018-06-09T16:45:48.122-07:002018-06-09T16:45:48.122-07:00Browsing the news this headline caught my eye. It ...Browsing the news this headline caught my eye. It wasn't the title: "Newest Mars discovery tells us something miraculous about Earth" By Michael Guillen Ph.D. | Fox News. What's interesting and insidiously clever--given their stance--is that Fox is choosing to cover science news like this clearly labeled under the frame of OPINION, which allows more editorializing so the story becomes less about the fact that "NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars" and more about questioning what those facts mean. If you call BS on any of their editorializing, they can just point to the fact that they're reporting this news in their opinion section. And you have to read the whole piece to get to the "miraculous" part alluded to in the title, which is a talking point for your annoying uncle. <br /><br />"At a time when we are arguing about CLIMATE CHANGE, therefore, NASA’s announcement reminds us that Earth's warmth IS A COSMIC BLESSING – one of the critical fortunes that make it possible for us humans to exist and endure."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Slim Moldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804029818709230857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-79325091670339599492018-06-09T13:52:08.121-07:002018-06-09T13:52:08.121-07:00LarryHart:
In the article they mention "soci...LarryHart:<br /><br />In the article they mention "socialized medicine". I do not think we should completely omit some ideas just because they look like "communism".<br />Let us take from all the philosophical variants what is useful and mix it with our own salad. Fair is fair, regardless of whether it is of a different color or flavor than the usual brew prescribed by the feudal lords.<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-50918024599117442852018-06-09T13:42:56.505-07:002018-06-09T13:42:56.505-07:00 LarryHart:
I went to the link you quoted. What I... LarryHart:<br /><br />I went to the link you quoted. What I read is impressive. The president could forgive all those accused of high treason (so as not to be implied by those who might feel abandoned by the leader of the presidential KGB leadership) and if Donald is guilty of high treason, he simply forgives himself itself. <br />Without a doubt; At this moment, the Russians are saying with a smile of Pálpatin: Checkmate.<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-76326513235379803832018-06-09T12:36:59.356-07:002018-06-09T12:36:59.356-07:00I think it would be pretty cool if Trump had menta...I think it would be pretty cool if Trump had mental superpowers like the Mule. I grew up on stories about a future where psionic powers are real, and mutant, Bene Gesserit, Jedi, Sith, Scanner and Psi Corps mind tricks are part of an exciting, magical new world. It's been pretty disappointing how that vision hasn't panned out any more than space colonization has. At this point a Force choke by a president would restore my faith in the future.Treebeardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-24398832293020924232018-06-09T10:16:01.129-07:002018-06-09T10:16:01.129-07:00If we needed more evidence for the Mule/cat-diseas...If we needed more evidence for the Mule/cat-disease/theoretical-Trump-disease hypothesis, what else explains <b>this</b>?<br /><br />http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2018/Senate/Maps/Jun09.html#item-8<br /><i><br />Mitt Romney is the man who once said, "Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University." However, Romney is now running for the U.S. Senate as a member of the party of Trump, and so that has encouraged a certain...reassessment. Speaking to a group of big-time GOP donors on Friday, Romney had many flattering things to say about the President, including a prediction that he would sail to reelection for two reasons: (1) The growing economy, and (2) The likelihood that the Democrats will nominate an unelectable far-leftist.<br /></i><br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-78537920911233561572018-06-09T09:57:03.971-07:002018-06-09T09:57:03.971-07:00Alfred. Yes. I understand the importance of ideas ...Alfred. Yes. I understand the importance of ideas as a factor of change in all individuals. Quite simply, I am of the opinion that, especially in Mexico; Only actions can change everything.<br />I know that ideas can be a factor of social change. For example. What was it that allowed the national socialist party to gain power in Germany? The hate propaganda or the violent and mafia actions of the members of the Nazi party?<br />Both things without a doubt. But the mafia actions were in my opinion what was more important.<br />So that; In both good and evil, actions outweigh ideas.<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-16613932332721885812018-06-09T09:51:06.005-07:002018-06-09T09:51:06.005-07:00After having broken up the business relations of t...After having broken up the business relations of the United States with the rest of the world, now, Donald Trump has asked the group of 7 to allow Russia to join the group.<br />We can see that Donald Manchurian has an agenda with obvious purposes.<br />¿When will the generals act? ¿How long will you wait? ¿What are you waiting for?<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-56887436470570554512018-06-09T06:53:03.200-07:002018-06-09T06:53:03.200-07:00locumranch:
