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Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, Disagreement is an answer.

IDW Shameless Censorship!!!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Maybe the originator deleted the post? I have done that to some of my own posts, that some might have found reasonable, but about which in retrospect I was uncomfortable.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Lt-JW, Agreed. Not sure how even the most unified group can agree about everything. Even mates must eventually come to blows sometimes, yeah?

IDW Shameless Censorship!!!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Maybe the originator deleted the post? I have done that to some of my own posts, that some might have found reasonable, but about which in retrospect I was uncomfortable.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Lt-JW. I was dropped from the group "Patriots Unite..." without notice, but immediately following the fact that I merely disagreed with one statement. True Constitutional patriots would not do that, but I'm out anyway. Might be a blessing.

Politics UK: Identity politics has never been more irrelevant [spiked-online.com]

SpikeTalon comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I think identity politics are gradually becoming irrelevant here in the US too as well.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

I surely hope so.

IDW Shameless Censorship!!!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Maybe the originator deleted the post? I have done that to some of my own posts, that some might have found reasonable, but about which in retrospect I was uncomfortable.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Lt-JW. I may not be totally comfortable with the phrase "Democrats killing Americans," but I for one, have no problem with the basic premise, or that facts as I understand them. Maybe I missed something.

How can you prove that free will exists?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

"I think, therefore I am." - Rene Descartes. Not exactly a proof, however philosophers have been debating that question from the beginning. There is no definitive proof as far as I know.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, Interesting hypotheses, however the proof is not evident to me. Those equations appear to be similar to induced differentials, and based on energy equations, but the connection to societal variables is also not evident to me. Not trying to be difficult. You asked for feedback. And what I said earlier is more like: "Works without faith is meaningless." Not faith without works.

The only reason colleges still exist is because it was the cheapest way to disseminate knowledge for...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

“...the Universities will be like the great gates of Hell.” - Martin Luther. “It is capable of exact demonstration that if every party in the State has the right of excluding from the public schools whatever he does not believe to be true, then he that believes most must give way to him ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Although I think that is a great question, I get from Scripture that what is necessary is not good works without understanding of your origin. Understanding the sacrifice of Christ is necessary. Plenty of religious philosophies have good works at their core of beliefs, but there is no standard that gets you into heaven. No one can tell you except a human priest how good is good enough, and guess what. No one is. The standard of access to heaven through belief in Christ alone is unique. However that belief is not regarded as Scripturally genuine if it is not accompanied by gratitude for His sacrifice, that inspires morality. So morality by itself MAY get you into heaven in other religious philosophies, (you can't be sure) but definitely not in Christianity.

The only reason colleges still exist is because it was the cheapest way to disseminate knowledge for...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

“...the Universities will be like the great gates of Hell.” - Martin Luther. “It is capable of exact demonstration that if every party in the State has the right of excluding from the public schools whatever he does not believe to be true, then he that believes most must give way to him ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, The ant in the ant farm is not only limited, and probably unaware of its limitation, it is also unaware of its visibility to us, a "higher power." I submit that faking a belief in God will not allow you to "graduate." And the free will has been given to you to decide that for yourself.

The only reason colleges still exist is because it was the cheapest way to disseminate knowledge for...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

“...the Universities will be like the great gates of Hell.” - Martin Luther. “It is capable of exact demonstration that if every party in the State has the right of excluding from the public schools whatever he does not believe to be true, then he that believes most must give way to him ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Firstly, one should not expect a connection between Heaven and Earth - like a portal between dimensions, to be provable, anymore than the Resurrection repeatable. And there may be a reason it should not be. What if this is an experiment by an advanced being, and we are as an ant farm? In an ant farm, we see everything they do, and they are oblivious to us. What if the experiment has been constructed to build a kind of sentience in the creatures made, as if in a petri dish, and the "graduation" was measured in their realization of their origin, and their maker? What if there was one major introduction of evidence, like an "injection" of the truth of the greater reality, and the rest left to develop as part of the experiment? I came to that firstly as an engineer and a skeptic, I was curious about why people were religious. I went to churches to find out (My family were all atheists) Then after investigating a bit, my interest morphed to how anyone could believe in the Resurrection, which violates all Earthly physical laws. I investigated by asking and researching. At one point, having read Scripture, known history and Theology scholars who studied the Resurrection, I came to an awful moment - a bit like the adrenaline flush that happens when you know you are falling from a height and realize that you fear you could be badly hurt, and heard myself say "Oh cr*p, that happened!" So the intellectual security of my tether to Earthly logic had been severed. Completely unexpected. Upsetting. In time my panic was replaced by the far greater sense of security that emerged from my understanding of the great gift of life, Salvation and enlightenment in God's creation. At first I felt I was a fraud in faith. Most others come to it by a "leap of faith," not research. I felt comfort eventually that the sciences were also under God's pervue. Everything is, including evolution. Some feel they must interpret Scripture to discount the sciences, and I have found the opposite. I'm not the only one who thinks so. Some physicists propose that our reality is but a shell on the "surface" of a greater reality. That mathematically derived possibility bears a spooky resemblance to Creation as described in Scripture. Physicists like Michio Kaku see God in the mass value of particles like the tachyon half spin, and the Higgs Boson. And Heisenberg once said "The universe is not only stranger than we think. It is stranger than we CAN think." "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality." - Carl Sagan. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.

