I’m still wondering how long this farce will be allowed to continue .

timon_phocas comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Moses commanded that, "At the hands of two or three witnesses everything shall be established." A couple of centuries later, Solomon wrote, "The first to speak in court seems right, until the cross examination begins. Standards of evidence over three millennia old. And none of this is happening in Schiff's hearing. By his design.

THERE IS NO GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY! GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau will keep pretending his carbon tax works ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Of course the carbon tax works. It collects revenue from taxpayers for a pius sounding cause.

Pamela Geller, Breitbart News: Mom Protests Supremacist All-Halal Meat Policy at Public Schools in ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 31, 2019:

I spent ten years in the meat industry. Kosher meat costs considerably more than regular meat. So does Halal meat. The school district is lying.

How many acre-feet of water will California need if it doesn't rain this winter?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 30, 2019:

In "quietism" I recognize myself, and perhaps the IDW community.

Algeria: Another Christian Church to be Closed Source(s): Middle East Concern Date: 24 October ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Algeria had dictatorship ever since they threw out the French. The leading families of the revolution ran Algeria out of their back pockets and for the their own benefit. That generation has died or declined into infirmity. A military junta has taken over. It looks like they're trying to gin up some popular support by persecuting Christians. Pretty common ploy in Muslim countries.

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 29, 2019:

John followed the most rigorous, ascetic dietary requirements of Jewish law.

How Baghdadi's Death Reveals Trump's Clever Syria Strategy U.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 29, 2019:

"...and when in their wake, nothing remains but a desert, they call it peace..." Tacitus, Agricolla. And in the wake of this civil war, nothing remains but rubble and starved, terrified refugees. That's what's left of Syria. In addition, Iranian Revolutary Guards are stationing themselves on the Israeli border, triggering violent clashes there, too.

The NASA served it's main purpose of staying ahead of Soviets in the space-race when the SSSR fell ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I fervently hope NASA has regained a sense of national mission. And perhaps SpaceX has given them a boot in urgency muscle. I certainly hope it works.

Mythologies of the 2016 election.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Interesting. This was spoken before the Democrat's pattern of mindless, unrelenting, ferocious attacks became apparent. Also, Comey has been revealed as far more mendacious than VDH observed. I think the Democrats' mindless jihad has accomplished what VDH wanted for Trump, to keep him top-of-mind for his new base. It's even welded them more firmly to him.

Are there any "left over women" around here?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Unwelcome, heretical, and true

ISIS leader believed to be killed in Syria- [foxnews.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 27, 2019:

The Russians claimed to have killed al-Bagdhadi in a bombing raid in June of 2017. He's been surprisingly mobile since assuming room temperature. OTOH, he's been in the bull's-eye of of US Intel for many years, they'd surely kill him if they could. To paraphrase from "Ferris Bueler's Day Off," just roll his bones over here and I'll believe it.

This was made by Jews by the way [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 26, 2019:

So the Jewish Rothschild's can be as crooked and conniving as Cornelius Vanderbilt or John Jacob Astor or JP Morgan. What's the point?

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timon_phocas comments on Oct 26, 2019:

What's the tipping point where people tune out the shrill, apocalyptic accusations and tune in to people like these?

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timon_phocas comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Deeply inspiring. The ancient Greeks thought thought their mythic heroes were a different breed, born of the gods. Jimmy Lai is a hero, born of John Adams. God bless him.

Hey! Beto! If the Trump administration was really a reincarnation of The Third Reich, do you think ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Within a year of 'Dolf becoming German Chancellor, freedom of press was cancelled, opposition parties were banned from advertising or any mention in the press, communists and their allies were arrested, the gestapo was founded and so were concentration camps. No, Robert Francis O'Rourke only feels secure attacking Trump because he knows Trump is utterly unlike Hitler

[youtu.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 23, 2019:

A calm voice in a hurricane of invective

2019 Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record Since Its Discovery Abnormal weather patterns in the ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 23, 2019:

I liked it when they teamed the Ozone Hole and Acid Rain together as twin apocalyptic menaces. It was comforting to know we'd all die of skin cancer before the fishing got bad ...

