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Is there any relationship between guns per capita and the restrictions that various governments have...
GaryWitt comments on Jul 26, 2021:
An interesting observation. I won’t argue cause and effect but I do see the correlation. I suspect strict lockdowns and restrictive gun laws are simply the joint product of a statist mindset.
havent seen leo kottke in 13 years(live, close seats) and listened to my copy of "one guitar, no ...
GaryWitt comments on Jul 23, 2021:
Kottke has always been one of my favorites. The album notes on one of his early albums describes his voice as sounding like “goose farts on a muggy day.” Gotta love someone that self-deprecating.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy ?
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
I dunno. Would you prefer they leave the bone in?
BLM Issues Statement Of Support For Cuban Communist Dictatorship, Blames US For Communist FAILURE - ...
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
I suspect the MSM doesn’t view this as newsworthy, so most people will remain unaware of the BLM position. Still, it’s interesting to compare BLM’s reaction to the Cuban demonstrations with its reaction to black on black crime in Chicago and elsewhere. Outrage vs. Crickets.
Tucker Carlson made up a childhood story to smear teachers [washingtonpost.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
The article appears to be pay-walled. But her denial that she expressed her politics strains credulity. In this “he said, she said,” I’m inclined to believe Carlson, mainly because I know several people who have had the same experience elsewhere, with teachers refusing to teach basics.
We are where we are, but this is complicated and I don't know the answer. Any thought?
GaryWitt comments on Jul 6, 2021:
If I’m doing this right 5 nmol/L = 144 ng/dL, which is well above the average level for women of 15 to 70 ng/dL. That means a trans athlete can have more than twice the “high end” normal. How is that fair? Also, note that testosterone levels as such do not define gender. Chromosomes do.
This kid is going places.
GaryWitt comments on Jul 3, 2021:
He’s familiar with DuChamp and finds this new work derivative to the point of plagiarism.
Hey guys.
GaryWitt comments on Jul 3, 2021:
It’s actually the world’s most exclusive memory care facility.
Caught this tree trying to sneak out of the lake
GaryWitt comments on Jul 3, 2021:
Just wanted to leaf. Packed his trunk. Decided to branch out. He’s no sap.
Interesting world we live in, ain't it?
GaryWitt comments on Jul 3, 2021:
Yes indeed. Not sure I quite get this one.
I'm trying to figure out what to do with this conversation.
GaryWitt comments on Jul 1, 2021:
This is the most recent Jordan Peterson podcast. It came out Monday 6/28 and has a duration of about two and a half hours. I haven’t gone through the video but the total time matches the podcast, so I doubt it has been edited. The podcast is described as “A Conversation so Intense it Might as well be Psychedelic.” So in that spirit my advice would be to take enlightenment where you find it.
DEfund public school [youtu.be]
GaryWitt comments on Jun 25, 2021:
One of the best videos I’ve seen in the past six months! Absolutely remarkable. Thank you for posting.
Normally, I have no interest in engaging in race-based rhetoric, working under the theory that good ...
GaryWitt comments on Jun 15, 2021:
Well said. Thank you.
CRINGE: Shapiro On Biden's INSANE Antics At G7 - YouTube
GaryWitt comments on Jun 15, 2021:
Good lord. And the left is proud of this? I can hardly wait to see what Charlie Hebdo does with this.
How about that new president of ours?
GaryWitt comments on Jun 14, 2021:
Nice frock.
Ideals are peaceful.
GaryWitt comments on Jun 11, 2021:
I don’t disagree, but I also don’t believe “legality equals power” is a useful analysis. In a free society legality comes from the power of argument rather than force or intimidation. If you supplant argument with force then the result is authoritarianism, and freedom is nullified. The Law becomes an arbitrary device for control rather than a rational path toward conflict resolution.
WHO'S ON FIRST? (The Definitive Version) - Abbott and Costello [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jun 11, 2021:
Thanks. I needed that.
