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9mo ago
What is your top baby/kid advice? We are in the third trimester with our first. Revolutionary must have gadget, let them cry it out, co-sleep don't co-sleep, have a closet lined with mirrors to lock them in?
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5mo ago
hypocrisy with regards to crime.
Hypocrisy in using deadly force for a pure property crime?
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10mo ago
I've commented on this before. I work for a company that's core market is pure Red Tribe. Our headquarters is in a very red state, pre-Trump I am confident that vast majority of executives voted Republican. Execs bought the bailey of wokeness hook, line, and sinker. Wokeness is just being a good moral person and taking action against evil. There is real, malicious racism in much of society and we all have problematic unconscious bias. Fascism is on the rise, we need to take to heart the lessons of World War 2 and never let it happen again. Pride is about not torturing people to death, DEI is not not hiring someone because they are black, or not trying to sleep with a subordinate. They got confused when our pride line went over like a lead balloon, or we host events at organizations that teach CRT. Now think how it all goes at corps where the execs were Democrats or even progressives before Trump's presidency.
rule that you as a frail and elderly person pretty much only deserve to have a quality of life worth a damn
Outside of individuals who should be sentenced to life in prison, is there anyone not entitled to an upper-middle-class life, regardless of their life choices?
You need to define what "worth a damn" means. I haven't compiled what I usually see from leftists regarding what the elderly are entitled to, but once listed out, I'm guessing it's an upper-middle-class standard if you want to live in flyover country or a wealthy one if you want to live in an Alpha++ city.
For younger people, I see:
- Unlimited world-class healthcare.
- At least 40 hours of childcare per week.
- No more than two children per bedroom, and older children should not have to share a room for as many children as you can have.
- A safe, walkable neighborhood within biking distance of the downtown core.
- A workweek of less than 40 hours, although I observe that this number is constantly decreasing. Let's be honest, jobs are optional because means testing is not allowed.
- If you do want a job, then more than 6 weeks of paid vacation.
- At least 3 months of paid parental leave (I've seen people advocating for a year).
- If you do need a vehicle, it should not be a beater.
- High-speed internet.
- A smartphone.
- Free college (should any education be paid for out of pocket?)
Considering that jobs are optional, it seems that everyone is entitled to the life of a trust fund kid.
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1yr ago
Screenshot I could find:
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5mo ago
Isn't a hallmark of low level criminals that they're rocking room temperature IQ?
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1yr ago
Finally, concrete plan how to save the world from paperclipping dropped, presented by world (in)famous Basilisk Man himself.
He's definitely getting tortured for eternity now.
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10mo ago
Just like any tool there are situations where it can be effective and situations where it isn't. If your goal is getting true information the key is having ways to confirm the information then come back if the information was incorrect. Repeat. Another method is having multiple people with the same information, you then separate and torture them until their stories match.
A black teenager enters your front door past 10PM, actively searching for something, and maybe announces he's looking for his brothers. You are physically defenseless as an octogenarian, watching society actively collapse around you, what exactly are you expected to do in that split second? Trust in society?
Is that pure speculations or are there allegations that Yarl entered the domicile?
This might become my go to example of cancel culture:
Besides, the proof is in the fucking pudding! Unlike most people in politics or journalism, pollsters have a track record that can be tested against actual results. They can be held accountable for political bias that might render their polls less accurate. Rasmussen has indeed had strongly Republican-leaning results relative to the consensus for many years. Despite that strong Republican house effect, however, they’ve had roughly average accuracy overall because polls have considerably understated Republican performance in several recent elections (2014, 2016, 2020).
Even when you can track and mitigate the "bias", the wrong thinkers must be purged.
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1yr ago
Regardless of whether or not this particular group or ad worked, there does appear to be a wide scale attempt to infiltrate and subvert Christianity.
The infiltration in my denomination happened at least 30 years ago, and now the long march is close to its end point. The theology professors have have been motte and bailing the administration and alumni while turning out progressives pastors for the last few decades and now they have a large enough base to go mask off and directly attack current doctrine.
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1yr ago
Is this what they are calling an audit? "Your form doesn't match what we have on file, send us the difference plus some interest." I mistyped my income and got one of those. Not exactly Will Ferrell coming to my bakery and giving me flours.
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7mo ago
it seems to be a classic case of applying economic theory and then assuming that everyone is a moron for not going along with your conclusions, rather than disagreeing with your analysis.
The whole point of the post is discussing why people disagree with one of the most agreed upon concepts (rent control is bad) in economics...
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9mo ago
Why no co-sleep? Suffocation or too dependent of a child? Any suggestion on a good carrier? Everyone around here is all about Baby Bjorn... $239.99, that is a plate carrier...
Random story time! This is one of the first times I've encountered SSPX since my brother-in-law's wedding. His cousin joined CMRI a few years ago and came down for a wedding. He attended an SSPX for the Latin mass and was shocked to see half the congregation openly carrying firearms. Our families are both very evangelical Protestant, and as a recent convert, he is fervent about informing us that we're all destined for hell. Personally, that's never bothered me much. I mean, why should I care if another religion thinks I'm going to hell? I certainly don't believe I'm heading there, at least not for the reasons they believe.
Of course, this caused some tension within the family. What stood out, even more, was when he admitted that if he had his way, the US would be a theocracy, and all other religions or denominations would be banned from public practice. I pointed out that after enjoying the freedom to practice and grow his religion under the Protestant commitment to religious freedom, he would then take that very right away from Protestants. It seemed like an odd thing for a lawyer not to have considered before.
