I just said, "I got their answering machine" after making a call and my daughters (6 & 8) looked at me like I had three heads. I said, "Oh, I mean voicemail." I then went on to explain how answering m... View MoreI just said, "I got their answering machine" after making a call and my daughters (6 & 8) looked at me like I had three heads. I said, "Oh, I mean voicemail." I then went on to explain how answering machines worked and felt like I was explaining how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume tonight will set a record for social media unfollowing, unliking, and unfriending.
Now is the time that the hate will be obvious. People will tell you who they really are if you listen.
So now you don't like protests? Oh, I see...
Meanwhile, I'm over here like, "Of course I don't have faith in humanity. Some of ya'll still trust the government."
The generation who grew up in a world full of anti-bullying campaigns sure do seem pretty good at social and political bullying these days. Funny how that works. I guess maybe those lessons learned th... View MoreThe generation who grew up in a world full of anti-bullying campaigns sure do seem pretty good at social and political bullying these days. Funny how that works. I guess maybe those lessons learned the hard way as a kid may have taught us something after all.
All jokes and doom and gloom aside, when looking back on 2020, I find many reasons to give thanks, even though the path the nation is on and the losses we've collectively suffered gives me many reserv... View MoreAll jokes and doom and gloom aside, when looking back on 2020, I find many reasons to give thanks, even though the path the nation is on and the losses we've collectively suffered gives me many reservations about the future.
I'm thankful God put me where he did when he did, and gave me the foresight, ability, and means to prepare myself and my family as best I could for whatever is to come. I'm also thankful for my employer who has been very kind and supportive of its employees over this very stressful year; I'm thankful for my family; I'm thankful for my church family; I'm thankful for my friends (in-person and online); I'm thankful for my readers; and I'm thankful for many other things God has given me to prepare, support, and enrich my life, a list of which would be far too long to write down.
No matter how the year has gone, there are still things in your life to be thankful for. Sure, things may seem uncertain at this point, but without the ability to be grateful for what we still have, we'd be consumed by the dark cloud that follows us over what we've lost or were unable to gain as planned. Gratitude is the key to happiness, and without it, 2021 will be a miserable year.
I wish you all the best in the new year. Stay safe, keep your eyes open, and keep your head up--those who came before us and built the comfortable, stable world we've been blessed to live in went through much worse, and we've got a lot left in us. Just don't let them convince you otherwise.
God bless and happy New Year!
As 2020 comes to an end (hopefully), many take time to reflect on the past year and think about the new year to come. With this in mind, and after an exhausting effort to input as much data as I could... View MoreAs 2020 comes to an end (hopefully), many take time to reflect on the past year and think about the new year to come. With this in mind, and after an exhausting effort to input as much data as I could about 2020 into the supercomputer named Bob (short for billions of bits) in my fortified, underground bunker, along with Bob's own AI study of the world via his access to the interwebs, I have compiled a list of probabilities for what will occur in 2021.
1. Free speech will continue to be eroded, with increasing violence and intimidation against those who dare to speak out. Such acts of violence will continue to be promoted by the rhetoric from elected officials, and affirmed by their unwillingness to investigate or prosecute the offenders. Likelihood - 99.99%
2. Payrolls for the adult children of establishment politicians by foreign nations who receive massive U.S. financial assistance will skyrocket. Likelihood - 99.99%
3. Tragedies and events will occur that conveniently coincide with desired legislative outcomes, pushing public outrage to a point where such legislation can be accomplished. Likelihood - 99.95%
4. Police raids associated with "Red Flag" laws will dramatically increase. Likelihood - 92.7%
5. Food shortages will occur, triggered by a politically convenient event or crisis that will allow the government to increase its control over nationwide food production. Likelihood - 84.2%
6. Additional strains/mutations of the 'Rona will be discovered as necessary to maintain and to increase the current level of control over the population. Likelihood - 94.1%
7. An increase in online censorship will lead to a dramatic decrease in the ability of those who don't share the prescribed official list of opinions and thoughts to communicate. Likelihood - 90.4%
8. After Gisiline Maxwell's accidental death or suicide while in federal custody, sex trafficking enforcement, and awareness will dramatically decrease while the actual cases skyrocket, assisted by a new open borders policy. Likelihood - 89.8%
9. Hate speech legislation will be proposed or enacted which will be focused against those who don't share the prescribed and approved list of opinions and thoughts. Likelihood 81.9%
10. Everything will be fine and our government will work for us and not against us. Likelihood 0.00%
Don't shoot me. I'm just the messenger. Bob came up with these numbers and likely outcomes on his own.
