Why are the Far left so violent, Antifa, Communists, and Nazi's all left wing and all violent?

purdyday comments on Jul 10, 2019:

There is no difference between Communism and Socialism - except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end - Communism proposes to enslave men by force - Socialism by vote - It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. Ayn Rand (sorry am on an AR kick).... Have never read ...

timon_phocas replies on Jul 10, 2019:

Howdy @purdyday, Ayn Rand's novels are a bracing change-up to the collectivist mentality of mass media. They always end with turgid, convoluted philisophical soliloquies, however. Her Objectivist philosophical movement is a continual, esoteric cat fight. The basic problem (to me, anyway) is that she posits transcendent moral values without a transcendent moral authority. Hence the endless squabbles.

Voyager Probes Still Running [bgr.com]

FaithJones comments on Jul 10, 2019:

The big question is, will we ever overtake them?

timon_phocas replies on Jul 10, 2019:

Howdy @FaithJones, Sure, when they call AAA for warranty work ;-)

I stumbled on this statement: "Prisoners on death row may offer their organs.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Well ... Let’s see where that rabbit hole leads ... In China it’s pretty much proven that they are “cultivating” prisoners and “undesirables” for the purpose of “organ harvesting” to “order”. That is, they take DNA samples, blood types, verify health and warehouse people until...

timon_phocas replies on Jul 10, 2019:

I believe they would have to anesthetize the doner to remove organs w/o damaging them. The killing part would be disconnecting the doner from life support.

Base all infantry training on Ranger standards? [military.com]

RobBlair comments on Jul 8, 2019:

How about make all infantry officers

timon_phocas replies on Jul 8, 2019:

howdy @RobBlair, about 40% of them already do

What films would you suggest young Liberals watch to better appreciate classical liberal values - ...

timon_phocas comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Truth be told, I was always more influenced by what I read than what I watched. I read a lot of history and I guess that was before the revisionists taught us our founders were slave owning fascists.

timon_phocas replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@mccarthy Howdy, Interesting comments. I hadn't heard the numerical breakdown of slave ownership in the Old South. At the time of the revolution America's major exoorts were fish, rum, tobacco and indigo. Slavery was considered essential for indigo, but only marginally profitable for anything else.The founders thought slavery would wither away because it was economically ineffective and from moral considerations. Britain's Industrial Revolution, with its textile mills, made cotton an important export. That market, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin, made slavery immensely profitable. Those 20,000 slave owners had the wealth and influence of today's Silicon Valley billionaires. And slavery became an intractable problem.

What films would you suggest young Liberals watch to better appreciate classical liberal values - ...

timon_phocas comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Truth be told, I was always more influenced by what I read than what I watched. I read a lot of history and I guess that was before the revisionists taught us our founders were slave owning fascists.

timon_phocas replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@WilyRickWiles Howdy, They weren't all slave owners. Some were abolitionists, others simply didn't own any. Many of those who were slave owners, like Washington, didn't like slavery. Men without incentives were never truely productive. Jefferson didn't want to own slaves, he knew it contradicted what he believed about the innate rights of men. But if he freed them he would be bankrupt. It was a complex world in which slavery was nearly universal. Slave ownership was one thread in a very tangled web. And yet out of that tangled web, (abolitionists, non owners, reluctant and enthusiastic owners) all came to realize that America should be a separate nation, and one founded on principles that would inevitably destroy slavery.

then and now: terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Personally I believe there is legitimate cause to “ban” ... to “illegalize” face coverings in these kinds of gatherings. People caught in misbehavior wearing face coverings should be arrested and whatever they get charged with should be elevated to “Aggravated XYZ” Further, I think that...

timon_phocas replies on Jul 6, 2019:

@purdyday Howdy, Beg to differ. I wouldn't want shifty, lying cowards sitting next to me in a fighting hole. Depend on one of those ##sholes to cover my back? No way.

70-year-old runner Frank Meza has been accused of cheating when running the LA Marathon.

cepstralspike comments on Jul 3, 2019:

# What'd he do, eat too many marz bars and fail the piss test?

timon_phocas replies on Jul 4, 2019:

howdy @cepstralspike, wow! your post brought to mind the image of an obese septugenarian reporting five-minute miles... What could be suspicious about that? :-D Actually, Frank Meza missed several checkpoints in the marathon. Subsequent checkpoints he did show up at gave him impossibly fast interval times. It looks like he pulled a Rosie Ruiz.

DHS Officer of Inspector General reveals squalid conditions in border detention centers ...

timon_phocas comments on Jul 3, 2019:

DHS facilities designed for a few hundred detainees at at time are trying to cope with thousands of detainees. They are overwhelmed. Democrats said there was no crisis at the border. They refused to fund any expansion to accommodate the flood of people. And now they're accusing the Border Patrol...

timon_phocas replies on Jul 3, 2019:

@WilyRickWiles The Border Patrol is trying to enforce laws passed by Democrats and regulations written by the Obama administration under the dictates of leftist judges. The Border Patrol has asked for more resources. Those resources were denied by the Democrats in Congress until last week. Caravans of busses and trucks to convoy migrants across two-thousand miles of Mexico don't pop up like mushrooms after a rain storm. I've organized weekend events for upwards of two hundred people. Food, water, toilet facilities, shelters, fire, medical, and police; they all have to be arranged for. And paid for, don't forget that. A hundred-thousand people a month just spontaineously cross Mexico and show up on our southern border? Impoverished people with no motor vehicles or money to buy fuel? Desperately poor people who can't buy plane or train tickets? If you believe that, well, there's a bridge in Brooklyn and plenty of people willing to sell it to you.

Navy SEAL Chief Gallagher found not guilty [foxnews.com]

Garsco comments on Jul 3, 2019:

The little I heard during the past week leads me to think justice may have been served with this verdict. Do any others here with more insight to this case have an opinion to share? Some unusual developments though, it sounds like.

timon_phocas replies on Jul 3, 2019:

Howdy @Gersco, Several odd things in this trial. There are multiple accusations of command interference to assure Chief Gallagher's conviction. A key witness for the prosecution (after receiving immunity for his testimony) testified that he, not Gallagher, had killed the young jihadi. And, as @purdyday's video states, he received the maximum sentence for posing with the corpse. Something that thousands of troops have done. I'm not sure if this is punishment for embarrassing them or just what.

Brandon Judd: Border Patrol Union says AOC's claims are outright lies [foxnews.com]

Madman38 comments on Jul 3, 2019:

He’s not wrong! Occasional Cortex is a media-whore. She will sell herself to any lie that will get her camera time.

timon_phocas replies on Jul 3, 2019:

Howdy @Madman38, Rush Limbaugh says she's like a radio shock jock. Her schtick gets old, and she has to make increasingly wild claims to get (in effect) ratings bumps. I posted that monologue on IDW today.