There is always that one guy... hahaha
GaryWitt comments on Jun 10, 2021:
A rational response to an irrational situation. However I would prefer “My Liege.” They won’t know what they’re saying.
La Bible? [alliancebiblique.us10.list-manage.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jun 8, 2021:
France needs this now. Perhaps all western countries do.
Sun Tzu says: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred ...
GaryWitt comments on Jun 8, 2021:
The last paragraph is interesting. “A new order of things” seems to be erupting today despite the difficulties predicted by Machiavelli. Perhaps because the forces behind it were first stirred a century ago.
When I thought I finally got the hang of lockdown...
GaryWitt comments on May 26, 2021:
A dragon!? Where’d you get the dragon? I want one! Is it on Amazon ? 😉
I tend to watch the lectures from The Great Courses and that is something I can surly recommend.
GaryWitt comments on May 26, 2021:
Absolutely agree. A terrific resource!
Is culture essential for you, then?
GaryWitt comments on May 21, 2021:
You can download an app that has a fantastic selection of works from the Louvre. Highly recommended, even knowing it is a poor substitute.
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GaryWitt comments on May 21, 2021:
My first exposure to Coltrane was hearing his recording of India. It positively blew me away. I’ll confess some of his stuff is way beyond me, but in his duets (as here) he is at his best. Thanks for the post.
[youtu.be] HARPO MARX PLAYS SOME CLASSICS This is sheer joy to watch and listen to .
GaryWitt comments on May 21, 2021:
I had forgotten this sketch. Absolutely remarkable. Thanks for reminding me of it.
“The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.
GaryWitt comments on May 20, 2021:
I’m currently reading his Essays. They’re full of this kind of quotable wisdom. Highly recommended.
“I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them, I did it myself.”
GaryWitt comments on May 20, 2021:
The Toffler quote has several possible interpretations in this era of wokeness and revisionist nonsense. What’s the first picture?
Remember now, if you criticize Walker's choice of apparel, it might be because you're a racist, ...
GaryWitt comments on May 20, 2021:
The yellow vests worn by the French (gilets jaunes) protesters would go well with the sneakers too.
An unconventional life and a romantic female relationship.
GaryWitt comments on May 20, 2021:
Of course it’s no one’s business. Now please tell that to the LGBTQ community bent on thrusting (yes, thrusting) their sexuality into the heterosexual community’s face and insulting straight people with terms like cis and binary. Many years ago I lived in San Francisco. I recall that the homosexuals were mostly respectful of the heterosexuals and vice versa. That balance has most emphatically disappeared, and not as the result of anything the heterosexual community has done.
Ex-Cops Warn France on the Brink of Collapse - YouTube
GaryWitt comments on May 19, 2021:
This video is spot on. The things I’m reading in publications as diverse as Ouest-France and Charlie Hebdo confirm the seriousness of the problem. And it’s not getting any better.
"Stop Engaging in Bad Faith Conversations with People" Many of us have chosen to engage in bad ...
GaryWitt comments on May 19, 2021:
In the words of Elvis Costello, I used to be disgusted... Now I try to be amused... by the various trolls and logic-twisters that proliferate online.
Blame Joe Biden for return to pre-Trump Gaza Greg Sheridan May 18, 2021 The appalling suffering...
GaryWitt comments on May 17, 2021:
Mike Pence, in an op-ed piece published today by National Review Online, says that the recent violence in the Middle East is “a direct result of the weakness shown by the Biden administration from its first day in office.” I’d say he’s absolutely correct.
Who brings a "religious knife" to school?
GaryWitt comments on May 17, 2021:
So was the kid learning how to halal a chicken in shop class, or dissecting a goat in biology?
I just upgraded my tin foil hat conspiracy nut profile portfolio
GaryWitt comments on May 17, 2021:
I don’t believe he’s a conspiracy nut. I think he’s a satirist.
Can I buy a vowel?