Does anyone have a copy of the focused outrage or the organized crisis schedules for 2021 yet? I'm just trying to get ahead of things.
�Follow the science.�
�Science says��
�The science is irrefutable.�
�It�s a scientific fact.�
... View More�Follow the science.�
�Science says��
�The science is irrefutable.�
�It�s a scientific fact.�
And myriad other statements are used to end an argument by declaring oneself the holder of all knowledge, refusing any further debate on the topic at hand. Now, I am not saying science cannot prove a point. The fact that I fly jets for a living proves that I clearly believe in science, however, the one thing science has done best since the method of study was developed has been to prove itself wrong. I mean that in a good way, though. There have been widely held scientific views that no one would dare question until someone willing to face the backlash came along, and then many of those views were turned on their heads. Some, however, stood the test of time, and we can have faith in them because they withstood the scrutiny. You cannot advance if you cannot question. Knowledge earned comes from knowledge sought, not from the acceptance of the information one has been given alone.
What is important, is that we are allowed to question the results or outcomes of a study or organizational position, regardless of the scientific discipline in which it�s held. Without the ability to question the data at hand, you do not have science at all, you have a belief system--a belief system that is directed by someone with a goal or an agenda, that may or may not be in your best interest.
The quandary we find ourselves in today, however, is that science as a method of study of the natural world, and political science, have merged. Though not new to the modern world, the mass control of our thought through the media, the internet, and more, has made it a much more profitable and effective venture.
Way back in Galileo�s time, the powers-that-be persecuted anyone who questioned the accepted understanding of the world, and Galileo himself was imprisoned because of his daring to question the official narrative that the sun revolved around the earth and not the other way around. That may seem absurd today, but to the people at the time, it was a serious issue. What things do we think is rock solid fact today that will be laughable in the future?
Someone living today may think it is ridiculous that Galileo could have been imprisoned for questioning the accepted and prescribed beliefs of the day, but we are seeing the same thing happen today. You are simply not allowed to question any science that supports the narrative prescribed by the powers-that-be. That is undeniable, and anyone who dares to do so is ridiculed and dehumanized, just as he was in his day.
Being a scientist, or a highly educated individual who is deemed an �expert� does not make one exempt from the human temptations that corruption, power, and money bring. On the contrary, if you study history, there has never been a shortage of those at the top of academia who supported government above the truth in exchange for favor or lofty positions. The NAZI party hierarchy was nearly entirely made up of the university elite, spanning every area of study from art to medicine. And there has never been a shortage of scientific studies that were biased and favored the desired outcome of those funding the study. One�s education level and lofty title do not shield them from the temptations of the world, and as stated above, it can often be quite the opposite because of the temptations and opportunities that come along in exchange for their cooperation and endorsement.
Am I saying scientists and experts should not be trusted? Of course not. On the contrary, I think their work should be given a valid look by anyone who seeks the truth and is not merely parroting from a list of approved and scripted talking points.
However, wherever you see a subject, opinion, or study that shall not be questioned without the persecution mentioned above, that is where your suspect should lie. Never assume the official narrative to be true. And if you are not allowed to question the official narrative, there is a reason. A lie developed for nefarious purposes is always sheltered by just enough truth to sell it, and in a world where propaganda and the manipulation of the truth is the norm, to find the truth, or rather the lie, you have to look for the things you are not allowed to question.