WAKE UP YOU ARE BEING LIED TO! 1st link, 10,000 urns for the dead from Wuhan over COVID-19.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I don't doubt that a totalitarian nation that is blaming the US is also underreporting their case and death rates. But the articles are inconsistent factually, and are practically useless in proving that China is underreporting. Newsweek and the New York Post are not on my list of trusted sources.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@DonProvolone, Glad I was able to gain your approval. Fox is not on my list of trusted sources either.

More evidence that the Chinese knew they had a virus problem early in January (and kept it under ...

WayneHawthorne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

The first victim of the Wuhan Bat Flu, was the truth. The next victims were victims of false fear starting with a ridiculous toilet paper buying panic. Bigger, more exciting things are coming, if we can take Q-anon at his word, don't you think?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

I like your first statement that the truth was the first casualty, and from that arose panic in the more easily spooked part of our country. About your last point, I have visited the Q-Anon site and think they (he) have or (has) slipped from excellent reason just a bit into conspiracy theory, where I could not comfortably follow.

[youtu.be] WOW 😲

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

When you consider that this virus is still unproven to be a threat beyond the flu, the reaction of the reporter, saying that something must be done, when nothing like this has ever been done about the flu, seems to be only fanning the flames of panic. If the reporter asserted that surely everyone ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. Uhhh, you mean the guy who is building a wall on our Southern border?

If adopted, mandatory GPS tracking will be implemented, to interact with Society. [aei.org]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

THAT...is the actual mark of the beast. It should be avoided at all cost. And the proposal does not appear to contain that measure anyway. In fact it states concern for privacy and rights.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@DonProvolone. Good for you. I have no interest in who is right. I care a great deal about what is right.

The only reason colleges still exist is because it was the cheapest way to disseminate knowledge for...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

“...the Universities will be like the great gates of Hell.” - Martin Luther. “It is capable of exact demonstration that if every party in the State has the right of excluding from the public schools whatever he does not believe to be true, then he that believes most must give way to him ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. We disagree that there is nothing after death. It would be the height of arrogance to think we, a species which has practically no understanding our ourselves, very little of the oceans, and almost none beyond Earth, should draw the unsupportable conclusion - as if we know for sure, that there is no greater species or being than ourselves, and nothing beyond our limited comprehension. There is the Bible, and evidence of Christ's resurrection - which defies known laws of physics. That paradox alone should stand as a wake-up call that there is a great deal that we don't know. And was Einstein right and wrong at the same time???

The only reason colleges still exist is because it was the cheapest way to disseminate knowledge for...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

“...the Universities will be like the great gates of Hell.” - Martin Luther. “It is capable of exact demonstration that if every party in the State has the right of excluding from the public schools whatever he does not believe to be true, then he that believes most must give way to him ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, So you are disputing Einstein, who said "God doesn't play dice." Higher education will surely continue to follow the Soviet model, and eventually the Soviet Socialist Republic of America will also collapse under its own weight, and be replaced by a Putin-like despot; the courageous constitutional republican experiment maybe gone forever, except in the memories of those who remember what it was like before 1942. Not many now. And for those of us who know that Jesus Christ can and did cross the dimensional barrier to sacrifice himself for all of us, a greater reality is available to us who are lucky enough to know it. Those of us who know it will be drawn through that inter-dimensional barrier now suggested by physicists, from mathematics that take clues from this one. Our reality may be like a film on the "surface" of greater reality, from which everything here is obvious. Not so the reverse. There is great danger in the longer term to believing that we are each a god, who can re-create reality. Modern thinkers “...revived the sense of the collective power of human communities. Man, formerly too humble, begins to think of himself as almost a God. In all this I feel a grave danger, the danger of what might be called cosmic impiety. The concept of "truth" as something dependent of facts largely outside human control has been one of the ways in which philosophy hitherto has inculcated the necessary element of humility. When this check upon pride is removed, a further step is taken on the road toward a certain kind of madness - the intoxication of power which invaded philosophy with Fichte, and to which modern men, whether philosophers or not, are prone. I am persuaded that this intoxication is the greatest danger of our time, and that any philosophy which, however unintentionally, contributes to it is increasing the danger of vast social disorder.” - Bertrand Russell.