GaryWitt comments on May 13, 2021:
Actually you’ll need a consonant here. Think I’ll punt on this one.
We were wrong! There’s no genocide in China! [youtu.be]
GaryWitt comments on May 12, 2021:
How can so many people be fooled so thoroughly and so consistently by this kind of paper thin propaganda. It’s testimony to the willful blindness that comes from CCP intimidation coupled with financial dependence on cheap (I.e., slave) labor.
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GaryWitt comments on May 12, 2021:
Yow. Great track. Just great. Thank you.
never even blink an eye heh-heh-heh
GaryWitt comments on May 12, 2021:
“Is it twue what they say about you people?”
Here are some selections from the Non-Verbal Narrative using images stolen from Ogden Whitney and ...
GaryWitt comments on May 12, 2021:
Bushmiller was the originator of the “Nancy” comic strip. If he participated in this project he was a lot hipper than people thought. Nancy’s Aunt Fritzi figures prominently here. The whole thing borders on the psychedelic.
Not really a joke, but I laughed anyway.
GaryWitt comments on May 12, 2021:
She must have run out of cake.
Catholicism – is the richest cultural tradition in the world.
GaryWitt comments on May 11, 2021:
Not sure if this is part of your point but that picture of the trans-species dragon woman makes me wonder where in history this sort of dementia has occurred before. I suspect there has been similar insanity throughout history but today the available technology brings an artificial sense of reality to the delusion. Then it occurred to me that technology has served in large part to facilitate the notion that we are now “untethered” from history. And biology. We’re not, of course, but it’s now easier to pretend we are; whether by means of surgery or virtual reality or outrageous government spending.
How evil of them! ;) [twitter.com]
GaryWitt comments on May 11, 2021:
Why’d they think they had to “infiltrate” this “COVID skeptics community?” Were the skeptics sneaking around? Maybe there was some kind of initiation or hazing ceremony. Such a bold approach! They must have felt like ninjas.
"Holy mountains" sung by Einar Selvik (made some of the music to the Vikings series) He actually ...
GaryWitt comments on May 9, 2021:
I like this. Is the language Norwegian?
Dreams of a Marxists utopia canceled by critical thought [youtu.be]
GaryWitt comments on May 3, 2021:
Anyone who believes in or supports communism is complicit in intentional, orchestrated mass murder. The historical evidence of this is undeniable.
Time gets us all...
GaryWitt comments on May 3, 2021:
I like the progression here. It shows that Picasso “mastered the rules” before he broke them. I just finished reading the first chapter of Jordan Peterson’s Beyond Order. He asserts that this mastery—and respect—is a necessary prerequisite for meaningful creative expression. Without it, the result would be mere scribbling.
Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock'n' Roll (Supersonic, 27.3.1976) [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on May 2, 2021:
Poor Martin Barre tho. Stepped on, doused in beer. He seems to take it all in stride though.
Stanford study quietly published at NIH.
GaryWitt comments on Apr 19, 2021:
I dislike face masks as much as the next person but I have to point out that the study this links to is fraught with typos. If it was peer reviewed, the peers don’t know their spelling and grammar.
Leftwingers on this site take note.
GaryWitt comments on Apr 19, 2021:
So lemme get this straight: Soave is objecting to a government imposed mandate that he views as oppressive, arbitrary, and capricious. Olbermann is defending that same oppressive, useless mandate. But he doesn’t (and can’t) deny that it’s an affront to liberty. So Soave is the fascist???? We should mock the aforementioned Olbermann.
We rewrite history because we feel we have to.
GaryWitt comments on Apr 9, 2021:
It seems to me the current revisionist efforts (The 1619 Project, destruction of statues and monuments, etc.) are neither compelled nor aimed at brushing up our appearance in the mirror. Quite the opposite in fact. They demonize the past, demean the present, and demoralize the future. They amount to sabotage, for the promotion of an ideology that has been shown time and again to be repressive, illiberal, and ultimately murderous.
