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a year ago
Rome rose and fell several times during its 800 years. We could get our shit together and rise again.
About 80% of the population is anti woke. We’ve just let the wokesters be in control for too long. A backlash is here.
The AI revolution is going to bring incredible innovation, productivity, and wealth. Today’s young people will see a world where machines do most of the work. Executed properly, that could make life pretty great.
We all just need to find purpose and principles that align with this new world.
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a year ago
Vivek Ramaswamy proposes:
Abolish the Dept of Education and use that money saved to support non union charter schools
Set requirements for a college to be eligible for federal subsidy and loans, including firing most administrators
Support trade schools
This would be a huge step in ending the woke industry
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Georgemicrodog: “ I am morally superior. Anyone who disagrees with my view of the world, or my definition of virtue, is not only stupid but evil. I also have the ability to identify these evil people based on their age, gender, and ethnicity. I don’t need to know anything their individual character. Guilt by association is best”.
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
The US is divided between people who are proud of their nation and those who consider it racist and evil. That’s the bottom line. That’s at the heart of most of the conflict and division in our country.
The “America is Evil” perspective started in colleges decades ago, by Communist and Marxist professors. It has spread like a cancer.
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
For all the talk about Chinese military, the vast majority of their oil travels through the Arabian Sea. Their navy is really a Coast Guard without the range to project power this far out.
Any Nation with a couple modern Destroyers could shut down the entire Chinese economy in about 2 weeks.
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
We don’t use this oil. It mostly goes to China, which doesn’t have naval vessels that can patrol this area. We are using our ships to protect Chinese energy flow.
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a year ago
There used to be ideals that bound us together. They were the same ideals that went back to our founders. They made us a nation and gave everyone purpose in life. Family. Religion. Hard work. Freedom. Patriotism.
Those started to disappear in the 1960s, especially on University campuses. A culture of responsibility was replaced by a long list of rights and entitlements. If it makes you feel good, do it. The Pill had something to do with this.
Into this void came wokeism. Climate became religion. Group identity became more important the individual. Victimhood replaced Merit and accomplishment. Modern feminism replaced the family. Pessimism replaced optimism and the can do spirit. Manual labor was looked down upon.
If we are going to pull out of this, we need to discover a set of ideals we can all believe in.
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
https://youtu.be/RZxX5yHxho4
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
“lay out facts and invite students to use critical thinking examine how the facts affects their lives.”
I hate to break it you, but that’s not critical thinking. You don’t “ lay out the facts”. You invite criticism of the facts. Do a little reading on the Socratic method, or the Scientific method, or Epistemology.
Telling students that the US is founded on 1619 slavery, then asking them how that affects them, is neither critical thinking nor history.
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a year ago
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gammanu95My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
I’m not a better person. I’m a happier person. Engaging with narcissists accomplishes nothing. They are incapable of self awareness, doubt, or shame.
As the Stoics taught us, a key to happiness is to focus your energy only on things where you can have influence and control. Simply accept those things you can’t change.
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a year ago
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gammanu95My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
I have a lot of experience dealing with narcissists. They are insecure people who will never admit, to themselves or others, that they are wrong on anything. They aren’t “dumb”, they are fragile. They boast loudly to hide their fear of being found out.
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a year ago
The test of any list of best states is easily determined by U Haul rentals.
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a year ago
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled race based admissions to colleges are discriminatory and illegal, there will be some massive class action lawsuits. Every Asian American who was denied admission to the Ivy League over the last 20 years could reasonably demand millions. Harvard alone could find potential liabilities in the billions.
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a year ago
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gammanu95My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
Six years of anger and insults. Just mind boggling.
I played along with 25 for about a year, then finally realized what an insane waste of time and energy it was. I’ve now got him on mute and life is better for it.
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a year ago
Isn’t North Dakota where the shale fields, fracking, and high paid energy workforce exist ? There should be a strip club on every corner.
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a year ago
A lot will change over the next year, but it appears to me that there will be two candidates left for the GOP primary at some point. Trump and Vivek.
Vivek has been careful not to criticize Trump and Trump has said nice things about Vivek.
It will be interesting how this plays out.
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a year ago
Fair point about being cautious.
Obama was a political organizer before he entered politics in Chicago, perhaps the most corrupt political machine.He won the Senate seat when private legal documents about his opponent were leaked. After he was elected, his wife suddenly got a cushy $300,000 job at a hospital that later got big government grants. All that should have put up red flags about his sincerity and veracity.
Vivek is a billionaire who founded a successful biotech firm. He doesn’t need a government job to get rich.
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a year ago
Hunter Biden’s lawyer smokes a bong while Hunter visits. Photos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12325023/Hunter-Bidens-lawyer-Kevin-Morris-seen-smoking-BONG-balcony-LA-home-clearly-visible-road-visit-presidents-son.html
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a year ago
These are Vivek’s foundational Truths, according to his website:
God is real.
There are two genders.
Human flourishing requires fossil fuels.
Reverse racism is racism.
An open border is no border.
Parents determine the education of their children.
The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind.
Capitalism lifts people up from poverty.
There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four.
The U.S. constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.
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a year ago
We’ll know more about Vivek after the first debate. He’s 37, so it may not happen this year.
After hearing him talk about values, returning to the national character envisioned by the founders,etc I doubt that many will reject him because he looks different or is Hindu. He grew up in Cincinnati and he has Midwest common sense.
He’s not just smart, he’s really, really smart.
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a year ago
There are two realities. Those of Trump supporters and those of Trump haters. It’s not just that they have different opinions or facts, they reach conclusions using different processes.
It will all come down to the 20% who have yet to commit to one of those camps.
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a year ago
You won’t have stories about Joe Biden tripping up or down the stairs on Air Force One to kick around anymore. That’s because the White House brass have issued a directive ordering staff to hide how Joe gets in and out of the presidential jet. It won’t stop the president from tripping, but you, an American voter, won’t have to be subjected to watching it anymore.
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a year ago
According to a poll conducted by Kaplan Strategies, Ramaswamy and DeSantis are tied at 12%. The poll surveyed 800 likely GOP primary voters.
Former President Donald Trump leads in the poll at 48%.
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a year ago
Ramaswamy has his law degree from Yale. He never practiced law but went into investments. He’s a billionaire, or close to it, so that worked out.
He has developed a detailed understanding of the constitution and the founders. He uses that knowledge to explain and develop his plan for remaking the government in a way that returns to the founders intent. Smaller. Less intrusive.
He plans to cut the number of federal employees by 75% and distribute the remaining 25% to locations in the heartland. He says the President has the authority to do this under the Constitution, without the need for Congressional approval.
He will also strip the federal bureaucracy of the power to enact rules and regulations without explicit Presidential approval.
He will close the Department of education and use that money to encourage non union charter schools, especially in the inner city.
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a year ago
Keep an eye on Vivek Ramaswamy. He is the future of the conservative movement. While the geriatrics are fighting it out, he is quickly building a young and diverse group of followers. He will soon be polling in the second spot after Trump. If the Dems manage to knock Trump out with their legal tricks, Vivek will be the nominee.