Politico: Fallout from the debates [politico.com]

Garsco comments on Jun 30, 2019:

If this keeps up, Democrats will find it difficult to coalesce around a nominee.

timon_phocas replies on Jul 1, 2019:

Howdy @Garsco, I think they've opened a barn door for Trump to drive through. The Democratic candidate field is significantly to the left of Democratic voters.

SOFMAG: US suckered Iran into Shooting down The Drone? [sofmag.com]

Garsco comments on Jun 30, 2019:

Very interesting article, and it would be great if it truly reflects all the current Middle East movement. *“Intentionally or not we are making significant progress in central Asia and the middle-east which is something we have never done in my lifetime. It will be fascinating to see what future...

timon_phocas replies on Jul 1, 2019:

Howdy @Garsco, SOF has has the occasional wingnut, but they cover things nobody else does. The articles come from writers with boots-on-the-ground experience.

Couldn't resist:

chuckpo comments on Jun 29, 2019:

AOC is really that dumb--almost to the point it's not nice to make fun of her. Maybe she'll learn something and not be so naive in a decade or so.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 29, 2019:

@chuckpo, Saint Augustine and William F Buckely used the phrase, "invincibly ignorant."

Europe says SpaceX “dominating” launch, vows to develop Falcon 9-like rocket [arstechnica.com]

kresica comments on Jun 28, 2019:

The monoplistic position that SpaceX is plotted on towards in the field of launches could in the long run show to be problematic also. As I have it, only thing that's stopping them from effectively taking over right now are the Russians and their's ability to equip the ISS with astronauts and ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

@Judah80 Howdy again, There's an old joke about why the Germans never made a successful watch. They would be rugged, stylish, depandable, and accurate. And weigh fifteen pounds. US rocket firms had the US government as their customer. The gov had no lack of money. What they wanted was dependability. That's what the rocket companies delivered. 98% of launches were successful. When commercial satellite customers wanted launches, they got what the government got. Elon Musk upset that cozy little market. Other innovators are surging in. This could be like the golden age of aviation, but in planetary space.

Europe says SpaceX “dominating” launch, vows to develop Falcon 9-like rocket [arstechnica.com]

Judah80 comments on Jun 28, 2019:

I think this may be a case of too little too late. By the time they get the technology to a point where it's as reliable as Falcon 9, the industry will have already moved on to the next big thing. Namely, reusable second stages. They just finished their newest rocket, but it was obsolete before it ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

Howdy @Judah80, Yeah, by the time the competition catches up with the Falcon-9 series, SpaceX will be completing the Raptor series rockets, making everything else as obsolete as the Redstone.

SCOTUS to review Trump changes to the DACA executive order [townhall.com]

RobBlair comments on Jun 28, 2019:

That is just silly. A law doesn't come from the Executive or Judicial branches. The courts are only tasked with interpreting "law." They have no purview over executive instructions except as they may disagree with a law.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

Howdy @RobBlair, I am surprised any executive "with a pen and a phone" can write an order overturning a duly passed law and then have that obviously illegal order declared to be constitutionally protected. This is banana republic jurisprudence.

CA legislature blames LGBT deaths on religion [thefederalist.com]

gonecrazytoo comments on Jun 28, 2019:

I wonder, do they also blame AIDS on religion? And isn't that akin to saying that pencils misspell words and spoons made Rosie O'donnell fat?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

@gonecrazytoo, Spoons? Has Rosie been swallowing those again?

So, maybe the quantum computing will eventually put us closer to the arificial gravity, too. Huh?

EdNason comments on Jun 28, 2019:

some light reading

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

Howdy @EdNason, or heavy, depending on your geometry?

CA legislature blames LGBT deaths on religion [thefederalist.com]

Serg97 comments on Jun 27, 2019:

People with mental illness have much higher rates of suicide. Does this say anything???

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

@criminey359 Didn't Nietzsche try that over a century ago? Or maybe that was an obituary?

CA legislature blames LGBT deaths on religion [thefederalist.com]

Cheetolini comments on Jun 28, 2019:

Let me see if I get this right. Christian conservatives are responsible for the suicides of people who don’t believe in an invisible sky deity. (Pay no attention to those guys pushing them off buildings). Ok. Right.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 28, 2019:

That's right. Cali politicians are saying LGBT people are committing suicide because of disapproval from religions they don't practice and religious people they don't associate with. Damn those fundementalists, and their insidious influence!

Glacier National Park Quietly Removes It’s gone By 2020 signs [zerohedge.com]

govols comments on Jun 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4R5-y0Dc1s

timon_phocas replies on Jun 24, 2019:

I never realized just how cold intersectionality could be.

Small Wars Journal: The Roman Legion as a Model for Small Wars [realcleardefense.com]

Judah80 comments on Jun 24, 2019:

Interesting. I don't entirely disagree with the premise of the article. However, statements like this are a little fan-boyish..... "The ancient Roman legion is the greatest military unit the world has ever known. It effectively fought against the “conventional” forces of Greece, Carthage, ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 24, 2019:

Howdy @Judah80, Personally, I think the Roman Legion would have found a better match in the more balanced formations commanded by Philip or Alexander. But then you get into relative qualities of commanders.

Near Earth Asteroid pictures [9news.com.au]

Judah80 comments on Jun 20, 2019:

"OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer" That's a mouthful. Wonder how man iterations it took to come up with the cool acronym. Yeah yeah yeah, origins of the solar system and asteroid deflection, but what's it made ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 20, 2019:

Howdy @Judah80, I am also surprised at the loose rocks on the comets and asteroids the probes have been to.

Overheard on the Internet (From Dumisani Temsgen Washington @dumisani6): If America should pay ...

PaulBuckingham comments on Jun 20, 2019:

Can the UK seek reparation from the slavery we were subject to by the Normans, Romans and Vikings?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 20, 2019:

Howdy @PaulBuckingham, Since all the groups you mentioned are white, none of them have boxes on the current victim/minority matrix forms. Unless, of course, all the Celts were gay or lesbian. Justice is SO complicated these days!