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Xtra comments on Mar 30, 2020:

What upsets you about the video?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN That is not in dispute sir, and my prayers for you are God's presence and comfort.

[youtu.be] WOW 😲

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

When you consider that this virus is still unproven to be a threat beyond the flu, the reaction of the reporter, saying that something must be done, when nothing like this has ever been done about the flu, seems to be only fanning the flames of panic. If the reporter asserted that surely everyone ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN, I'm asking you what you think is the relevance.

Keep in mind that tens of thousands will die of the flu this year, and that our leaders have shut ...

ScottforKing comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Are you throwing your hat into the ring?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

I am hoping those more wise than I will speak. I am doing my best.

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Xtra comments on Mar 30, 2020:

What upsets you about the video?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. I didn't say otherwise. I'm glad you are receiving disability. If you are a vet, you surely deserve any assistance the Feds give you. If not, your state is the Constitutionally mandated resource - except where that has been un-Constitutionally effected. That still is better off for you and everyone when it is done locally.

Trump May Quarantine Me In New Jersey, US Military Shelters In Nuclear Bunker, What do I do?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

This guy asserts that Trump is "mulling" hard quarantines in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, but provides no video, nor copy that I was able to discern of Trump saying that. I don't believe this guy, and I will be avoiding his posts from now on, as advised earlier by others.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@WorldSigh. Thanks for that. At least I know where it probably originated, and can verify. I am not comfortable with speculative "news." For one thing, even though Trump may have said that, it seems likely it was for effect. Under the Constitution, his power to do that is debatable.

[youtu.be] WOW 😲

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

When you consider that this virus is still unproven to be a threat beyond the flu, the reaction of the reporter, saying that something must be done, when nothing like this has ever been done about the flu, seems to be only fanning the flames of panic. If the reporter asserted that surely everyone ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. And why do you say he was in India? Is this about politics or public safety?

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Xtra comments on Mar 30, 2020:

What upsets you about the video?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. We already have an institutionalized welfare state, with several generations now of families who have never worked, and no examples within those families of how to work. The Federal government is the worst possible and most unaccountable way to provide assistance to those in need. Local charities always were the most value delivered per dollar, and the most accountable, until our left-leaning policies drove that first to the states, and now to the Feds. History will record us as imbeciles for doing so.

Pro gun rights author targeted for harassment on Facebook.

johnlondon comments on Mar 28, 2020:

In the past I have not gone as far a military weapons and have more practical gun experience than most. Anymore I just don't know the way the Reds are trying to control this country and the world.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 30, 2020:

I agree. I'm thinking the criminals in Mogadishu had something to teach us about small arms and other effective weapons.

The second amendment is the bootloader for civilization.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

I think 2A is more like an aggressive anti-virus. FYI, in the days of the first operating systems, we called a "bootloader" a BIOS.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, When those telling lies start to acknowledge the truth.

The second amendment is the bootloader for civilization.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

I think 2A is more like an aggressive anti-virus. FYI, in the days of the first operating systems, we called a "bootloader" a BIOS.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, the root of ideological is "idea." So you battle with ideas. The Left discounts all ideas as not valid if not theirs, and uses mistruths because if they tell you what they intend, you will not accept it. So we must be persuasive and let others know that is what is happening, and back it up with the truth. The truth is a more powerful idea than fantasy.

Raw Toilet Paper

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Still preferable to the New York Times.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@BobCoffey1 Damn, you're right! the New York Times is actually used toilet paper. OK, now I'm definitely preferring wood.