I detest the sloppy & imprecise u...locumranch:<br /><i><br />I detest the sloppy & imprecise use of language.<br />...<br />Thoughts are quite literally 'not a thing' (being immaterial) which is not the same as arguing that thoughts are 'nothing'.<br /></i><br /><br />O.........kay..........<br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-66183477212855739682018-06-09T06:46:15.250-07:002018-06-09T06:46:15.250-07:00I detest the sloppy & imprecise use of languag...<br />I detest the sloppy & imprecise use of language.<br /><br />To argue that 'thoughts ARE actions', as Alfred does, is magical thinking & Orwellian newspeak. Thoughts are quite literally 'not a thing' (being immaterial) which is not the same as arguing that thoughts are 'nothing'. One may argue that thoughts equal a 'potential' for energetic movement (which may or may not be 'realsed') though, whereas actions are literally 'movement') which equal kinetic energy by definition.<br /><br />Bestlocumranchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-23383196180928146392018-06-09T05:48:43.514-07:002018-06-09T05:48:43.514-07:00I said:
If cat owners can be persuaded to take su...I said:<br /><i><br />If cat owners can be persuaded to take such disgusting feral animals into their house and love them as adorable pets, <br /></i><br /><br />And in this, I myself am an analogue to Captain Han Pritcher. I know I have the disease and that it alters my perceptions, but they're soooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute! <3<br /><br />Maybe that makes me immune to the Trump disease. It's like cowpox immunizing you from smallpox.<br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-62462989330978001822018-06-09T05:42:41.778-07:002018-06-09T05:42:41.778-07:00Alfred Differ:
I suspect that 100% of us are cap...Alfred Differ:<br /><i><br /> I suspect that 100% of us are capable of rationalizing our evil. From what I see, it is a basic human trait.<br /></i><br /><br />True 'dat. This is why Dr Brin's "CITOKATE" is so important. We rarely catch our own errors in judgement. And this is why both the prosecution and the defense argue their case in open court. The deciding factor in a trial is not "Do you <b>have</b> a case?", because virtually everybody does? Instead, the deciding factor is whose argument is more <b>plausible</b>.LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-67173898976497031192018-06-09T05:39:16.536-07:002018-06-09T05:39:16.536-07:00Winter7:
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Was throwing those two atomic bombs ...Winter7:<br /><i><br />...<br />Was throwing those two atomic bombs over Japan good?<br />Was responding to the bombing of Germany with other bombings correct?<br />...<br /></i><br /><br />"You offered <b>me</b> the lives of my crew."LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-84754184741542806152018-06-09T05:37:19.002-07:002018-06-09T05:37:19.002-07:00Treebeard:
I think of progism as a virus like Chr...Treebeard:<br /><i><br />I think of progism as a virus like Christianity, that infects people's minds and convinces them that they have a special mission to spread their virus to other people in order to save them by making them just as crazy.<br /></i><br /><br />This actually put a useful thought into my head which I was mulling over while falling asleep. It turned into this:<br /><br />You all know that cats spread a disease that makes people <i>like cats</i>, and thus secure their place as beloved and pampered pets. Furthermore, this disease also works on prey such as mice, causing the infected mice to run <i>toward</i> the cat rather than away from it. This isn't something I'm making up or speculating--there have been plenty of news items describing the phenomenon lately.<br /><br />And that's kind of what Asimov's "Mule" character does, right? Alter people's motivations so that they do what's in <i>his</i> best interest instead of their own?<br /><br />So what if the same is true of Donald Trump? Could he be spreading some sort of disease that makes his supporters act against their own values (and not mind) and do what's best for <i>Trump</i> instead? A sort of dark mirror "Giving Plague"?<br /><br />If you remember the dynamic of the 2016 primary season, every Republican candidate was disgusted by Trump, but one by one, most of them came aboard the Trump train. Chris Christie? Marco Rubio? Ted Cruz was one of the last holdouts, but he was turned at the last. Isn't this exactly how The Mule conquered Kalgan, then the Foundation Itself, then the independent trader world of Haven? Sure there are some holdouts who either never got exposed or are not susceptible to the disease--John McCain, John Kasich, maybe Jeff Flake. There were holdout worlds in the war with the Mule as well: Memnon and Iss.<br /><br />Like any good story, it explains a lot.<br /><br />If cat owners can be persuaded to take such disgusting feral animals into their house and love them as adorable pets, surely a similar mechanism might be responsible for persuading Christians, fiscal conservatives, and American patriots to embrace a lying, cheating, philandering Nazi-enabling thug. What <i>better</i> explains it, actually?