Vanities of the Elites.

chuckpo comments on Jun 20, 2019:

Great work! Good point. I don't know that it's limited to tech magnates, though. It seems almost like the elitism stems from something other than economic factors. It's more like a power currency--and maybe more superficially, a fame currency. Even twats in Hollywood are virtue signaling their ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 20, 2019:

Howdy @chuckpo, There is a web of money between all the actors. Big Tech is buying legacy media (Time magazine, Washington Post, The Atlantic, etc.). Comcast has legacy TV networks. Microsoft has MSNBC. Netflicks buys movie studio talent. And of course they all endow universities. And politicians (Nancy Pelosi is powerful because she knows the money spigots in Silicon Valley). New, vibrant institutions are springing up all the time. Liberty University has 47 thousand undergraduates enrolled. BYU is so big it needs satellite campuses to grow. And those are just top-of-the-mind examples. Public education is failing, but private schools and home schooling are flourishing. Family oriented movies are big business in spite of Hollywood's disdain. New institutions bring new elites. In a way, Trump's election brings to light the current elites' declining influence.

VDH: 3rd World California [nationalreview.com]

purdyday comments on Jun 18, 2019:

Spot on. The residents of California have yet to receive an explanation of why billions of tax payors money was spent on a train system to nowhere.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 18, 2019:

Howdy @purdyday, My family moved to California in 1870. I grew up in California. Patty and I left in 1985 and the rest of our families drifted out as well. It was crowded in 85, it's outright insane now. When I grew up people enthused about the Central Valley Project, which built a water infrastructure for 20 million people They completed the Central Valley Project in 1968 and haven't built anything since. When I grew up PG&E was praised for building the Pit River Dams to add generating plants. It was praised for building natural gas pipelines from Canada to customers in California. They were praised for bringing in new energy sources. Now these assets have been stripped from PG&E and they're warning customers about brownouts. My best friend from high school runs a music shop in Redding. He's had to radically reshuffle his instrument displays, because police won't even bother about shoplifters if they've stolen less than a thousand dollars in goods. And every morning he has to hose off litter and excrement from the sidewalk in front of his store. We have one brother left in California. He'll bail out when his kids finish college.

Cosmology: doubts about the Big Bang [blogs.discovermagazine.com]

jwhitten comments on Jun 17, 2019:

Something wrong with the server (500 error) -- you can see the google cached version here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cachxMHLTY8dFoJ:blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2019/06/15/could-the-big-bang-be-wrong/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us#.XQfbA7xKhhE

timon_phocas replies on Jun 17, 2019:

@Garsco Just checked abd it's wirking now

Jordan unhappy with Chinese drones [popularmechanics.com]

jneedler comments on Jun 15, 2019:

I saw the post title and thought to myself "Jordan Peterson doesn't usually weigh in on that stuff"

timon_phocas replies on Jun 15, 2019:

Howdy @jneedler, That does present aberrant mental images. Killer drones with personality disorders..

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 14, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, This has been an interesting conversation. I was taught to assume that questions about the meaning of the Torah should be illuminated by referring to the Torah. Your answer to these questions is to assert that all English translations of the Torah are written by pagans. You don't provide examples where the English versions are divergent, you simply assert they were written by pagans. Proof by assertion was identified by Aristotle as a classical flaw of logic. May God bless in all that you are!

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 14, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, Leviticus 5:9 Leviticus 14:13 Leviticus 17:11 Blood atonement was taught by Moses, but it's not Jewish?

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 14, 2019:

@FoundationSage You say Christians are pagans. If so, we are very strange pagans, because we believe very un-pagan things. We believe the Creator of the universe separated out the Jews for His loving purposes. We believe He revealed Himself through Jewish patriarchs and prophets, and that their written accounts constitute the Holy Scriptures. We believe the Levitical laws reveal the mind, justice and utter purity of God. And, with the Jews, we wait for the Jewish Messiah to redeem the world.

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, What Roman records are your sources? Saint Jerome translated from Greek Scriptures into the Latin Vulgate which served the western church until the Renaissance. That work started in the 380s CE. After the Council of Nicaea. We know what texts Jerome used and they were lovingly copied to the present day (forming a body now called, "Textus Receptus"). The Greek scriptures were preserved in the eastern church and the transferred to the west during the Renaissance. The Greek Old Testament used was the Septuagint, translated by Jews under rhe Ptolomies. The only quibbles were about the authority of the Apocrypha. Which were, again, written by Jewish authors.

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, I can find a number of references to the Council of Nicaea. None of them mention any debate or decisions on canonicity. What are your sources that say it made decisions about canonicity?

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, The Council of Nicaea did not address canonicity. It did not proscribe any texts. It hammered out the first part of the Nicene Creed. It decided how to calculate when Pasca should be observed from a solar calendar instead of the lunar Jewish carendar. It dealt with church governance issues.

Legal Pot Won't Stop the Opioid Epidemic [nationalreview.com]

DrN1 comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Opioids are the most potent analgesics along with euphoriant effects and therefore highly addictive especially as tolerance develpos quickly, this is the basis for addiction and dependency. Cannabis is a pharmacologically entirely different agent which does not have tolernce or withdrawal effects as...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@Juliann Howdy Again, That's ok. It was fifty-seven years ago, and on the positive side, it was a kind of vaccine against any itch for recreational chemicals.

Legal Pot Won't Stop the Opioid Epidemic [nationalreview.com]

DrN1 comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Opioids are the most potent analgesics along with euphoriant effects and therefore highly addictive especially as tolerance develpos quickly, this is the basis for addiction and dependency. Cannabis is a pharmacologically entirely different agent which does not have tolernce or withdrawal effects as...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@Juliann Howdy, My Mother was a drug user. Died of an overdose when I was seven. Scared me spitless, never tried it.

It's Not A Tumor! Myterious Mass On the Moon [businessinsider.com]

DesireNoDesires comments on Jun 11, 2019:

So do you think having a metallic layer to a certain area could have effects on thje current rotation of our moon?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 11, 2019:

Howdy @DesireNoDesires, Aviation Week & Space Technology had articles about mass concentrations (mascons) in the early 1970s. They said they affected the orbits of lunar satellites and ICBM trajectories here on earth. They were in the process of mapping them back then.

Legal Pot Won't Stop the Opioid Epidemic [nationalreview.com]

DrN1 comments on Jun 11, 2019:

Opioids are the most potent analgesics along with euphoriant effects and therefore highly addictive especially as tolerance develpos quickly, this is the basis for addiction and dependency. Cannabis is a pharmacologically entirely different agent which does not have tolernce or withdrawal effects as...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 11, 2019:

Howdy @DrN1, Opioids conform to the classically defined pattern of relief-tolerance-withdrawal addiction. THC rewires the brain, making it less sensitive to dopamine and therefore less sensitive to other kinds of pleasure. Call it "addiction lite." The pot of forty years ago had about 2% THC. Todays pot has 20 to 30 percent, with some processed liquids reaching as high as 99%. The rate of psychotic breaks has skyrocketed among users. This is measured by hospital admissions. The dirty little secret is how many violent crimes are associated with those psychotic breaks. Check out the book by Alex Berenson, "Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness And Violence."