British writer Melanie Phillips walked away from her job at the Guardian — the super woke London ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Brilliant. Best description of the brainwashing of the Left I have ever heard. Phillips can be assured that many of us out here have also experienced the shunning firsthand for telling the truth. And the anti-semitism of the Left of a group viciously oppressed, betrays a basic ignorance, fear...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@iThink. We agree on that, and it is proved by the definitions in history.

LONDON CALLING - On the worldwide network - through the BBC.

Lt-JW comments on Mar 29, 2020:

BBC's numbers up!

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Lt-JW That's what I got from Dom's article as well. Their number is up, as in they're finished.

LONDON CALLING - On the worldwide network - through the BBC.

Lt-JW comments on Mar 29, 2020:

BBC's numbers up!

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

It oughtta be LT, but True Believers never let reality intrude, right? Got a feeling you might know what a real battle looks like, and that this one is something else.

COVID-19 Nothing but a "Planned"-demic It's a spook that closed down the world in a matter ...

Tati comments on Mar 29, 2020:

This is a good point. It begs the question: who is behind this, and what are they getting out of this misguided mass chaos? Sometimes I wonder if might there be some kind of world power that brought this “pandemic” to create chaos so said power might rise up and “save everyone” to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

That is a valid concern. Marxism has, among its methods of implementation, to create chaos, and blame it on the existing system and regime.

Outsiders weather and ice age watch: Winter temperatures defying climate change claims ...

Cariboome comments on Mar 29, 2020:

We are still snowing up here and at -11. At home there must still be about 1.5 feet still in the yard. When it warms up we are going to go from snow season right into flood season.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

The "Climate Change" lunatics will never let facts intrude on their religion.

If violence is illegal, the most violent rule. (MAX)Ix- > (MAX)Ix

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

No, the most violent rule when violence is unpunished. The non-violent rule when violence is illegal.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Supra_Librix "illegal" was the condition you stated. A state relative to legality. Once again, I apologise. I cannot follow your "logic." I abandon this conversation herewith.

If violence is illegal, the most violent rule. (MAX)Ix- > (MAX)Ix

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

No, the most violent rule when violence is unpunished. The non-violent rule when violence is illegal.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, That is what I mean. The World is essentially a place without law. And, No. You cannot draw conclusions based on outliers, like Columbine, or piracy. And first you condition legality, then abandon it. I would take a course in logic if I were you.

If violence is illegal, the most violent rule. (MAX)Ix- > (MAX)Ix

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

No, the most violent rule when violence is unpunished. The non-violent rule when violence is illegal.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Non-legal states, except Democracy. The World is a non-legal state; The closest thing to the rule of law is the UN, which is largely ignored, and the Maritime law.

Steve Turley.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

You know that pisses them off, and a cornered animal is more dangerous. Don't underestimate their capacity to defraud, blame and throw anyone under the bus who disagrees with them.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@mccarthy “If Democrats are willing to cause such destruction in the pursuit of power, just imagine what they'll do if they obtain it.” _President Donald J. Trump.

Ever since they started this Quarantine Crap No one And I mean No one has Brought Us Any Food And ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Dude, that's 340 million people you're talking about.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN My church is only closed to services, not to individual visitors, and will help anyone in need. I assume there are others like that.

Jordan Peterson. "Why Real Postmodernism Is Not Sustainable." [youtu.be]

johnlondon comments on Mar 29, 2020:

JP says that you cannot be away from people for any amount of time and stay sane. Many pioneers, far North trappers and etc. have been away from other people for years with little ill effect. You might say that white folks cannot be in the tropics for long and not become drunks. This may be more ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

We are not isolated in the way to which Dr Peterson was alluding. We have the Internet, the phones still work, and if we are lucky, we are with family. So there is no good reason to choose isolation. I am an extrovert and need people in times of stress. So I am finding being away from others particularly challenging. I am lucky to be a man of faith, and to be in touch with everyone regularly.

Ever since they started this Quarantine Crap No one And I mean No one has Brought Us Any Food And ...

808scotty comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Lead by example, I have delivered food and supplies to my neighbors, and because * have a cat rescue* and Costco limits me to 1 bag of dry cat food per day and 1 case of canned food, I have reached out to others in my community for help. I have 120 cats and it requires 7 cases of canned and 4 bags a...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Good on ya brother! That's a great example, and that is what is necessary in the whole country. Historically, no one is better at that than America.

