See, this is why I love real conversation! Now I’m learning something! Thanks for dropping by and sharing!
Fr, I’d never heard this mentioned. It’s an all new take on the purpose of (state? local?) militias, for me anyway, I’ve got some reading to do now…
Yeah, sorry, sometimes my ADHD just randomly throws in a clown. I mean, an entire non-sequitur sentence.
SO MUCH great information here! Bookmarked for later, so I can pick through it later and absorb all of your knowledge. Because I’m like a sponge. Or maybe more like a leech…
It’s funny, I have very successful friends who used to say something similar. As one put it: “If you sell out at 20, you got no heart. If you haven’t sold out by 30, you got no head.”
That friend group are a great bunch of guys in their personal lives, family men and good providers, down to the last one. At the same time, they are 100% part of the problem. They are landlords and marketing execs. And every one of them has an exceptionally high EQ. (Except Jake. He’s my favorite and he fixes industrial baking equipment. Used to be a bartender. You know the type - staring daggers when you interrupt his conversation with a regular customer. Jake didn’t GAF about EQ.)
Anyway, it’s not that they are evil. They are just the “normal” amount of selfish. They have comfortable lives. They read their newsfeeds without ever thinking any deeper. They aren’t the Nazis - they are the people who empower Nazis by remaining laser-focused on their job and their family, ignoring politics unless their property tax is at stake.
I think it’s possible to be a good husband and an overall good person, but not a good citizen. Zombies, if you will.
Someone did. They missed by inches. I would imagine they beefed up security a bit since then…
And, in most cases, it’s a good thing that our head of state is well-protected. Otherwise, we’d have a new president every week and the executive branch would be a mess…oh…hmmm…
Totally agree with you, a handgun is no match for a tank. If the military wants to make war on citizens, they will lose.
However, there is more going on that meets the eye. Many members of the military would not want to shoot their own citizens. And armed citizens can still do more damage than unarmed citizens. In other words, the 2A forces an authoritarian administration to use violence in order to repress the citizens. It ups the stakes. And citizens can strike in ways that the military can’t. Guerilla warfare tactics. They don’t need to “win”, they just need to disrupt, to spread fear.
But, yeah, with the current surveillance state, along with the culpability of the media, it seems a dubious proposition that armed citizens can save themselves from the fascists. Regardless, I have suddenly become a HUGE proponent of guns. Especially when I see the Black Panthers providing security for demonstrators. Respect.
This is interesting.
This memo is only relevant if Trump plans on staying in office past 2028, or installing another MAGA sycophant.
I mean, Trump knows that if a Democrat takes office, the DOJ will first clean house and then go after him for this shit. Yet he telegraphs his intention to break the law. Why?
The Constitution allows for the possibility of a gangster Administration. Checks and balances. The hope was that the Supreme Court and Congress would keep the executive branch in check.
The Constitution also recognizes that no system is perfect, so it adds the right to bear arms. Not for sport. Not for defense. The Second Amendment exists specifically to fight tyranny. Just in case the elections get rigged and an extremist party takes control.
Such an unlikely scenario, amiright?
Your head is really gonna hurt when you read about printer ink and printing presses.
CMYK ftw!
This is false.
The Pentagon hosts a Ramadan dinner (at the end of the holiday, to celebrate the conclusion of the fasting ritual).
The Pentagon has hosted Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremonies. (I’m not sure if they still do.)
The issue here isn’t the sponsoring of a religious activity. The function of the military is to send soldiers to their deaths. Those soldiers who need spiritual support should absolutely have access to it.
The issue is that the president and the defense secretary have incorporated evangelical Christianity into their cronyism. Religion is being used as a litmus test for loyalty.
Signed,
A pragmatic (ex-militant) atheist
Your average American is not intelligent enough to decipher the clever wordsmithing of the average journalist.
In an age where sensationalistic headlines are the norm, an understated headline can seem to lend credibility to the absurd.
This is not a problem, though. I enjoy eating popcorn and watching the world burn.
First, who the fuck is an expert on teleporting to Waffle House?
Second, why the fuck are the experts “dubious” instead of incredulous or openly condescending? JFC, c’mon experts, do better!
You are correct!
That is to say, you are right about being not right.
At the core, Hindus and Christians basically share the same philosophy on God.
In Christianity, God has three aspects. Jesus, The Holy Ghost and God. In Christianity, this is known as “The Trinity”. If you pray to Jesus, you are also praying to God and the Holy Spirit.
Similarly, ancient Hindus asserted that the essence of the deities was unitary, and the deities were nothing but pluralistic manifestations of the same concept of the divine god.
So, if a Hindi met a member of a death cult, they might think “This person is missing out SO much good stuff!” But not really - they’d probably think that Mr. Death Cult Person was a weirdo and missing the point of religion entirely.
DLC expansion packs
You might not believe this, but there was a time before DLC expansion packs. Super Mario World, I love you.
Wake up.
Again.
Every day feels the same.
Same boring routine. Same vapid people. Same dingy places. Same tasteless food.
Stuck in a time loop but somehow getting older.
Every day.
This is very antagonistic and reactionary from the profession. Its a job that I have friends that do.
I don’t understand?
You are saying that some of your friends are sex workers? And…you come online to bash sex workers? And then get defensive when people misconstrue your intention?
Is that correct? Is that what’s happening here?
So why mention prostitutes in particular? Why not fry cooks or line workers?
And “easy”?! There’s nothing “easy” about collecting data on sex workers by visiting different areas and polling them! It’s definitely SO much easier to just Google “Cost of living index”
If it’s not easy and it’s not specific to prostitutes, it means the statement is false. WHY ARE WE LAUGHING AT A LIE?!
Answer: BECAUSE IT’S A JOKE. It’s a joke about sex work. It’s a joke about how only a desperate person would sell their body for money, therefore offering customers a discount based on their location.
So, yeah, it’s a bit in bad taste. As are many jokes. In fact, I feel a bit depressed now. No worries, it’s nothing a night out on the town with a couple of teenage hookers won’t cure! :)
Piglet would like a word with you.
Also cats. Dogs. Lemurs. Rats.
Basically, any creature that has a pink nose probably has pink lips. We just don’t notice because they are mostly covered in fur and proportionately thinner than human lips.
Yeah…I forgot what the original statement was. But I just spent the last hour in an internet rabbit hole, reading about Carter’s administration. Was fun, love ya, thanks for coming to the show.
I’ll try to do better next time.
Right! I must have been high when I wrote that! 🤣