Moon rock, found on moon, made on earth [thevintagenews.com]

DanMartinovich comments on Jun 9, 2019:

Tabloid science media.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Howdy @DanMartinovich, The Earth facing side of the moon was enormously pounded by meteor impacts. The out facing side of the moon has relatively few craters. This is the opposite of what one would expect. This may be a clue to the cause.

Short Apologetics by William Lane Craig [m.youtube.com]

parsifal comments on Jun 9, 2019:

very interesting - compelling and very well articulated by both men... but i question one unimportant point outside of the overall discussion: why refer to God as "Yahweh" and yet refer to Yeshua or Yehoshua, as "Jesus"???

timon_phocas replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Howdy @parsifal, I think it's an evangelical affectation. Interesting observation

Seventy-five years ago western civilization hung in the balance.

cepstralspike comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Would one year have been enough for the Germans to develop an atom bomb? I read that Bastogne could have changed things too if it went the other way.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 9, 2019:

@jwhitten Howdy again, I don't think the Germans had the economic resources to build atomic weapons. By the summer of 1944, synthetic oil plants were crippled. Experienced pilots were overwhelmed. New German pilots could barely fly the new aircraft being delivered to them. German industry lay prostrate under the strategic bombing campaign. By December of 1944 most German industry was operating on accumulated stocks. If Overlord failed, Germany could have continued to loot occupied western Europe. But that was actually pretty inefficient. With the Luftwaffe crippled, the combined bomber offensive would still have hamstrung the German economy.

Will the media pull out of their nose dive?

criminey359 comments on Jun 8, 2019:

"Grab 'em by the pussy" -Donald Trump. Never touch one of his steaks by the way. Then there is his support of pyramid schemes, or "Multi Level Marketing". His school was a scam. He lies, constantly, there is a list of them on the New York times if you want to look them up. One thing that confuses me...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Howdy @criminey359, I didn't like him and I didn't support him. I felt betrayed when the party of Abraham Lincoln was taken over by an orange hustler. That being said, I find myself quoting Henry V a lot, "And, be assured, you'll find a difference, As we his subjects have in wonder found,: Between the promise of his greener days : And these he masters now:" Trump's court appointments, his regulatory relief, his deft handling of the economy, reinforcing the military, confronting China on its national project to rip off the rest of the world, never stopping his efforts to gain control of our southern border.

I have just written an article about my experience of the left-wing bias of universities and where ...

Wicked comments on Jun 9, 2019:

first...wonderful reporting...though we...those of us older than dirt...think we have an idea of the Post Modern Universe behind the Ivy Walls...it is at best, a well informed guess. It is refreshing and a little bit satisfying that there are still folks who think for themselves and have dreams that...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 9, 2019:

Hey @Wicked, I am NOT older than dirt. But I am older than dust bunnies ;-)

Damning Data on Clinton's Server [theblaze.com]

An_Ominous comments on Jun 8, 2019:

Corroboration is nice, but we've all known her server was compromised for quite some time. Of course it was hacked, it had less security than g-mail. In fact I imagine that if various agents of foreign intelligence agencies failed to hack it they would have been in deep trouble. The Inspector ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 8, 2019:

@chuckpo well, yes. Watching Mr. Moore makes me lose my appetite as well... ;-)

Damning Data on Clinton's Server [theblaze.com]

An_Ominous comments on Jun 8, 2019:

Corroboration is nice, but we've all known her server was compromised for quite some time. Of course it was hacked, it had less security than g-mail. In fact I imagine that if various agents of foreign intelligence agencies failed to hack it they would have been in deep trouble. The Inspector ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 8, 2019:

Howdy @An_Ominous, Hillary Clinton giving a keynote speech on cyber security. That's like Michael Moore giving a keynote speech on successful dieting.

Archeologists Uncover Jesus' Gulfstream ;-) [babylonbee.com]

EdNason comments on Jun 8, 2019:

huh

timon_phocas replies on Jun 8, 2019:

It IS satire. But I'm sure the Reverend Creflo Dollar will seize on it as archeoligical proof that Gulfstearms for pastors is a Biblical imperative. Oops! Satire again (just can't help myself)...

Another bombing in Sweden, police are working on "many theories"! Hmmm?

ScottforKing comments on Jun 8, 2019:

Gas leak? Lightning strike? Them who can't be named?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 8, 2019:

Voldemort???

Peggy Noonan: Overthrow the Prince of Facebook [www.

Garsco comments on Jun 7, 2019:

Noonan never misses an opportunity to bash Republicans. Time will tell, maybe, whether the Facebook issue is a partisan thing or not. It should not be.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 7, 2019:

@Garsco Howdy, Because Zuckerberg always censors Republicans and yet they always suck up to him

Peggy Noonan: Overthrow the Prince of Facebook [www.

Garsco comments on Jun 7, 2019:

Noonan never misses an opportunity to bash Republicans. Time will tell, maybe, whether the Facebook issue is a partisan thing or not. It should not be.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 7, 2019:

Howdy @Garsco, I think the point of the article is that Zuckerberg holds enormous, unchecked power. He and other tech titans are using it to transform the internet from an open marketplace of ideas to an intellectual monoculture. When this inherent censorship became publicly troublesome he made a publicity move. He invited conservative lumanaries and maneuvered them into fighting each other instead of standing for freedom. Now his inherent censorship is inconvenient again. Once again he's inviting conservatives. There's gonna be another dog and pony show. He's gonna play them like a fiddle. Don't go.

Panicking about the “China Trade War”?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Thie agrees with what I've read. Not as dramatic, but generally in tje same line. OTOH, it sure is fun reading liberal sources pretending they care about the US economy.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 6, 2019:

@Bay0Wulf Howdy, Not Epoch. Sometimes I read articles from NYT, or WaPo not Epoch. I was listening to an article on NPR yesterday on a long drive and they were moaning about supply chain disruptions from tariffs. Like any of them actually care about the US economy.

Seventy-five years ago western civilization hung in the balance.

cepstralspike comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Would one year have been enough for the Germans to develop an atom bomb? I read that Bastogne could have changed things too if it went the other way.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 6, 2019:

Howdy @cepstralspike, The German atomic weapons program was small scale compared to the Manhattan Project. The German project was hampered by economic constraints. It was run by theoretical physicists like Heisenberg who looked down on experimental physicists (shades of the "Big Bang Theory!") In 1945 B-29s and the Manhattan Project would have been complete. Like as not, we would be mourning Berlin as the first nuclear target instead of Hiroshima.