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TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I know personally what this man is talking about. Especially the part about being hated by those who fear what anyone has to say about an experience that confirms Jesus Christ. On this site, when I described the choice in the clearest, non-threatening terms, I was attacked personally. And I pray ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN I don't disagree with you, but silence is not consent. "I can not deny but that the best for false accusers is silence and sufference, and honest deeds set against dishonest words." - John Milton.

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TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I know personally what this man is talking about. Especially the part about being hated by those who fear what anyone has to say about an experience that confirms Jesus Christ. On this site, when I described the choice in the clearest, non-threatening terms, I was attacked personally. And I pray ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN “Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel “Its not what a lawyer tells me I may do, its what humanity reason and justice tells me to do.” - Edmund Burke. “Be a nuisance where it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action. Be depressed, discouraged, and disappointed at failure and the disheartening effects of ignorance, greed, corruption and bad politics—but never give up.” ~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas. "Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others." - SENECA

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TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I can understand that this guy is upset. But "The surest way to manipulate someone into condemnation of their friends and families, and into abandonment of good conduct, is to convince them without their realization that they have something to fear." Would the older people who died of a brand ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. As I said, I can understand his pain. And I never demanded that he be quiet, as I hope no one demands of me.

Ever since they started this Quarantine Crap No one And I mean No one has Brought Us Any Food And ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Dude, that's 340 million people you're talking about.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. My apologies for missing the convergence on our agreement. :)

Ever since they started this Quarantine Crap No one And I mean No one has Brought Us Any Food And ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Dude, that's 340 million people you're talking about.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN, You do understand that the concept of the government saving us instead of the private sector is the Leftist philosophy, and that it is ultimately a formula for implosion of an economy. And the Jada Fransen video shows the evils of socialist government, proving the point. This article states "No one has Brought Us Any Food And supplies DOES THAT NOT CONCERN ANYONE YET ?" I'm answering that, and you seem to be defending the question. Do I have it right?

[youtu.be] What do we all make of this?

johnlondon comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Not a lot new here. Greedy US corroborations want to make US dollars on China pennies....Biggest Gold rush in history, just like the same types sold Japan our scrap steel in the 30's so they could build aircraft carriers to bomb Pearl Harbor.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

If I were a business in China, (and I considered it,) I would not remain there after this event. Business is about profit. As things get more difficult, they get more costly. Even if there were a great deal of complication to get out, I would get out. And I would feel it was my own fault for not setting up contingencies to make it easier in such a challenging environment. And by the way, corporations are not greedy. Some people are who run them, but not all. Calling every corporate head greedy is like saying no one obeys traffic laws. People like me do, if you think there are none.

[youtu.be] What do we all make of this?

jakuboj comments on Mar 28, 2020:

The UN OWG agenda is the single biggest threat to humanity. Q will arrest them all.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

Sounds like Q has delusions of grandeur, and not the least interested in Constitutional Justice.

Does Sam Harris himself frequent this site?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Boundary confusion is among the ways a vastly superior intellect will fail to outperform an inferior. "I can not deny but that the best for false accusers is silence and sufference, and honest deeds set against dishonest words." - John Milton.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, All due respect, I only engage in discussion in which I feel I might learn something. I shall bow out of this one. Very best regards.

It is important that America does not compromise the legitimacy of its voting procedures.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I disagree that delaying the election is any more necessary than continued economic lockdown.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Facci, I sincerely hope you are mistaken, and I deeply fear you may be right.

Ben Shapiro Reacts to AOC's Absolutely Insane Coronavirus Rant

BikerPetehall70 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

All I could do was shake my head in disbelief that anyone this immature was even proposed for a position of responsibility at all

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

Yep. The fact that in a representative republic, a person like that either perfectly represents her constituents, or her constituents are so disconnected that they allowed her to steal the election, scares me to my core about the future of our republic.

Ever since they started this Quarantine Crap No one And I mean No one has Brought Us Any Food And ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Dude, that's 340 million people you're talking about.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. I'm too complacent??? Hey buddy, I'm not the one waiting for someone to come and feed me. I am seeking food and supplies for myself and those around me that need it. You gotta know people in your neighborhood like that, even if you can't do that for yourself. Call your local church. Most will help if you need it.

I heard on the News That National Guard is Going Door To Door in NY looking for people with Covid 19...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I doubt it, unless that is the direct order of the Governor, who is far more reasonable than DeBlasio. More likely the National Guard is going door to door to identify those desperately needing medication or food, because the shelter-in-place rule has made that more difficult.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. Sooo, you heard soldiers ask in words if anyone there had COVID-19, or broke in and demanded to see all residents?

