sunday Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Someone put this a a reason why the Humanity is not terraforming Mars as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrunt6 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 3:32 PM, sunday said: This look like a call to "ecoterrorism", does not it? Gas prices are high enough. Nothing like a pipeline sabotage to win people over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 They think of that as a feature, not a bug. Remember the Lenin quote: "The worse, the better". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) Then there is unadulterated filth. Edited September 29, 2021 by sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickM Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 6 hours ago, sunday said: Then there is unadulterated filth. If ever a cat needed a JDAM 'tasked' for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 And they say Poles are stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Anti freedom and free thinking "universities" in Anglo Saxon world. This is the St Andrews "university"... Quote Modules on diversity and consent must be completed before any studies can begin. But at one of Britain’s leading institutions, they must now clear one more hurdle before beginning their studies: they must accept “personal guilt”. St Andrews has introduced compulsory modules on sustainability, diversity, consent and good academic practice and will not allow students to matriculate if they do not “pass” by agreeing with certain statements. The university is one of a growing number insisting that students undertake training on subjects including anti-bullying and climate change. […] At St Andrews, the induction asks students to agree with statements including: “Acknowledging your personal guilt is a useful start point in overcoming unconscious bias.” Those who tick “disagree” are marked incorrect and too many wrong answers mean they have failed the module and must retake it. Another question from the course asks: “Does equality mean treating everyone the same?” Those who respond yes are told: “That’s not right, in fact equality may mean treating people differently and in a way that is appropriate to their needs so that they have fair outcomes and equal opportunity.” Students are also asked to agree with the statement: “It is important to think about and understand our own prejudices and stereotypes so we don’t treat someone else unfairly or inappropriately.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pass-bias-test-to-enter-st-andrews-rgcvcglx3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 11:28 PM, Tim Sielbeck said: For once, I have a youtube video for *you*. Even worse, it's The Guardian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Amazing. Too bad they don't seem to remember that lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Fake news. No misspellings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 The U.S. today is the Crete of yesterday. How to do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickM Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) I ain't entirely sure where to put this but... Today on CBS News Sunday Morning, one of the stories is "The Challenges Facebook faces in 'weeding out misinformation'..." as well as activist Roberto Lugo, as well as Daniel Craig and the Doobie Brothers. Edited October 3, 2021 by NickM added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/087/065/470/original/bd7406c9fe9c5856.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 This could fit in any one of a number of topics, but I choose here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-58841887 The university Chancellor is treating this as a potential disciplinary issue of harassment, and it will be interesting to see which mob wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Gentlemen, especially your sons and daughters, the most obvious is from 30:47 -- 37:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On Manipulation vs. Communication, or propaganda vs. information Quote When you hear a politician speak, read a press release or a media headline; you are not dealing with an attempt to communicate the truth about reality; you are dealing with language as calculated manipulation ('language' here including visual, symbolic, audio and other media). Manipulation is language intended to shape attitudes, thought-processes and actions. Quote We can (usually) understand manipulations by discerning the effect on our-selves. For example, much official and media language (such as the NEWS HEADLINES) is nowadays intended to induce fear. By the fear that is induced in us (albeit maybe transiently) we know the purpose of that language. Other times it is despair that is being intended, perhaps leading to an impulse towards hope-less compliance. Or resentment - where the intent is to make someone feel himself a victim. Also typically; the induced negative feeling of (say) fear, despair, or resentment is shaped towards a fake positive feeling. So that my fear is reconceptualized as an abstract form of 'altruism' (I'm not afraid for myself, but for other people"; my despair into 'realism' ("it will happen whatever, so we might as well make the best of it"); my resentment into a concern with 'justice'; my self-interest into redressing 'oppression' (as with much socialism, feminism, antiracism and the sexual revolution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Americans should buy foreign because American corporations hate them... https://www.city-journal.org/walmart-critical-race-theory-training-program Quote Walmart’s training program seems a study in opportunism. For years, activists have attacked the company’s business practices; the critical race theory program helps the giant retailer shift blame to forces beyond its control. As the company denounces “white supremacy culture”—with components including “objectivity,” “individualism,” and “hoarding”—its entire nine-member top executive leadership, except technology chief Suresh Kumar, is white, and its top six leaders made a combined $112 million in salary in 2019. Chief executive officer Doug McMillon, whom the whistleblower described as a “true believer” in critical race theory, hopes to export woke ideology to every Fortune 100 company through his role as chairman of the Business Roundtable. The formula is clear: American executives, among the most successful people on the planet, can collect accolades and social status by promoting fashionable left-wing ideologies. Meantime, their hourly workers, making between $25,000 and $30,000 yearly, are asked to undergo dishonest and humiliating rituals to confront their “white privilege” and “white supremacy thinking.” McMillon gets the social justice credit; his workers pay the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Hobbits are fictional like comic book Norse gods. There's no pressing reason why they absolutely must be ethnically English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickM Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, R011 said: Hobbits are fictional like comic book Norse gods. There's no pressing reason why they absolutely must be ethnically English. Well the poster of the above vid (whom, as far as I can tell, is 'mostly African American from the South Side of Chicago, who's read Tolkien's works so many times, he even speaks Elvish) has made the case that Tolkien created 'Middle Earth' due to inspiration of the Celtic and Norse Mythology of the past, and being 'European' was darned well how He described Hobbits, as Tolkien was VERY specific as to how he chose his words. As such, he views this endeavor by Amazon with much suspicion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DKTanker Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, sunday said: What's important is that they identify as Polar Bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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