There is a serious push to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Well, a successful recall would short circuit any national ambitions for Newsom, so it would have some benefit.

Biological Male and Trans Athlete Wins Women’s World Cycling Competition, Again; Slams ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 22, 2019:

"Transgender women" are transforming women's athletics into a Special Olympics for mediocre male athletes.

4200 Word piece on a guy I never heard of and a lot of ideas strung together in ways I've never ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Insightful piece. Thank you.

Why has the resistance to President Trump reached such apocalyptic proportions?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 22, 2019:

I agree. We could afford this one way generosity in 1945, when the US constituted two thirds of world economic output. We cannot afford it any more. It's been unaffordable for a generation.

Breaking news!! JK

timon_phocas comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Fake news at its finest!

Horrifying Report Says Girls Hold in Urine, Don't Drink, Skip School To Avoid Boys in Gender-Neutral...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Abstruse theories as social policy ignore real boys and girls. And they wonder why homeschooling is gaining popularity.

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timon_phocas comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Do not denigrate financial markets. Britain survived its eighteenth century wars with France. The French monarchy bankrupted itself and fell. The difference was Britain's banks and capital markets. The "capital" in capitalism from the large sums of money necessary to build profitable enterprises. That more or less requires financial markets. Entrepreneurs and financial capitalists work together hand in glove. It's always been that way. JP Morgan underwrote Edison and Carnegie. Railroads and factories were built because financiers saw profit potential.

You know what, I'm starting to lose interest slowly for the whole Artemis-project.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Ah yes, but they'll do it with WOMEN... If I had to make a bet, I'd bet SpaceX will get there first. The current US space program is largely a welfare program for aerospace giants. They do some brilliant science, but it's run by administrators What they need are driven, charismatic leaders.

I'm not sure how the Aerospike engines are all that history.. . [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Nice explanations.

PeggyNoonan: The Impeachment mood may change [peggynoonan.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 18, 2019:

USC was the best team in college football back in 1972. Ohio State was it's opponent in the upcoming Rose Bowl. It was coached by the legendary Woody Hayes . It was widely predicted that USC would decisively defeat the Buckeyes. After all, they had a perfect, 12-0 season. John McKay (USC's coach) disagreed. He had a press conference in which he declared that the national championship was at stake. When asked why, he said," Woody's in town." I know it's ancient history, but... Impeachment is that kind of situation. Once the impeachment ball is in play, anything can happen. Peggy Noonan writes about this. Conservatives know what the state of our base is. Peggy Noonan knows how the center and center-right establishment feels about it.

Trump signs $1.8 billion autism funding bill [abcnews.go.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 18, 2019:

This is one of those points of virtually unanimous agreement in the Congress. It had to be in order to get past the House Democrats. In this, it's like the prison reform passed earlier this year. In order to pass, the issue has to have near unanimous approval by the people and legislature and not conflict with the political programs of either party. There is a continuing deadlock for more substantial issues.

This group is titled "News from all views", but so far all I've read is one sided fear mongering and...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 18, 2019:

Howdy @Bojin, Welcome to the conversation. I am sorry that you are disappointed in the group. As a site dedicated to avoiding intellectual censorship, most people attracted to it will be right of center because most censorship is coming from the left. Content is user generated, so it will reflect that right of center population. But it is user generated, so find some interesting material and post it to get more balance. Again, welcome to the conversation.

I love it when one of us common folks is not star struck by some inane celebrity.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 18, 2019:

God bless him the old farmer. Alan Graham sounds like a stand up guy.

Project Veritas exposes CNN bias! [youtube.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Project Veritas is the core of real journalism today.

"We've got to go to work!" commuters shouted - Extinction Rebellion activist dragged from roof of ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Extinction Activists? Let the trains run and they could have achieved it personally...