I'm fairly sure Christianity isn't very influential with the Chinese Communist party![youtu.be]

iThink comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Christian dogma is a definitive example of globalist ideology. Did you know that the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize international borders - never has and never will. According to the teachings of the Christ there is but one global family of mankind. That is foundational to the Christian ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

Christians have a relationship with God that has nothing to do with human institutions, countries nor borders. Christianity is not a political movement, except to those who fear Christians. And as the current call in the New Testament to Christians to love every human as Christ loves them, fearing them makes no sense. So whether or not any agency, such as the Catholic Church, a human institution, makes any pronouncements about borders is irrelevant. And the Chinese make no distinction between Christians and Muslims, even though Christians each have a relationship with God, and each Muslim has a relationship with Allah, which is probably Satan. Their current call in the Hadith is to lie (Taqiyya) and displace or kill every non-Muslim (9-5, as many other places).

Does Sam Harris himself frequent this site?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Boundary confusion is among the ways a vastly superior intellect will fail to outperform an inferior. "I can not deny but that the best for false accusers is silence and sufference, and honest deeds set against dishonest words." - John Milton.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. You said "The only boundaries are those imposed by culture or hardware." I suggest a book called "Boundaries" https://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Updated-Expanded-When-Control-ebook/dp/B06XFKNB2Y And https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201910/the-power-boundaries

Why am I seeing SO many "post not availables" lately? What and who is being centured???

PamelaSteele comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I'm wondering that myself. There was one regarding the Oil Sands in Alberta that was published in either '08 or '06 that was complete bs. I pointed it out and the person posting admitted to not having read it. The next day it was gone. I could find my reply and saw several others had commented but ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Serg97 If I understand correctly, the IDW is set up so that you may protect yourself by flagging anyone you feel has crossed a line. That would make your posts and their posts no longer mutually visible. So that could have happened to other persons who posted as well. I don't know about you, but I would be very unhappy if someone posted something containing false information, and would first try to seek a correction. Failing that I might flag them. I have never felt that justified, however I can understand how some might.

Does Sam Harris himself frequent this site?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Boundary confusion is among the ways a vastly superior intellect will fail to outperform an inferior. "I can not deny but that the best for false accusers is silence and sufference, and honest deeds set against dishonest words." - John Milton.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Successful identification of one's boundary is one measure of social intelligence. I said I would never CLAIM to be a man of reason. Beyond that I will say no more.

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DonProvolone comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Bill Gates is making it sound like we're heading towards quadrillions for debt.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@DonProvolone I know some who seem to behave as their resources are unimportant to them, have a social conscience and sometimes share their resources with charities. I know many people, of whom only some are wealthy, who seem to be self-involved to a degree that only makes sense to me if they have been deeply traumatized.

In a free market, why does the cost of living rise?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Prices rise when demand increases. Would you claim evolution was moral or immoral? You see, its a non-sequitur.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix , given that language has meaning, I think we do not exactly agree.

In a free market, why does the cost of living rise?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Prices rise when demand increases. Would you claim evolution was moral or immoral? You see, its a non-sequitur.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, If its a "free" market, I would feel confident in saying the participants were acting in free will. Given the definition of free will being they get to say "yes" or "no" to a transaction without coercion. The market itself has no will at all.

Does Sam Harris himself frequent this site?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Boundary confusion is among the ways a vastly superior intellect will fail to outperform an inferior. "I can not deny but that the best for false accusers is silence and sufference, and honest deeds set against dishonest words." - John Milton.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. I'm amused. I would never claim to be a man of reason. So it seems you have put some words in my mouth, which is my right and responsibility, not yours. Your original comment seemed to contain some kind of condemnation of the person you were addressing. Something about his bias distorting him from rational thought. Did I get that wrong? If I did, please forgive me. If I got it right, I guessed at a couple of things to possibly explain it. Assuming you have a superior intellect, it would be incongruous for you to presume to make such a judgment of someone beyond your own boundary. So I wondered if it were due to some prior state of mind. And finally, if it were malice on your part, I noted my remedy would be to let my actions be my reply. With that attempt to clarify, I request that we let it rest please.

In a free market, why does the cost of living rise?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Prices rise when demand increases. Would you claim evolution was moral or immoral? You see, its a non-sequitur.