In today's world, instead of crack dealers on the street corner, we need an ammo guy who wears a trench coat with a lot of pockets inside. I'd be like, "Hey man, you got any of them large rifle primer... View MoreIn today's world, instead of crack dealers on the street corner, we need an ammo guy who wears a trench coat with a lot of pockets inside. I'd be like, "Hey man, you got any of them large rifle primers?" #ammoshortage #ammo #2a #2020 #maga
I'd say the most frustrated people in the deep state right now are the ones who've spent years developing and implementing facial recognition technology to track us all. #deepstate #coup #maga #2020
You have to wear a mask or you'll catch the COVID. Then, after you catch it anyway and get over it, you now have the antibodies, but... Yep, ya still gotta wear a mask until we get the vaccine. Now th... View MoreYou have to wear a mask or you'll catch the COVID. Then, after you catch it anyway and get over it, you now have the antibodies, but... Yep, ya still gotta wear a mask until we get the vaccine. Now that the vaccine is here, they're saying you'll need to wear the mask even after vaccinated, even though you already have the antibodies from actually having had the virus, and theoretically from the vaccine as well. Now, they're saying we may all need to wear masks until 2022...
Add to that the nonsensical nature of the rules and the hipocritical behavior of those making the mandates, and one has to wonder if the entire point of the masks is so we can visually see the "crisis" they're using as... we'll, as James Clyborn D-SC said himself when the pandemic began, "This is a tremendous opportunity to reshape things to fit our vision."
Is there legitimacy in wearing masks in some situations, yeah, real medical-grade masks. But... Just remember - every good lie contains just enough truth to sell it, especially when that lie is meant to help implement and enforce a method of control.
Every time I read the comments under a Twitter post, I feel like I'm seeing pure evil. If Satan doesn't live in Twitterland, he definitely has a condo there.
Reason #459,012,001,278 why we can't have honest, open, intelligent conversations today:
Because some people think the media (the source of their prescribed opinions) isn't biased, and reports the tr... View MoreReason #459,012,001,278 why we can't have honest, open, intelligent conversations today:
Because some people think the media (the source of their prescribed opinions) isn't biased, and reports the truth, even when an actual sitting congressman, and member of the house INTELLIGENCE committee, is messing around with an actual CHINESE SPY, and your media source either won't cover it at all or covers it dismissingly simply because it would make the party they are beholden to look bad. To make matters worse, that very same Chinese spy was associated with numerous members of that particular party. If that's not a story worth reporting, what is?
All partisanship aside, no matter what side of the party lines I found myself on, any politician who compromises our national security in such a way should A: be stripped of any and all security-related clearances and committees, B: resign. C: be investigated.
Just imagine if an active duty member of the military intelligence community was found to be dating a spy. What do you think would happen to them? This isn't a "sweep it under the rug" kind of event. Yet, in the name of politics, some people think it's okay just to look the other way and let such an infiltration happen, because, well, that's what the news told you to think, right?
Until people with all views and opinions of public policy can be intellectually honest about such issues, we're doomed to suffer the consequences of a world where people's opinions are prescribed and not formulated from their own free and independent thought.
Thinking such a thing isn't a big deal lends credence to the quote from Sir John Dalberg-Acton that "absolute power corrupts absolutely." For a political party to think this isn't a big deal shows one of two things, that they are complicit, or corrupt (or both). And corrupt to a level where they feel the truth doesn't matter and that there are no consequences for their actions.
Back to the media, the original point... in today's world, a critical component in achieving absolute power is to have an equally complicit and corrupt media who are willing to polish your shoes and cover up your crimes.
This is why I won't argue with people who merely post links to biased articles or recite talking points, and generally why I don't post links to articles to back up my own opinions, because my opinions are formed, not prescribed.
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