Yes, and I look to our Jewish brothers and sisters to let us know when it's time to start kicking ass before it's too late. They should have a good fe...
I'm not sure on that one. My wife talks about levels (?) and some folks are closer to this or that than others. I'm not sure I'm into all that, but if...
I do, but it's not what I hear most folks (who belive in an afterlife) opine. I believe that we are right now part of All, but we are merely a part of...
A pretty moving piece. My takeaways: 1. I'm lucky, in that I don't think death is the end, with nothing thereafter. Could be, but I doubt it. Thus, I'...
The idea that Trump is not hawkish is, if true, limited to foreign states. I have no doubt he would not heistate to turn his brown-shirts loose on Ame...
I've got no truck with the money . . .If it works. Big-bucks per hour is a good investment if there is an end result and in the end it works. But if i...
I don't profess to be an expert in these areas. But I do have an aversion to the idea of some person recognizing their own issues and then, instead of...
My experience is anecdotal. I've seen folks who had "issues" and sought to better understand themselves by pursuing a degree in psychology. They didn'...
There are swings to the extreme in all communities. I don't know if the bell curve is illustrative but it sounds good to someone like me who doesn't r...
I don't know about the dates, but I agree there was a shift. The plutocracy wants schools to produce good little producers and consumers; thus, they e...
:100: I don't know much about it. During the recent dust-up over the issue, I remember the "right" running with it, as if it were being taught in publ...
Colorado State University and University of Idaho, a life-time ago. I don't recommend any books. When I hear "bureaucratic order" I think of "deep sta...
I don't know anything about the German bureaucratic model, but I will stipulate that you are correct, except on one point: You said "we" adopted. I do...
Follow the money, Athena. It will not lead to the government you rail against. Government is merely the tool, bought and paid for by that same money. ...
Nationalism and patriotism seem to me to be like fandom. I feel a certain amount of pride in finding commonality with others who have done something a...
I see it has been four months. Did you finish? I'd love to read what you came up with. P.S. I hope you didn't walk into a library and have the audacit...
On the other hand, I believe it is a function of my tax dollars to provide that assistance, and I'd hate to remove a burden from the broad shoulders o...
I think I agree with this assessment. But then I want to quibble with the definition of "successful" and "failed" and "significant. I think of the hou...
Too many questions this early in the morning, but I will say this: Some folks can't stand having themselves around. So they distract themselves, with ...
I haven't even made that jump yet, because I'm still in the natural world, predator/pray assessment from the OP. I don't know what that means. Is it a...
We are physically weaker, but we not only utilize our differently-evolved brain and tongue to make up for our lack of tooth and claw, fur and hair, bu...
I have not read the rest of this thread, so what I am about to say may have already been said. But I don't think weakness is necessary. Contrary, as w...
I find a disconnect between this: And this: I see the latter as being more accurate. We don't worship the power of the state. We worship the power of ...
Some define "family" in the conservative capitalist way of a "nuclear" family. In the old days, and especially among indigenous people, family was mor...
I do. And I see a single tool, a two-edged sword laying there upon the ground, and I wonder who is going to pick it up first? If some wise one out the...
When I said: I was trying to stay down to Earth and away from my A = -A rant (which I have annoyed my my son with for years and myself for decades), a...
My son is taking an intro to philosophy class and asked me just the other day, what is "conscious". We had the following exchange: Me: “The problem is...
I think it's utility is in spinning people up to kill. Can you imagine getting anyone to fight the Nazi's or Imperial Japan today? The MSN would have ...
:up: On a side note, the only "video game" I ever played was "Space Invaders" back in the late 70s. So acronyms are hard to keep up with. .gov is the ...
I agree with Abdulelah: "I am disgusted that this is something that will be producing profit when people like me suffered the consequences of this war...
I don't believe in evil, but I understand the utility of a social construct called evil. Does the fact we construct something that does not exist rend...
Continued reading contextualized what you all were saying. In my circles, RPG is rocket propelled grenade. I could see you and in your basements prepp...
Initially I was going to have to vet the sincerity of your curiosity before I deigned to satisfy it. I was going to ask what was it that I said that c...
:100: :up: You're a better man than me. I'm going to cede the floor and ban myself for a couple of weeks for unprofessional behavior. I'd say "Hold do...
Here, let me dumb it down for you. You said: You say that if I didn't care about those who don't care about others then I would respect their right to...
I'll rip the fucking vent out of your mouth and throw you ass out the nearest window and make the doc tend a deserving human being. How's that? :rofl:...
It will be if you are taking up a bed I want for my friends or loved ones. It ain't all about you. Especially since so many unvaxxed, non-masking, non...
Yes indeed. The rock upon which we hone our edge must be hard, but smooth. If it's soft and mushy or rough and flaky it won't do you any good, at best...
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