Why Biden leads Democratic polls Polls from multiple sources show Joe Biden in the lead.

Bay0Wulf comments on Jun 5, 2019:

Vox isn’t much of a source ... Biden is a long recognized name ... 70% of the Entire Legal Voting Constituency of All Parties have Incomplete Information and No Curiousity. The old adage is; “It don’t matter if what they write is good or bad ... just make sure they spell your name ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 5, 2019:

I don't normally follow Vox, but who better to handicap a race in the progressive party?

No primary challenger: Never Trump Republicans resign themselves to clear 2020 path for president...

criminey359 comments on Jun 4, 2019:

What does everyone think of Joe Bidden as a Republican Primary?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 5, 2019:

Howdy @criminey359, Joe Biden has been wrong about every national security issue since he was elected in 1972. He's being given a lot of favorable coverage by the establishment media. He has name recognition, which at this point matters in the nomination race. He takes pains to project a "working man" persona. Historically, he's had a real problem with foot-in-mouth disease. It's plagued him his whole public life.

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 4, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy Again, Rome has hostile to imported religions generally and Christianity specifically. Tacitus, for example, refers to it as a "pernicious superstition." Pliny describes how he eradicated the Christian churches when he governed Bythinia. If Rome authored the New Testament, they (strangely enough) outlawed it several times and made strenuous efforts destroy every copy. As to Rome rewriting the Old Testament, perhaps you should blame the Ptolomies, who sponsored the Septuagint. Or perhaps Rabbi Akiva who had it retranslated to make the Masoretic text (koine, as opposed to classical, Greek). BTW, translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls track very closely to the Septuagint, not the Masoretic text. The divinity of Christ is the heart of Christianity. We will not resolve that issue here. Without Christ's divinity, sacrifice on the Passover and ressurection on the Feast of First Fruits there would be no Christianity. And I could not be grafted into the commonwealth of Israel, as Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans.

KLM funds new 'Flying V' airliner [boingboing.net]

Garsco comments on Jun 4, 2019:

Looks like an opportunity to separate people on any number of bases. But which vantage point do we use to determine left from right?

timon_phocas replies on Jun 4, 2019:

Howdy @Garsco, And if too many "right wingers" showed up, would there be a quota for "left wingers?" :-)

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

timon_phocas comments on Jun 3, 2019:

"Christ" comes from the Greek word for "annointed." "Messiah" comes from the Hebrew word for "annointed." Modern English has invested these words with rather specific religious connotations. In the Old Testament to be annointed meant you were divinely chosen for a task. It did not mean unique ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 4, 2019:

@FoundationSage Howdy, Wow, so many questions! Jesus VS Hercules. In Greek mythology, "gods were immortal men and men were mortal gods." So the gods had men's appetites. Every so often they would take a fancy to some sweet young thang. So they'd go down, have sex with them and knock them up. Then they'd fly back to Olympus to brag about it. That's how the demigods of Greek mythology came about. Contrast this to the magnificent holiness portrayed in Isaiah's vision of the LORD (Isaiah chapter 6). There really is no comparison. I don't know what mechanism the Almighty used to fertilize Mary's egg except that it did not involve human actions. Pontifix Maximus was the title of the chief priest of Rome. Pontifix meant bridge. So the chief priest was the city's bridge to the divine. The Bishop of Rome assumed the title, along with much else, as classical Rome collapsed in the barbarian invasions. It really was a collapse. Rome was morally and intellectually exhausted. The traditions of civic responsibility were abandoned. Nobles retreated to their landed estates and the only vibrant organizations in the cities were the Christian churches. They took over because they had to. And as the saying goes, hence the papacy.

Why don't we hold Moses the same as we do Jesus?

ReallyGoodOptics comments on Jun 3, 2019:

the god of the old testament is the demiurge and evil. not the true god of the new testament.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 4, 2019:

@ReallyGoodOptics Howdy, When Jesus (and New Testament writers) spoke about loving God and loving your neighbor they were quoting Moses. It was called the "Great Commandment" in Jesus' time because it summed up all of the Levitical laws. The same God who sent Moses sent Jesus. Different men, different missions, different relationships with God. One established the Law, the other fulfilled it.

Any Sleuths out there have any info on the Virginia shooter?

Marta-Amance comments on Jun 3, 2019:

As I recall from several sources, the man is educated, an engineer, black, divorced (the exact circumstances are vague), spent a great amount of time at the gym, and lived alone and rarely seen in the presence of company or friends. I would be inclined to believe that the divorce had a significant ...

timon_phocas replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Howdy Marta-Amance, thanks, that's the only identifying info I've heard.

The Rise of the New Progressives [thefederalist.com]

Marta-Amance comments on Jun 3, 2019:

Ah, a very good article and a different perspective than I am used to seeing. Thanks for the post.

timon_phocas replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Howdy @Marta-Amance, It's part one of a three article series. So I'll try to get the other two as they're released.

Why is the world so silent about South Africa? - YouTube

timon_phocas comments on May 30, 2019:

It is not covered because it does not fit the world view of the news media. Not only is it a bad fit, but it contradicts their world view. I remember a throw away line in an article about Zimbabwe from the 1990s. It was sinking into chaos, runaway inflation and hunger. It said that Ian Smith ...

timon_phocas replies on May 31, 2019:

@WorldSigh the Chineseove doing business in corrupt countries. Then they'll bring in Chinese labor and security. And then troops to protect their interests. 21st century colonialism. Make you kind of yearn for Queen Vicky

Sea level data ALTERED by scientists to create false impression of rising oceans

Marta-Amance comments on May 30, 2019:

But, but, NASA says we should all head for the Rockies.....going to climate.nasa.gov is like listening to the boogy man stories your weird Uncle Joe tells you. Will you ever get the truth from NASA on climate?

timon_phocas replies on May 30, 2019:

Howdy @Marta-Amance, Hold it with those "flee to the Rocky Mountains" remarks. Tell them to go to the Sierra Nevadas, then they'll stay in Cali. ;-)

Experimental Physics and black holes [gizmodo.com]

MilesPurdue comments on May 30, 2019:

Scientists having fun, but I only have the one thing to worry about, around the world, in every lab, something gets loose.

timon_phocas replies on May 30, 2019:

@Marta-Amance Gee, if a black hole destroys Detroit, damages could mount into hundreds of dollars!