Ben Shapiro Wants To Cancel Modifiers
GaryWitt comments on Apr 8, 2021:
I’m sorry you were triggered.
Owning Guns Should Be NORMALIZED, Cars Are Similarly Deadly And No One Thinks Twice About Them ...
GaryWitt comments on Apr 5, 2021:
I disagree. Cars are registered and taxed annually. I don’t believe that would be constitutional if applied to firearms.
Isle of Wight Festival (1970) - Ten Years After - I Can't Keep From Crying (Live) [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Apr 2, 2021:
Fantastic! But it makes me wonder if there is a new generation of guitar virtuosos coming. I don’t see one. In their early twenties Clapton, Harrison, Bonamassa, Satriani, Van Halen, and a raft of others were exploding onto the scene. And now? Where are the kids? Are they still all right?
Every time he looks back on that moment he's going to think "Thanks for the mammary (memory)". 😂
GaryWitt comments on Apr 2, 2021:
Two Buddhist monks—one old, one young—were walking along a path and came to a stream. A beautiful woman paced up and down the bank as if wondering what to do. She explained to the monks that her home was on the other side. The older monk offered to carry her across on his back, and she agreed. When the three of them got to the other side, the monk set her down carefully, she thanked him and went home. The two monks then continued down the path. After an hour, the young monk said, “She was quite beautiful, wasn’t she?” The older monk paused a moment and said, “Oh, the woman. I set her down on the bank of the stream. You apparently have carried her all this way.”
A friend of mine tried to annoy me with bird puns, but toucan play at that game.
GaryWitt comments on Apr 1, 2021:
Owl feel much better when you stop this. It’s nothing to crow about. Although it may seem emu-sing.
Fact Check: True!
GaryWitt comments on Mar 31, 2021:
And have great fun trying to find them.
One cello. Four players. Ravel’s Bolero. [youtu.be]
GaryWitt comments on Mar 29, 2021:
I dunno. If I’ve heard Bolero once I’ve heard it 17 times.
The New Norm...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 24, 2021:
Can we buy those on Amazon?
“It is there, where they burn books, that eventually they burn people.” ― Heinrich Heine
GaryWitt comments on Mar 24, 2021:
The other day I was in my locally owned, independent book store and asked if they had any “I Read Banned Books” t-shirts. The person behind the counter (sporting magenta hair and half her head shaved) replied, “We don’t sell those any more.”
Who is paying for this?
GaryWitt comments on Mar 19, 2021:
Perfect Biden move: sniff her hair and steal her purse, all in one motion.
Blazing Saddles
GaryWitt comments on Mar 17, 2021:
How I miss that brand of humor. Ridiculing stupidity without concern for race, color or creed.
If you have bird flu, you need tweet-ment. If you have swine fly, you need oink-ment.
GaryWitt comments on Mar 15, 2021:
So if you have china flu do you need platelets?
Jordan Peterson cries talking about Jesus Christ (short clip) I've always thought that "love ...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 15, 2021:
I think this was recorded prior to the onset of his health problems. His reaction points to the absolute enormity of the consequences that follow a genuine belief in that connection between the narrative to which he refers and objective reality. For anyone struggling to understand and find Truth this is an incredible gift that comes with an almost unbearable burden. This may be one source of his anxiety in fact.
Bagdad once held the greatest library on earth.
GaryWitt comments on Mar 15, 2021:
Ordinarily I view Wikipedia as a poor resource, but under the circumstances it will have to do. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters: The Assassination of Samuel Paty.
GaryWitt comments on Mar 11, 2021:
So, essentially, the notion that Paty incited this violence is a lie. More importantly though, the fact is, it is impossible to explain and defend freedom of speech without using and relying upon that very freedom.
Frank Zappa appearing on the Mike Douglas Show (28. October 1976) [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Mar 9, 2021:
There may not have been any genuine respect between Douglas and Zappa, but they were cordial and seemed to give each other their due. I like that. It’s long gone now, can’t be found anywhere, and I miss it.