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9mo ago
there are many more who use that as an excuse for the real goal of de-electrification.
Like some sort of primitivists? I go with mistake theory, I think it's more that leftism is virtually ignorant of the concept of trade offs. Any negatives are because of a lack of will; just get the right people in power and spend money and we can have zero carbon energy for our dense, walkable, clean, safe, cities.
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11mo ago
Of the non-Christians, they said not even to share a meal with them!
Are you referencing 1 Corinthians 5:11?
I always took pretty much the opposite interpretation of that verse.
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people; 10 I did not at all mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the greedy and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world. 11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or a greedy person, or an idolater, or is verbally abusive, or habitually drunk, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a person. 12 For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? 13 But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the evil person from among yourselves.
New American Standard Bible
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1yr ago
I don't usually discuss intellectual property outside of libertarian circles because the starting points are usually two divergent to have a productive conversation. Intellectual property is like debates on abortions personal vs private property cutting to the very core of morality. As will quickly be noted intellectual property is just a social construct which will then be countered with property is just a construct. Then why does the construct of property even exist? To paraphrase Hoppe, original appropriation and private property are a solution to the problem of social order; a way of resolving and avoiding conflict. Why does conflict around property arise? Because stuff is scarce and rivalrous. If stuff was not scarce and rivalrous then why would why would there be disputes, why would the concept of property be needed?
As this video was used to point out how small of chunks of a songs pattern constitute an IP claim? You keep getting smaller and smaller until you're at basic sounds. I'm not a musician so my terms are going to probably be wrong, but in the same vein how much can one alter the pitch, tone, or even volume before you have created a unique enough pattern? The over arching questions: what is the level of uniqueness to gain and/or avoid an IP claim?
The sorites paradox isn't absent for physical property but it is much less. In the vast majority of cases physical property can be defined, boundaries can be set up, literal lines can be drawn. I'm not sure how that's possible with IP. IP dictates what other people can do with their property even if they have had claim to that property longer than the IP claim has existed - how people can combine atoms and organize 1's and 0's.
Then there's the utilitarian argument but I have not idea how you measure the gains vs the losses.
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1yr ago
If you have consumed any of his content how legit is Paull Harrel?
Who are some of your favorite firearm youtubers?
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1yr ago
Definitely seems possible that it's a lie to troll or dodge hate crime charges.
When facing 5 premeditated murder charges how much worse does it get with a hate crime charge?
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3mo ago
For comparison’s sake, Leonid Brezhnev died in office as General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party at age 75. His successor, Yuri Andropov, died at age 69. He was followed in the 1980s by Constantin Chernenko who died in office at age 73.
How many of these guys where alcoholics/smokers?
My wife initially fell victim to tons of the baby gear marketing, but once you realize that your baby is equally happy in the $50 generic amazon swing as he is in the $300 fancy swing, you kind of apply that lesson to child rearing writ large.
It's probably more important for his happiness to make sure he breathes through his nose
Are we the same person?
But after the neighbor boy showed up wearing a LGBTQ pin my wife has gone from a a huge fan of how diverse our local public elementary school (look at all those refugee kids in the playground) to saying we need to gear up to get the kid in the hyper conservative evangelical private school twenty miles away.
That the IDF released audio of Hamas operatives saying it was from Islamic Jihad, but the audio is clearly faked with bad Palestinian accents and crappy acting. Why do you think the IDF would release obviously doctored audio?
Pure hypothetical, say it is fake. Midwit PCM types? I see this all the time with lawyers, they throw everything including the kitchen sink. "Ok... that makes sense and that makes sense and that's pure bullshit." The court throws out the bullshit, but if it had snuck through instant win or padding the case.
Normal person: "You have established yourself as a liar, so I should toss out everything else you say."
Midwit lawyers/judges: "This is just a debate game, fair play."
Take this thread: https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1714535497958334678
Vast majority is "definitely not Israel". Then... but why did they crop the crater out of the photos? The Crater it seems clearly too small.
https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1714600473104404966
Midwit bureaucrat: "Let's pad just how much our enemies it was."
Perhaps another example is the 40 beheaded babies. Maybe it's 2 babies beheaded a dozen killed but just needed to make the story a bit more tragic.
CNN: "Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s" Archive: https://archive.is/NcFb5
Edit: Andrew Lester is the 84 year old white man and is facing charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action. Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson states there was a racial element but hate crimes is a lower charge so will not be brought. "There is no evidence that the teen entered the home and preliminary evidence shows Lester opened fire on the teen through a glass door with a .32 caliber revolver"
Ralph Yarl is the black teen that was shot outside of Kansas City, Missouri. Early it was reported that he was shot twice in the head but now his family's attorneys are saying that Yarl "shot twice and struck in the head and arm" and Yarl has now been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.
The white man in his 80's "was taken into custody on April 13 just before midnight and was released less than two hours later at 1:24 a.m. on April 14."
By all accounts I am seeing Ralph Yarl is a band geek which places my heuristic chances of aggression on his part as low. If I found the correct streets the subdivision is one of the last developments before hitting mostly farms and the street names are really confusing with the developer using the same number twice and then alternating between "Street" and "Terrace."
Of course, still waiting on details but in my opinion this could likely be what some people consider to be the quintessential example of a "racist" shooting. If that's the case and the only quibble between Red Tribe and Blue Tribe is if it would have made a difference if the kid was white or black does this story gain a much traction with that little toxoplasma or does it more go the way of the Eric Garner and Philando Castile killings?
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