Coffee time...And Mark Dice. [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Fifty years ago, if I walked into a DMV office and declared myself to be Napoleon Bonaparte I would be refused a driver's license and sent to a mental health facility. Today, if I walk into a DMV and declare myself to be Madame Curie, anyone who did not refer to me using female pronouns would be referred to a mental health facility. Dang, I missed my opportunity to use florescent body paint!

lol Baltimore meant everything to him.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 17, 2019:

EIijah Cummings was part of the political elite that floated on the top of a great city's descent into squalor and endemic violence.

Not that different than what Donald Barr was arguing! [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Thirty-two years ago? In a tiny, isolated corner of the rural South? And that represents just what today?

Dreams of Green ... Are We Talking Power ... or Money?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 16, 2019:

It's more complicated than the article states. Houses that are totally off the electrical grid can get by with solar panels and a battery backup system. But even here it's complicated. You need to have an intelligent system to decide what circuits to power when the batteries get low. Do you want a generator backup for when the battery bank exhausts itself? Something to start it automatically? If the house is on the grid, has solar panels and a battery bank it's even more complicated. You need a smart system to monitor power generation, battery status, your house's consumption and what you're feeding to the grid. Complicated, not to mention expensive. I think the most cost effective solution is a gas powered backup generator and some heavy guage extension cords.

The American relationship to guns is "constitutional", fetishistic thoughts and feelings about ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Howdy @DrN1, This is an oversimplification of the US and firearms. America did not watch one too many episodes of Gunsmoke and then suddenly get up and buy a hundred million firearms. Firearms are woven into four centuries of American history. The colonies were established on the edge of a continental wilderness. You needed a weapon for protection if you went much further than your barn. Firearms became a ubiquitous tool in a way they never did in Europe. Wild game was an essential part of every family's diet. The essential food part lasted well into modern times. From Annie Oakley to Audie Murphy people wrote about learning to shoot well to feed their families. Biographies of WWII pilots mention this as a common thread in American aces' childhoods. In eighteenth or early nineteenth century Europe, the country had to buy firearms and train new soldiers to fire them. In America people bought their own firearms and trained themselves. They were a vast, nascent guerilla militia. They made America unconquerable. This applied as late as WWII. The Japanese never considered invading America, even after Pearl Harbor, because they feared the inevitable guerilla war. This is a historical taproot of our Second Amendment. Europeans made tales of Roland and his sword, Durendal. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote of Arthur and Excalibur. They wrote of a man and his trusty weapon taking stand against fearsome odds. In America those tales involve a gun. Maybe it is a fetish. Maybe all national myths start as fetishes. But it can't be simply turned off like a light switch.

Notice how the Nordic countries are leading the world in low carbon energy transitions

timon_phocas comments on Oct 11, 2019:

If Nordic low-carbon power generation makes money without government subsidies, American companies will buy the technologies and employ them here. Current wind and solar generation are only employed because of $40/megawatt-hour subsidies. Even then they still cost more than fossil fueled generation.

"...and the Pursuit of Happiness." What does that mean?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I heard that Ben Franklin felt "life, liberty and property" sounded too exclusive and suggested "pursuit of happiness" as more appealing.

Your thoughts on this one- [si.com] News station "racist" headline in Atlanta Braves NLDS loss.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Oh come on... It must have been easier to live under the old Inquisition. At least then all you had to worry about was the correct answer to how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

Annnnnnnnnnnndddddddddd Liberals Colleges are starting to hurt. [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I think the private liberal arts colleges are missing a great opportunity because they're teaching every subject through the lense of current ideology. Every society needs to be analysed on its own terms. Study the language, the literature, the religion, the history and economics. What are the rewards and penalties of the society? Then see how human nature displays itself in those conditions. What I've just described is a Classicist approach to Greece and Rome. The advantage of this discipline is that it's so long ago and far away that it divorces you from the passions of the present. And yet it gives you the analytical framework to observe and describe the present. Colleges following this approach (classical, religious or simply rigorous) are not shutting down.

Annnnnnnnnnnndddddddddd Liberals Colleges are starting to hurt. [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I think they've priced themselves out of the market. They've also alienated themselves from the culture at large. If you have to endure four years of leftist indoctrination, do to a state school that's cheaper.