Return to Forever - Sorceress 1976 [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Mar 9, 2021:
Most excellent. The foundational members. Al diMeola on guitar, Stanley Clark on bass, Kenny White on drums, and the incomparable Chick Corea on keyboards. Many thanks!
Frankenstein . Edgar Winters Group . 1973 [youtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Mar 9, 2021:
Outstanding!! Thanks for bringing that one back.
If we are to look at women's rights and honor women let us look at the forced sterilization of ...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 8, 2021:
Female genital mutation and the mistreatment of women under Sharia law should be front and center on International Women’s Day. Instead, the media are running ads about the broken top rung on the corporate ladder. Because I guess priorities.
I was looking at Jordan Peterson's list of recommended books.
GaryWitt comments on Mar 5, 2021:
Zen was an absolute tour de force for me. Part memoir, part manifesto. One of the many themes that grabbed me: the search for quality, in our word and actions. And the supreme role of attention in obtaining quality. It remains a remarkable book.
Is this the new androgynous strain of the virus?
GaryWitt comments on Mar 4, 2021:
No. These people do not have periods. They are, however, colons.
A Worthy Goal...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 3, 2021:
I like this, but I think it deserves more. I try to care immensely about the quality of my own thoughts and actions, especially as they relate to other people. At the same time I try not to care about things that are beyond my control. These include other people’s thoughts and actions, especially as they relate to my own life. Both are difficult—the caring and the not caring—but the latter more so.
As is, best offer...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 2, 2021:
Hair holder sold separately.
The bad news, according to Guardian reviewer Oliver Burkeman, is that Jordan Peterson is a ...
GaryWitt comments on Mar 2, 2021:
Looking forward to reading this one. I. bought it based on my enthusiasm for his first two books. Not on any reviews. Supposedly it shipped yesterday.
I tried to be patient but it took too long
GaryWitt comments on Feb 28, 2021:
Seems the more patience you have the more you need.
In the 1960s, boys loved model cars.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 27, 2021:
I was a big fan of Big Daddy’s work in the sixties. Spent my allowance on slot cars and CarToon magazine.
21.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 25, 2021:
Those interested in further reading might pick up Rand’s The Virtue of Selfishness. (And yes, she chose that word for its shock value.)
This is hilarious. [brandnewtube.com]
GaryWitt comments on Feb 24, 2021:
I like the site. But if you’re referencing a particular video or program, it didn’t come up. I received a 404 error message.
Flaming idiot.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 21, 2021:
Maybe he’s doing asbestos he can.
yea did you all know this....
GaryWitt comments on Feb 21, 2021:
I’m not on FB. Would someone please provide a brief summary of this link? Thx.
Free speech is not just another value.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 19, 2021:
I don’t know whether to be disgusted or amused. Silencing speech is the hallmark of authoritarianism. But YouTube is not the government. At least not yet. So what is to be done when a large enterprise pretends to be a forum for everyone but is not? Do people simply keep posting there, or will they realize that fits Einstein’s definition of insanity?
The more you look at it, the more 'financial considerations' are destroying the economics of ...
GaryWitt comments on Feb 18, 2021:
Milton Friedman would disagree with your concluding sentence. His book, Capitalism and Freedom is extremely good and highly recommended.
Im curious how many people here are complete absolutists.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 14, 2021:
The common law relating to libel, slander, and incitement (including the so-called “fighting words” doctrine) has developed over more than a century and incorporates generations of experience. It is not black and white but neither is it unduly complex for those who take a little time to understand it. Moreover it works; respecting liberty while requiring responsibility. Unfortunately, it has been tossed aside by people who seek power and have no respect for the rights of others. As a result, it seems necessary today to advocate for absolute freedom in order to show that political correctness, censorship, and cancel culture are wrong.
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: This is what I'm up against - YouTube
GaryWitt comments on Feb 12, 2021:
Mob rule., condoned by the authorities.