National Popular Vote: A Threat to Western Water [pagetwo.completecolorado.com]

Marta-Amance comments on May 28, 2019:

What we have seen in California regarding water distribution should serve as a warning to popular voting. The coastal areas of southern California and the greater San Francisco Bay areas already take excessive amounts of water from the great central valley and the Sierra water sheds. These urban ...

timon_phocas replies on May 28, 2019:

Howdy @Marta-Amance, My family arrived in California in 1871. We left in 1985 and never came back. We thought it was too expensive to raise a family back then. Now it's far, far worse. And far crazier.

War is the final and most powerful way to solve conflict.

chuckpo comments on May 26, 2019:

We have rich, powerful people here who want a seat at the international power table. That's the push for globalism. All of this has been worked out. The only thing they didn't foresee was Americans rising up to elect a nationalist, who then started dismantling so much of the global elite ...

timon_phocas replies on May 27, 2019:

Howdy @chuckpo It's happening in other countries. By-elections for the EU parliament in the UK were won by Nigel Farage's Brexit Party. Just another example of people making their own choices.

The abortion industry has a social media campaign called "Shout Your Abortion.

Oxfret comments on May 25, 2019:

This has nothing to do with feeling no shame, and everything to do with trying to silence them. You make people feel immoral and they stand up, you make laws for medical procedures, and shame them, they stand up. This is typical, and part of the problem about creating a war on abortions in the way ...

timon_phocas replies on May 25, 2019:

Howdy @Oxfret Abortion advocates used to refer to abortion as a sad necessity. They said nobody ever rejoiced at this stern, wrenching decision. Abortion was supposed to be allowed so it could be "safe, legal and rare." They said this for more than a generation. Now Planned Parenthood says abortion needs to celebrated, to be "shouted!" It's quite an about face. And for those of us appalled at a profitable industry killing sixty million babies, it's a bit like Charles Mason crowing about the Tate/LaBianca murders.

Middle East update from StrategyPage I trust this source.

JustSayNoTo1984 comments on May 23, 2019:

@timon_phocas liking israelies and being biased toward them in information and statistics are two different things

timon_phocas replies on May 24, 2019:

Howdy @JustSayNoTo1984, In science a theory is useful when it accurately explains current conditions and predicts future conditions. The same can be said of information sources. Bias is inherent in every information source. And it has been thoughout history. Thucydides' History of the Peloponesian War is magisterial, but it is still the opinion of one man. So the question is not whether a source is biased, but whether it is useful. I have found Strategy Page to be very useful.

Middle East update from StrategyPage I trust this source.

JustSayNoTo1984 comments on May 23, 2019:

Upon a cursory scan the page is clearly israel biased.

timon_phocas replies on May 23, 2019:

Howdy @JustSayNoTo1984, I'd say most of the US military likes Israelis. US armored doctrine was based on Israel's defense of the Golan in 1973. I remember my Marine Recon unit getting instructions on desert operations based on Israeli experience back in 1977. There was/is a lot of collaboration between Israeli and US military and intel. StrategyPage is staffed by former US Army officers.

Julie Kelly: Why did Obama send Comey to brief Trump about the "Pee Tape?

Varga comments on May 23, 2019:

The link doesn’t seem to work!

timon_phocas replies on May 23, 2019:

Howdy again @dvarga, I looked up, copied and the pasted the article for you.

Julie Kelly: Why did Obama send Comey to brief Trump about the "Pee Tape?

Varga comments on May 23, 2019:

The link doesn’t seem to work!

timon_phocas replies on May 23, 2019:

Howdy @dvarga, Sorry. Bah humbug I found it on yesterday's realclearpolitics.com feed.

Wind Turbines Aren't So Green [spectator.co.uk]

Username69 comments on May 20, 2019:

A lot of the green energy push is just cronyism. It would be great if wind and solar could power the world. However, it seems unlikely. It might also be worth noting that wind turbines also kill birds which could be an issue in areas where there is an endangered species.

timon_phocas replies on May 21, 2019:

Howdy @Username69, That's the way I'm seeing it in Colorado. Wind turbines wear out every 20 years. Xcel Energy builds a wind farm (and gets a percentage from that project). It runs it under federal "clean energy" subsidies. Even with the subsidies, it still costs more than coal or gas, and the customers pay more. Then after 20 years Xcel Energy retires the wind farm (charges customers for that, of course) and builds a new wind farm (customers get the charge, of course). Hey, it's shafts customers but it's "green," and so Xcel Energy and politicians and the Public Utilities Commissioners all bask in the glow of their climate stewardship. In the meantime, coal and gas fired generating plants have a projected lifespan of 50 years. So Xcel Energy gets two and a half times the construction activity. And more money.

What is a Boer? 10 Questions. [m.facebook.com]

arboristly560 comments on May 20, 2019:

It is either a wild pig or the Dutch colonists that settled in South Africa!

timon_phocas replies on May 20, 2019:

@Jenna liked the video. Boers built the country and now they're being blamed for everything. wrong with it.

Germany's Energiewende Flatlines [forbes.com]

RobBlair comments on May 20, 2019:

Just a spec of skepticism and all that money Germany wasted on tilting with windmills could have been spent on research into actual energy possibilities. 1. If solar energy is worthwhile, why does Arizona only get maybe 6% of it's total energy supply from it? 2. If solar panels don't make sense ...

timon_phocas replies on May 20, 2019:

Howdy @RobBlair, I hope a prominent leader (are you listening, Prez Trump?) will use Germany's green energy programs as a cautionary lesson. Nobody talks about how much this has cost Germany's electricity consumers. This sounds like an update of the old joke about the African mine. The corporations get the contracts and the wind turbines, the customers get the shaft.

Texas Resists Congress Investigation [m.washingtontimes.com]

Garsco comments on May 20, 2019:

There seems to be more of this type of reaction to federal government heavy-handedness these days. There’s been a long period of what might be termed “harmoniousness” in the relationship between DC and the states. States were (and still should be, imho) independent and banded together ...

timon_phocas replies on May 20, 2019:

@MilesPurdue I don't know, I always feel like I need a passport and an updated vaccination record when I go to Boulder here in Colorado. 😊

Bipartisan support for Trump's China trade policy.

An_Ominous comments on May 12, 2019:

Apple has been complaining about how much the tariffs will cut into their profits. They theorize that it might add $160 to the cost of an I-phone. But they didn't mention how much the theft of intellectual property costs them. There was an article in Popular Science about how the Chinese could ...

timon_phocas replies on May 12, 2019:

Hellofa article.

Truly amazing - trying to hit a shifting watermelon at a net speed of "a lot" using trajectory and ...