Now that's racist. That's nitpicking and racist. [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Traffic stop for Driving While Black, so sad 1. The driver handled this well. Polite, obedient to commands, and video the entire episode. 2. I happened across a supporting article in the Guardian:. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/08/los-angeles-police-stop-search-black-latino

ISLAM CREATES PEOPLE WITH MENTAL & ETHICAL ISSUES!! Rep.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

What a piece of work! She's lucky that Republicans and Jews don't believe in stoning adulteresses. We leave that to advocates of the "religion of peace."

Is what you believe to be true really true? [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Informative, interesting. Thank you

I thought there was such thing as "freedom of religion".

timon_phocas comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Leftists are assiduously redefining tradional freedoms out of existence. It's a combination of Orwell's Doublethink and Newspeak concepts. The idea is to threaten small businesses with bankruptcy to strongarm them into obedience. A number of legal foundations, mostly faith based, offer free legal representation to those singled out for retribution. It's a very long, very expensive process. These principles are worth the struggle.

9 Things You Need To Know About Turkey, Simon Constable - Contributor Turkey is in a mess.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Howdy @JimbobNE, Substantive and informative, thank you

Facebook verification of posts?? Apparently I spread fake news... thanks Facebook ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 7, 2019:

A badge of honor

2791, Hong Kong Protest Anthem is Christian Song, 2791 [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 7, 2019:

This is music to my ears, but it is not reassuring to Beijing because of Chinese history. I think they see this (and Christianity in general) as roots of another potential Taiping Rebellion.

ForeignPolicy: the rise and fall of the Wagner Group [foreignpolicy.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 7, 2019:

One of the advantages of mercenary groups is you can disavow them when they embarrass you. What this article describes happening to the Wagner Group also happened to Blackwater. It's much harder to disavow your national army.

[reut.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 6, 2019:

The King James translates Genesis 1:2 with the earth as formless and void. In Latin it comes out as, inane et vacua. Empty and vacuous. And that's what every hyperventilating accusation against Trump has amounted to, empty and vacuous. So let's wait a few days and see if this accusation actually takes form.

Why I Believe Jesus - Ravi Zacharias [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Thank you. These words are a blessing

Washington’s ‘Freedom Promoting’ Think Tanks That Ignore Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder - The ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Jamal Kashoggi was murdered by secret operatives of a police state headed by a monarchy. He was a persistent, long time critic of the Saudis. He was murdered in the territory of another police state headed by a president-for-life. Everything done to Kashoggi has been done to Turkish journalists by Erdogan's police state. The only reason we know of Kashoggi's murder is because Turkish intelligence comprehensively bugged the Saudi consulate, released the recordings, and publicized the murder. Considering Erdogan's human rights record, it reminds me of Hitler's publicizing the Soviets' Kaytyn Massacre. The US tolerates police states because it is necessary to do so. We tolerated Franco's Spain because access to the Mediterranean is critical. We tolerate Saudi Arabia because of their critical place in the energy economy. We tolerate Erdogan's Turkey because of its strategic position and our basing rights. It's not ideological, it's utilitarian.

Is this true, American folks?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I think this law will be challenged in Federal courts as an infringement of 1st Amendment rights. It will take 5 to 7 years to get to the Supreme Court. It might be blocked in the meantime by a judicial ruling while it's being appealed.

IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor — ProPublica

timon_phocas comments on Oct 3, 2019:

We have friends who were financially ruined by the IRS. They had a successful business (a car repair shop) and owned their home outright. One day they found their business and home padlocked and their bank accounts seized. The IRS said they had been cheating on their taxes. Nobody would hire them because they were "IRS tax cheats." And, of course, other businesses were afraid of attracting the IRS's ire. They moved into a friend's garage. He turned wrenches for friends under the table. Friends and relatives sent care packages and gift certificates. After two years the IRS admitted there was not any cheating. In the meantime, however, their house and business had been sold for pennies on the dollar. They were told by the IRS that if they persisted in asking for damages, the IRS would hound them for the rest of their lives. I am not sorry the Republicans reduced funding for the IRS. The difference between the IRS and the Mafia is that the Mafia has scruples.

IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor — ProPublica

timon_phocas comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Par for the course. Just like the Justice Department, they are judged on win/loss records. It's a whole lot easier to win against people who can't afford to hire good accountants to defend themselves.

Maybe I’m just getting old and can’t find things, but I seem to recall something about a ...

timon_phocas comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Once they found out they couldn't use it to smear Trump, it wasn't news anymore.

New Kibbutz in South Africa ... Bathurst region - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Huzzah!

Things seldom go well when people play God. Hornless cows?

timon_phocas comments on Oct 1, 2019:

It looks like Junior's Basement Genome Kit isn't as harmless as it was advertised.

StrategyPage: More problems with the KC-46 [strategypage.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I remember when the first replacement for the KC-135 was an Airbus offering. Then a hue and cry was raised for a American manufacturer, Boeing (of course). It took longer to buy and build and Boeing continues making costly mistakes.

Epstein With Whitney Webb! Let's Go DEEP! kroikye 56 minutes ago Lets get even Deeper : The FBI ...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Just for grins and giggles, nobody can be a Knight of Malta unless they are already a member of European nobility and are Catholic. William F Buckely was only allowed honorary membership. As for the founder of the CIA, I don't know about Admiral Hillenkoetter's faith, but I know Harry Truman was not Catholic.

In my opinion, The problem with education today is; 1.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I think a large dose of competition has to be injected into the educational system. Let parents choose what kind of education their children will receive. The government should test for outcomes, publish results and then let parents decide which schools to send their kids to. After all, they and their children are the ones who will have bear the consequences. Right now teachers' unions control the schools, the administrations and the university teacher education. Students are a tertiary priority behind pay and benefits.

‘Way too extreme’: Some Democrats warn against moving left [apnews.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 25, 2019:

This reminds me of the Nixon years. In 1968 the hard left challenged the Democratic Party leadership. In 1972 the hard left took over the Democratic Party leadership. In each of the elections Nixon ran against the hard left. He won narrowly in 68 against Hubert Humphrey. He won in a landslide in 72 against a hard left opponent.

Alarmism is not helpful.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Thanks, put this on my FB feed.

MSN: Protests Against Food Stamp Reductions [msn.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 24, 2019:

When I worked at Sam's Club, EBT (Food Stamp card) purchases varied between 19 to 22 percent of daily sales. EBT card accounts are "loaded" on the the first of the month, so EBT sales were higher then. The Food Stamp program is a subsidy to food retailers and only secondarily to poor families. That's why it is so pervasive.

How dare you Greta Thunberg?

timon_phocas comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Greta Thunberg is obviously being manipulated and exploited. She will be discarded when her "useful idiot" act is no longer useful.

Marionette Strings Clearly Visible During Greta Thunberg Testimony ‪ [babylonbee.com]‬

timon_phocas comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I feel so sorry for that girl. She is so clearly being manipulated and exploited.

Citizen reporters

timon_phocas comments on Sep 23, 2019:

I think that's a viewpoint rooted in another age. Back when only newspapers had printing machines that might have been true. Back when only radio or television stations could broadcast that might have been true. The Soviets knew better. Any means of reproducing and distributing information made everybody a potential reporter. That's why each photocopier was attended by an armed guard. I keep coming back to the incident with the Covington kids. The 'officially credited' reporters got it all wrong. The unofficial reporters with cellphone cameras proved the 'officially credited' reporters to be liars. And not only liars, but lazy liars.

The “Magic Trick” behind the “Climate Science” Hoax.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Thanks, I've copied the URL over the the FB feed. No doubt I'll be branded as an infidel, but heck, I'm already a deplorable..

Seven Years of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship Future With Hundreds in Space and the Moon ...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Once again, revolutionizing human society.