<br /><br />And if it is a disease...could there be a cure?LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-87786270212840914712018-06-09T00:41:29.446-07:002018-06-09T00:41:29.446-07:00ramuan tradisional untuk mengatasi usus buntu<a href="http://obatkista1.com/ramuan-tradisional-untuk-mengatasi-usus-buntu/" rel="nofollow">ramuan tradisional untuk mengatasi usus buntu</a>derahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112432466158627946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-92048137499808836892018-06-08T23:24:20.386-07:002018-06-08T23:24:20.386-07:00Alfred: two well-thought, well-writ, and beautiful...Alfred: two well-thought, well-writ, and beautiful statements:<br /><br />"Thoughts are actions because they change YOU. The outwardly observable effect might not be noticed or might not be noticed for a while, but they still count"<br /><br />And this<br /><br />"I'm not sure going low OR high is a winning strategy. The only one I've seen work is for us to be who we are"<br /><br />As I cannot improve upon either, I can smile and be grateful at your having written them. Yes.donzelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991849781932619746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-43703624127652351672018-06-08T22:37:10.305-07:002018-06-08T22:37:10.305-07:00Ioan:
Apparently, people exposed to lead have trou...Ioan:<br />Apparently, people exposed to lead have trouble deploying the telescopic antenna. A very common problem in certain obese presidents who need "special sex" in order to be aroused.<br />Link:<br /><br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17727353<br /><br />And apparently, lead causes underdevelopment in all aspects in children. (Even smaller telescopic antenna) (evidently I was not affected by the lead):<br />Link:<br /><br />https://www.nature.com/articles/srep43608 <br /><br />And, of course, something related to today's main theme:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/07/violent-crime-lead-poisoning-british-export <br /><br />At the end. What everyone really wanted to know. The origin of Donald Trump's misogyny:<br /><br />http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187953<br /><br />Winter7<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-40302137465047055712018-06-08T22:11:17.354-07:002018-06-08T22:11:17.354-07:00I have another observation. Perhaps lead poisoning...I have another observation. Perhaps lead poisoning may have something to do with sexual drives? I mean, Millenials and Gen Z wait much longer to have sex and have less sex in general. Perhaps lead poisoning is correlated with sex drive somehow?Ioannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-87836734378474584402018-06-08T21:15:40.667-07:002018-06-08T21:15:40.667-07:00Of course. We must also give 90% of the blame for ...Of course. We must also give 90% of the blame for the evils of the world to the hate speech of the fascists. (Raise your hand those who agree ... Well, everyone agrees then ..)<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-72555887555228358522018-06-08T21:09:22.589-07:002018-06-08T21:09:22.589-07:00Then, we have finally come to a conclusion: Lead i...Then, we have finally come to a conclusion: Lead is the origin of 90% of fascist puppets and teenage gunmen.<br />¡May all of you agree raise their hands! Let's see ... Back in the background, ¿are you raising your hand Loccumranch or are you scratching your ear? . Well ... then all agree. Yes. A good and well reasoned conclusion to a responsible and logical discussion.<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-7694662145919627082018-06-08T20:58:11.046-07:002018-06-08T20:58:11.046-07:00@LarryHart | I'm not sure going low OR high is...@LarryHart | I'm not sure going low OR high is a winning strategy. The only one I've seen work is for us to be who we are, succeed at it, and let their kids decide who they are going to imitate/learn from. It's slow, but it IS a winning strategy.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-32792321518844066582018-06-08T20:56:41.870-07:002018-06-08T20:56:41.870-07:00Thoughts are actions because they change YOU. The ...Thoughts are actions because they change YOU. The outwardly observable effect might not be noticed or might not be noticed for a while, but they still count in the sense that a falling tree in the forest with no one nearby to hear it still makes sound.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-57188271067837836872018-06-08T20:54:15.929-07:002018-06-08T20:54:15.929-07:00@winter7 | I suspect that 100% of us are capable o...@winter7 | I suspect that 100% of us are capable of rationalizing our evil. From what I see, it is a basic human trait.<br /><br />I'm not being cynical when I say this. I'm pointing out that most of us think we are capable of thinking and comprehending at least some small part of this universe. We often act without thinking deep first, but we can follow up such acts with the thought we didn't do first. Rationalization is easy.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-88519643382072955352018-06-08T20:51:32.963-07:002018-06-08T20:51:32.963-07:00Amazing. Now, CO2 is the new snake oil to cure eve...Amazing. Now, CO2 is the new snake oil to cure everything:<br /><br />https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-carbon-dioxide-belly-fat.html<br /><br /><br />(Donald Trump will need almost a third of the planet's CO2 if he has to reduce that huge belly fed daily with two huge snowballs)<br /><br />Winter7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com