DanMartinovich comments on May 8, 2019:

I only read 1\3rd of that. Correct me if I'm wrong. Is not a main part of this issue, that the "iron dome" does not exist to shoot down small munitions? Bur rather, made to shoot down large munitions like scuds or ballistic missiles?Just guessing at the costs here and trying to make a point. Can ...

timon_phocas replies on May 9, 2019:

Howdy @DanMartinovich, The rough, homebuilt rockets have unpredictable flight paths. I think that's why Iron Dome didn't intercept them. It either predicted they would land someplace empty (or it tried to intercept) and the rocket jerked out of the predicted path. The Israelis considered the C-RAM, but they wanted to intercept at higher altitudes. They also wanted to only intercept rockets heading for populated impact areas. They might want to add some C-RAM batteries into their Iron Dome defenses.

If you believe in God or any Creator then you should believe Climate change is false, because the ...

Gerri4321 comments on May 9, 2019:

The earth is mentioned many times in the bible and it shall remain forever. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Earth/

timon_phocas replies on May 9, 2019:

@Gerri4321 Howdy again, the KJV puts it this way who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed forever NASB He established the earth upon its foundations so it will not totter forever and ever Young's Literal He hath founded the earth on its bases it is not moved to the age and for ever Strong's defines removed/totter/moved as slip, shaken, fall it defines forever/forever and ever/to the age and for ever as time out of mind (past and future), (practically) eternity So I think the NASB gives a better sense of the earth's firm foundation, while Young's Literal gives a better sense of (practically) eternal. Thank you for the opportunity to do a deep dive into word meanings. An eternal earth, however, still contradicts Peter, and John's Revelation.

If you believe in God or any Creator then you should believe Climate change is false, because the ...

Gerri4321 comments on May 9, 2019:

The earth is mentioned many times in the bible and it shall remain forever. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Earth/

timon_phocas replies on May 9, 2019:

Howdy @Gerri4321 The verses cited do state the earth was created by God. None of them, however, state it will endure forever. Genesis 8:22 While earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night shall not cease. Is my anchor verse/promise against catastrophic climate change. This verse does not promise the earth will endure forever.

Terrified by Spread of Christianity, Iranian Politician Orders Mass Interrogation of Christians ...

SuziesCorner comments on May 9, 2019:

I heard yesterday from K/S ministry that there were about 100,000 believers at the time of the fall of the Shah in, 1974 ish. But today there is 2 or 3 million (guestimating. Didn't think I'd need to remember specifics at the time). And that it's the number one place in the world where young people...

timon_phocas replies on May 9, 2019:

Howdy @SuziesCorner, There was great idealism when Khomeini toppled the Shah. Forty years of oppression and corruption have left a yawning spiritual vacuum. They're looking for alternatives and the Spirit is moving.

STEM School students walk out of planned vigil, frustrated by political talk They were frustrated...

RobBlair comments on May 9, 2019:

They still don't get it. Putting a politician on the stage at this kind of an event is abhorrent.

timon_phocas replies on May 9, 2019:

Not only that, but they were telling the audience to register as Democrats, hold registration drives/rallies for Democrats and get more Democrats elected. The blood's not even dry! They make abulance chasing lawyers look virtuous by comparison.

More CNN incredulity.

timon_phocas comments on May 8, 2019:

Maybe it's part of a new retirement plan. Give the retiree an eighty pound appreciation plaque, cuff it to their wrist and shove them into Manhattan Sound? It'd save a lot of money...

timon_phocas replies on May 8, 2019:

@MADcHATTER Ooh, the "Anchor Award" I like that!!

New Jersey politician wants to ban all bags, paper or plastic... [reason.com]

MilesPurdue comments on May 8, 2019:

Won't that be fun, everyone wearing parkas, with twenty pockets, to grocery stores. I guess he realised how much trash millions of people make. Plastic bags are used twice but others are used more. But when someone fills a cart once a week it maybe difficult for them to keep and carry 10 or 12 ...

timon_phocas replies on May 8, 2019:

@Tommy6915 Howdy, single use bags are more sanitary. We have bags in our car, they get dirty, and then we put put our food in them. It's a real chore cleaning them out.

Here is Sebastian Gorka on Anderson Cooper, hilarious.

timon_phocas comments on May 7, 2019:

Anderson Cooper looks to like he's sucking rotten eggs...

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2019:

@purdyday CNN doesn't have that many viewers. Maybe he can buy it for a hobby. Some people do miniature railroading. He can do miniature broadcasting 😋

If Biden gets the Dems’ nomination, will millennials and crazy leftists sit at home on Election ...

EdNason comments on May 7, 2019:

Biden will gaffe himself out of the race... no doubt.

timon_phocas replies on May 7, 2019:

#EdNason No kidding. I remember Obama's money quote about Slow Joe, "When will Biden stop saying stupid s**t?"

What do you think Mueller has to say beyond a 400 page document, he authored.

Serg97 comments on May 3, 2019:

Mueller accomplished exactly what he wanted. He managed to keep this whole thing in the news, without a solution.

timon_phocas replies on May 3, 2019:

Howdy Serg97, I believe the major goal of the Mueller Investigation was to postpone questions about why government intelligence agencies were mounting operations against a domestic opposition polical party. He has succeed in doing just that for two years now.

The Venezuelan uprising is still happening.

DrN1 comments on May 2, 2019:

Who profits? Any chance that there might be oil?

timon_phocas replies on May 2, 2019:

Howdy DrN1, China has extended major loans to Venezuela. When Maduro ran out of cash he started signing over future production and oil infrastructure. Cuba depends on Venezuelan oil (both to consume and to sell). Venezuela borrowed from Russia to buy Russiam weapons.

Want to get your thoughts on the coin Charity voting page.

Gerri4321 comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Thorn/ fighting human trafficking mostly privately funded, and is a very trusted organization.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 30, 2019:

sounds good

Statistical Confidence On AGW Hits 5 Sigma Level A short article by Reuters reports that the ...

timon_phocas comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I'm sure they were just as confident in phlogiston. Or friction being a fluid. Or Ptolemaic astronomy. Or Piltdown Man.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 28, 2019:

@Germaine Howdy again, Proof by assertion was identified as a logical error by Aristotle. But that's all that's being offered as proof. Many of the same people asserting the imminence of an ice age in the 1970s started proclaiming the dangers of anthropogenic global warming in the late 1980s. If they were so wrong about the ice age, why should we believe them about AGW? They had the same lofty scientific credentials in the 1970s as they did in the late 1980s. BTW, appeal to authority was also identified as a logical fallacy by Aristotle.