2peros and Tom81 Thanks for responding.
GaryWitt comments on Feb 5, 2021:
Tom81: Same here. Can’t “like” or “reply.”
Just throwing it out there
GaryWitt comments on Feb 5, 2021:
Or prosecute rioters in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, etc. Or prosecute corrupt officials in the FBI, the DoJ, the IRS, etc.
Never listen to fear...Fear is a liar
GaryWitt comments on Feb 4, 2021:
Unless there’s a grizzly bear involved. Then fear’s prolly telling the truth.
Bend over and pretend you like it .
GaryWitt comments on Feb 2, 2021:
Manufactured in China using plans stolen from Swiffer.
CIRCLE BACK!!!!!!!!!
GaryWitt comments on Feb 2, 2021:
I suspect she was not expecting to receive difficult questions. After all, her world consists solely of CNN, the NYTimes, WaPo, and MSNBC.
Angie D Holan, a fact checker, offers three suggestions for actions that could stop lies without ...
GaryWitt comments on Feb 2, 2021:
No. The first presumes that tech companies have a monopoly on truth. They don’t. The second would provide tech companies with additional power to enforce their monopoly on truth. That’s wrong. And the third uses a false premise, that threats are the result of misinformation. They are not. Threats are a way of achieving power. When argument is met with censorship, discussion is reduced to a question of power. That’s the Marxist narrative. It must be debunked by an insistence on dialogue rather than forced silence, whether by deletion or regulation.
Reading the offensive 'take down' article by the Times, a piece which should have been a meditation ...
GaryWitt comments on Feb 2, 2021:
The people who are critical of JP based on his health problems are a strange brew. Willful ignorance, not only of the circumstances surrounding his health concerns, but more importantly of his underlying message and intellectual approach. Fear is certainly an element as well. They seem to have grown a shell that they believe will protect them from undesirable truths. And their baseless condemnation of JP almost precludes my compassion for them.
“In a moment of doubt about the socialist record Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) once wrote: ‘If the...
GaryWitt comments on Jan 30, 2021:
Coincidentally I’m reading Mr. Scruton’s Fools Frauds and Firebrands now. I’ve encountered the above quote and going back I see I had it highlighted. The book is absolutely great. Highly recommended.
To be honest, if I had a fuggin donkey I would probably make the same dumb photo
GaryWitt comments on Jan 30, 2021:
Yeah, but do you have the Shrek hat? You need the Shrek hat.
After vetting 25,000 Guardsmen, no extremists were found- [thefederalist.
GaryWitt comments on Jan 28, 2021:
The phrase “send our troops home now” has taken on a whole new meaning and urgency.
What are your thoughts on this article?
GaryWitt comments on Jan 27, 2021:
I think Prof. Ward is a sad, pathetic pseudo intellectual with father issues.
Bidens executive orders/proposals on minimum wage while at first may look welcoming in the long run ...
GaryWitt comments on Jan 24, 2021:
Biden has also rescinded Trump’s order protecting the electric grid from interference by the CCP. https://christiandailyreporter.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cf7782e325d672c06168b31a&id=9066267519&e=7d4b71a235
My butterfly stool arrived today.
GaryWitt comments on Jan 22, 2021:
Aw geez. Before I saw the photo I read the phrase “butterfly stool,” and my mind took a wrong turn.
Time for you liberals to do some serious self reflection: why do i support big government?
GaryWitt comments on Jan 20, 2021:
Referencing Julian Jaynes! Outstanding!
Biden's 47 years of accomplishments.
GaryWitt comments on Jan 19, 2021:
This one’s going on my refrigerator.
What is the definition of a bigamist? A fog in Italy.
GaryWitt comments on Jan 17, 2021:
And “aurora” is either a city in Illinois or the sound made by an Italian lion.
Had enough unity and healing yet?
GaryWitt comments on Jan 9, 2021:
Amen.

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