Starlink to fill lion’s share of SpaceX near-term launch manifest [spaceflightnow.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 22, 2019:

For the first time in history, every place in the world will be equally connected. Botswana, Tebet and Amazonia will be as connected as Silicon Valley. Fascinating change.

CNN Reports on Dems Mass Defecting to Trump in Ilhan Omar's Minnesota [westernjournal.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I've read other reports about Minnesota trending Republican. Minnesota has something like a social contract called "Minnesota Nice" and strident rhetoric about white privilege, Jewish conspiracies, etc just doesn't fit.

Foreigners in the Land

timon_phocas comments on Sep 21, 2019:

From Moses' Judgements of God message before Israel went into the Promised Land. What happens when you ignore God. Blood curdling consequences.

Jihad-Rep Ilhan Omar Tells Congressional Black Caucus Crowd God ‘Expects’ Them To Vote a Certain...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Well, at least her positions are consistent with her stated faith. The Koran and Sharia hate democracy, hate Jews and Christians, hate equality and toleration. I don't like it, but she's consistent. Buttigeig contorts the Bible to invent divine support for his positions.

When will the Brits get from underneath the yoke of the EU?

timon_phocas comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Howdy @EdNason, The royal family has been environmentally active since Queen Elizabeth and her consort were young. All their children were educated in Oxford and Cambridge. I think their grandkids were as well. So they picked up their environmentalism from family and education.

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Admits [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Zuckerberg is struggling all right. He's struggling to devise a way to censor conservatives without being penalized. I feel for him, I truly do.

SpaceX Starship Updates - Blue Origin Building Launch Pad For New Glenn Launch [youtube.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Blue Origin has been more deliberate in its development than SpaceX. It's exciting to see it's efforts coming to fruition.

The Question No Bernie Supporter Will Answer Tom Woods If there's one thing Bernie Sanders ...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 19, 2019:

Not only that, but every person here lives a better life than the Emperor Hadrian. Better food, real medicine, better variety of entertainment, orders of magnitude more information resources.

Teen Climate Activist Tells Congress Climate Crisis Is Linked to ‘Colonialism’

timon_phocas comments on Sep 19, 2019:

This is not 1212, and I'm not going to trot off in the footsteps of a Children's Crusade. Back in Midieval times the Saracens were supposed to see the pure faith of the children and turn over Jerusalem to them. Those that actually made it to Muslim lands were promptly raped and then sold as slaves. Today we're supposed to see the pure idealism of Greta Thunberg and turn off industrial civilization. I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I do know she's going to be just as successful as her 13th century predecessors. Oh, and BTW, industrial civilization is what made slavery obsolete and then extinct.

Problems making babies in space? [massivesci.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 18, 2019:

A fertilized egg depends on gravity to let it drift down and attatch to the uterine wall. Or so I've read

FinancialTimes: Rentier Capitalism What do you all think? [ft.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 18, 2019:

FT's analysis lacks historical perspective. John Jacob Astor used the North American fur trade to build a fortune. He left an estate valued at twenty million dollars.It was astronomical for the times. At his death many prominent Americans questioned why anybody would need that much money. They even questioned whether anyone should be allowed to accumulate so much. Barrak Obama was not the first to ask those questions. Cornelius Vanderbilt ammased his fortune in railroads and dwarfed the Astor fuetune. John D. Rockefeller built his fortune in oil and dwarfed the Vanderbilt fortune. Each of these fortunes was unprecedentedly large. Each of the tycoons had similar pretensions to today's tech moguls. Each tycoon influenced government to further his own fortune. Each brobignation pile of wealth and influence was considered permanent. But they weren't. It's just one point in the FT's analysis. But it's a telling point.

Here is Sharia for Dummies

timon_phocas comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Well, on the bright side, you won't have to pay many prison guards

I just figured out something.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Howdy @kresica, I really enjoyed your comments. I like this group within IDW because it is apolitical and hopeful. This is an age of unparalleled exploration and discovery. Not only that, but the internet makes it seem like we are peering over Columbus' or Vasco de Gama's shoulder as they make their discoveries. This group lets us celebrate that.