Statistical Confidence On AGW Hits 5 Sigma Level A short article by Reuters reports that the ...

timon_phocas comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I'm sure they were just as confident in phlogiston. Or friction being a fluid. Or Ptolemaic astronomy. Or Piltdown Man.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 28, 2019:

@Germaine Howdy, My strong suit is history. So let's talk about historical climate change. The Sahara was not always a desert. Neolithic rock art shows animals that cannot survive in the desert. It was more like the American Great Plains. The climate changed and those animals no longer live there. The climate changed without human industry. So there must be other mechanisms for climate change. We can say the same about the Late Classical cooling, the Medieval Warm Period, the Little Ice Age. All these climate oscillations happened without human industry. So there must be other mechanisms of climate change. We simply don't know enough about the energies involved or the distribution systems.

I have been asked lately to prove from the Bible Jesus is God.

timon_phocas comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Howdy Lorelee, There is no single passage in the Bible "proving" Jesus Christ is God. Just like there is no book in the Bible titled "systematic theology." There are many verses and passages saying Jesus Christ is God, the Son of God, equal to God, worthy of worship as God. So there is no easy ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 27, 2019:

@parsifal Howdy again, There's an old joke among Baptists about "proving" things in the Bible. "... and Judas went and hanged himself..." Matt 27:5 "... Jesus told him, 'Go thou and do likewise'..." Luke 10:37 Hanging doctrines on a handful of verses can lead you into strange places. It takes time to learn contexts and parallel passages. I will, Lord willing, spend a lifetime and still not know the half of it.

I have been asked lately to prove from the Bible Jesus is God.

timon_phocas comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Howdy Lorelee, There is no single passage in the Bible "proving" Jesus Christ is God. Just like there is no book in the Bible titled "systematic theology." There are many verses and passages saying Jesus Christ is God, the Son of God, equal to God, worthy of worship as God. So there is no easy ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 27, 2019:

@parsifal Howdy again. The purpose of studying the Bible is relationship with God, not answering questions on a pop quiz. In the book of Hebrews it says the word of God is alive and active. And so studying it moves us from the merely logical into mystical. The Bible claims great authority for itself. It tells us to meditate on it day and night. Paul calls the scriptures the Oracles of God. Jesus said, "You search the scriptures ... and it is these that bear witness of me." So yes, I believe it because "the Bible tells me so."

I have been asked lately to prove from the Bible Jesus is God.

timon_phocas comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Howdy Lorelee, There is no single passage in the Bible "proving" Jesus Christ is God. Just like there is no book in the Bible titled "systematic theology." There are many verses and passages saying Jesus Christ is God, the Son of God, equal to God, worthy of worship as God. So there is no easy ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 26, 2019:

@parsifal Howdy, Saul received a classical education in Tarsus; as he said, no mean town. Then he studied under the leading biblical scholars of his day in Jerusalem. I think this qualifies as a lifetime of studying the Bible. Of course it all snapped into a different focus on the road to Damascus.

I have been asked lately to prove from the Bible Jesus is God.

timon_phocas comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Howdy Lorelee, There is no single passage in the Bible "proving" Jesus Christ is God. Just like there is no book in the Bible titled "systematic theology." There are many verses and passages saying Jesus Christ is God, the Son of God, equal to God, worthy of worship as God. So there is no easy ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 26, 2019:

@parsifal Howdy, It's a matter of personal preparation, not recited formulas. I know there are books on the subject, but the best preparation is a lifetime study of the Bible. That's how you are ready to respond to the prompting of the Holy Spirit

A FB friend has been reminding me that journalists have been monopolizing creative writing for the ...

An_Ominous comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Indeed. Why should they have all the fun? Reading your post was a lot of fun. Thanks.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 24, 2019:

An_Ominous Howdy, and thanks for reading

WALSH: Yes, 'Easter Worshipper' Was Intentional. Yes, It Matters. Here's Why. | Daily Wire

Bikecop24 comments on Apr 22, 2019:

They are scared of Islam.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 22, 2019:

...and hostile to Christians

Julian Assange is a free speech hero.

cRaZyTMG comments on Apr 13, 2019:

**Julian is not a free speech hero.** His actions have nothing to do with free speech. He has simply provided historical documents of real people working, living, playing... For those people supposedly working for me (i.e. politicans and public employees) I declare I have a right to see everything ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 20, 2019:

Howdy cRaZyRMG, Truth be told, as a history buff and an old database administrator, I would love to download it all and set it up in a data warehouse. It is an invaluable look into US foreign and military policies. OTOH, it's only available because of a traitor. Depressing and intriguing at the same time.

Andrew C.

Garsco comments on Apr 18, 2019:

It’s bad enough to have let this “investigation” run on for so long, to thwart President Trump’s administration and let it saunter past the 2018 election that allowed the House to flip to Dems, but Mueller’s decision to leave obstruction open ended assures that Democrats will try to keep ...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 19, 2019:

Howdy Garsco, Dragging the Mueller Investigation through the 2018 elections wasn't an "effect," it was a design feature. If you remember all the texting between those between those star-crossed lovers, Struck and Page. When Struck first joined the Mueller team, Page asked Struck if it was going well. Struck replied it looked like there was nothing there. This was before they were fired in July, 2017. The investigation only began in June. And they already knew nothing was there.

Today is Holy Thursday.

dmatic comments on Apr 18, 2019:

The eating of the Passover Lamb. If I'm not mistaken, Christ, as Rabbi and Teacher, shared the "ritual" Passover meal with His disciples on the 14th of the first month, which was not a Thursday that year. This was just after sunset that concluded the 13th day and began the 14th. The next morning of...

timon_phocas replies on Apr 18, 2019:

Howdy dmatic, Like you, I don't believe the Messiah was crucified on a Friday. The vast majority of our believing siblings do, however. Traditional observances of the Holy Week do serve to remind us of the events of the Passion of our Lord and God, so I'll take what I can get. Have a blessed Easter.

Copyright National Review 2019 Andrew McCarthy Prior to the publication of the stolen ...

Judah80 comments on Apr 14, 2019:

Wow. Great layout. Thanks! To answer your question, I don't know. But, I know a lot more now.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 14, 2019:

Andrew McCarthy is a former federal attorney heading the District of Southern New York. Very knowledgeable about terrorism and national security laws. His views on stuff like this are authoritative.

Copyright National Review 2019 Andrew McCarthy Prior to the publication of the stolen ...

Garsco comments on Apr 14, 2019:

... and fwiw, President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence in 2017.

timon_phocas replies on Apr 14, 2019:

Yeah, it didn't surprise me, but I am disappointed