On 9/11 CNN decides to focus on right wing 'terrorists'.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 14, 2019:

I've been seeing that meme a lot. HighQ frequently indulges in it.

I don’t know if it’s comedy or comic tragedy but .

timon_phocas comments on Sep 14, 2019:

All this vitriol, vacuous promises, and the hateful news reports are why I spend so much time researching the Oregon Trail. I can hardly wait for this election to be over. Over a year to go...

This one time at band camp.....

timon_phocas comments on Sep 14, 2019:

percussionists, what can you say! Low minds with sticks...

Yeah ... Who didn’t see THIS coming?

timon_phocas comments on Sep 14, 2019:

There are multiple layers of Chinese trade barriers. They can abate the tariffs, but if they don't tell the buyers to purchase from American suppliers the effect will be the same as a tariff.

The old history of Planned Parenthood [babylonbee.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Well, since it was pre-columbian native culture that did it, then it would be racist and white privileged to criticize them

Warren Direct Descendant of Militia 'Indian Fighter' Who Fought Seminoles

timon_phocas comments on Sep 12, 2019:

So 'Pocahontas' has almost no Native American ancestry, but she IS directly descended from a leader of the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans. Wonder if THAT'S where she got her Pow Wow Chow Cherokee clam chowder recipe? Oops, it seems that was copied word for word from a famous French Chef's cookbook. Everything about that woman seems to be counterfeit...

..you'd need one bad-ass fork-lift for that.. [thevintagenews.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 11, 2019:

I think it would make a nice lawn ornament, but it my wife said it wouldn't match the plastic pink flamingos she put out...

Trump: Taliban talks are ‘dead’ [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 9, 2019:

Bryan Suits diacussed this last Saturday on his program, "Dark Secret Place." https://www.spreaker.com/user/kfiam640/suits090719-3-hours-only

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timon_phocas comments on Sep 9, 2019:

Bryan Suits discussed this on his program, "Dark Secret Place" last Saturday https://www.spreaker.com/user/kfiam640/suits090719-3-hours-only

An education is a tragic thing to waste on a moron. [breitbart.com]

timon_phocas comments on Sep 7, 2019:

Nothing worse for a flaming idiot than just quoting them. There goes the last of Harvard's reputation.

WALSH: Bernie Sanders Wants To Exterminate The Surplus Human Population.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 5, 2019:

The surplus population, environmentally speaking, would be those who comsume the most rwsources. Limosine leftists go first.

This is how a militant minority of radical islamists control the majority of muslims who want to ...

timon_phocas comments on Sep 5, 2019:

This reminds me of what happened in US POW csmps in WWII. Hard core Nazis extorted obedience from other German prisoners. I think the Nazi ideologues were eventually segregated into separate camps.

Hong Kong Protests SOFMAG has an article by Michael Yon.

timon_phocas comments on Sep 3, 2019:

I find it intriguing that protestors are moving from server based social networks (twitter, FB, etc) to peer to peer social networks like mesh. Server based networks can be shut down by central authorities, peer to peer networks, like mesh or GNU chat, cannot. Very clever

Ohhhhhhhhh the Estrogen team...I can't wait...To not go see that movie. [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Aug 30, 2019:

Movies are ending rhe worst box office summer in a decade. So what do they do? They fundementally alter beloved characters and story lines to be more Politically Correct and less enjoyable.

"New Reversible Bumper Sticker Can Switch Between ‘COEXIST’ And ‘RESIST’ Depending On Who ...

timon_phocas comments on Aug 29, 2019:

"Mndatory Tolerance"? I like it!

Just finished reading "FlyBoys" by James Bradley.

timon_phocas comments on Aug 28, 2019:

History is complex and multifaceted and it's often best told in novels. I think it's been that since Homer.

Comedians are snapping back [youtu.be]

timon_phocas comments on Aug 28, 2019:

In support of this thesis, another article: https://www.mrctv.org/blog/vma-host-triggers-leftists-making-fun-safe-spaces-and-participation-trophies