Saturday, November 10, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson is a lot to take in. He appears to ramble, but that is because he has much to say. He looks at humanity on a kind of systems level, which is how do people function together and what values do they have? He ties this to how mythology reflects the values that make society work.
It takes effort to understand Jordan Peterson, but he is fascinating to listen to.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Trump and the Survival of the West
I found much of this livestream pretty interesting. Occasionally, it had sound problems. However, there is a great little speech from 29:10 to 31:20
Another interesting part starts at 25:00 and goes up to 29:10.
Monday, November 5, 2018
Re: Slavery's Scar on the United States
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 11:52 PM Albert Nelms <> wrote:
this dude chickened out in the end. he took up today's popular view that the civil war was about slavery. It's the easy way out, once your foolish enough to enter the bag of worms known as the American Civil War. After all, this guy had almost 500,000 views on this video. Supporting the popular view makes him more money due to more views. It also supports the leftist agenda to rewrite history to support their imagined framework of the American truth. I can hear the first two stanzas of Pink Floyd's song Money. The cash register's bell seems to get louder and louder as the views build up. Truth be damned or at least modified to please one's point of view. cha-ching, Cha-Ching, CHA-CHING!
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From: John Coffey <>
Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Slavery's Scar on the United States
To: Al Nelms <>
From: John Coffey <>
Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Slavery's Scar on the United States
To: Al Nelms <>
Al,
On this matter I think that you are wrong. To be clear, the North fought the war to reunite the Union, but I have seen enough quotes from people that it is clear that the South seceded over the slavery issue. People claim that Lincoln never promised to free the slaves, but Lincoln tended to treat the issue with kid gloves for political reasons. In his heart he was an abolitionist, and so was his father, and the south knew that. I have seen quotes where southerners regarded the election of Lincoln intolerable and give this as the reason for secession..
I would like to see you provide evidence to the contrary.
Granted that wasn't the only issue, but I think that the real historical revisionism has been by people from the south who tried to give the rebellion a more noble sounding cause. There is this organization called the United Daughters of the Confederacy that for over a century has been erecting civil war monuments to the south and literally rewriting school textbooks to deemphasize slavery and put slavery in a more positive light.
Personally I think that Lincoln should not have sent warships to Ft. Sumpter. Lincoln also made it clear in his inaugural speech that he would not allow the south to secede peacefully. This lead to a war that was enormously costly in terms of lives and treasure. Even if you could say that he was in the right legally, the consequences of his actions devastated the country. (We can also place blame on the south for the blockade of Ft. Sumpter.)
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Suppressing the Vote | Disenfranchisement
In response to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI25YYZURGk
Much voter fraud does not get investigated or is ignored. https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/instances-voter-fraud-continue-mount-further-compromising-our https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSbe4fK1crg The political left is always saying that this is not a problem, but if so why did states refuse to cooperate with Trump's voter fraud commision? Fraud benefits the left, so they are always claiming it is a non-issue. Maybe it is a non-issue, but we will never really know because people ignore it and put up roadblocks to investigations. I think it is a real issue. Political power is hotly contested in this country and we see people stoop very low to achieve their objectives. There is also a very long history of voter fraud, which likely decided the 1960 presidential election.
We have the right and obligation to protect the integrity of our voting system. If people can't be responsible enough to get a proper ID then maybe they are not responsible enough to vote. The most I have ever had to wait at a DMV is an hour, and that was in Utah. In Indiana it has always been less than 30 minutes. Maybe some voter ID laws are unfair and should be changed, but voting is such an important responsibility that it should not be considered such a heavy burden to get an ID. We are faced with all kinds of other burdens in society to be compliant with the law, such as filing taxes just for starters, that getting an ID to vote seems like a relatively minor burden.
Complaining that you have to take time off from work and wait a few weeks for your ID to arrive in the mail seems like much whining. States always provide you with a temporary license/ID until the real one arrives in the mail.
I am somewhat skeptical of a court of appeals that impugns the motives of the legislature without any direct evidence.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Re: Forced back to catch and release
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials – faced with a lack of housing space, an agreement that limits how long they can detain families and a massive increase in the number of border crossers – are having to resort to releasing illegal immigrants and asylum seekers "out of the front door" in Arizona.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Friday, October 12, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz
Funny. I don't necessarily agree with his final conclusion about redistributing wealth, but the video is thought provoking
Fwd: Award winning teacher Kerstin Westcott's resignation speech in Green Bay...
This is from my friend Al:
This is one of the saddest teacher testimonies I've seen on YouTube. What's sadder is the general public's complete ignorance of how bad our public school systems have become. Keep in mind, this teacher is speaking about the school system in Green Bay, Wisconsin. If it's that bad there, imagine how bad it is in New York, LA, Chicago, etc.
https://youtu.be/-SRCY8FqoyQ
https://youtu.be/-SRCY8FqoyQ
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Fwd: France violent protests across country
The marches on Tuesday, October 9 are the first since June and are taking place in cities across France including Nice, Marseilles, Tours, Rennes and Bayonne.
Students, employees and pensioners have all been protesting against what they believe is the "destruction of the social model".
Images have emerged of French armed police officers tackling protesters, severely injured people and police even using tear gas to control the demonstrators.
Unions including The General Confederation of Labour and Workers' Force unions are holding protests in Paris against "ideological policies" and reforms.
One protester held a banner which read "Macron, assassin of the social system".
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1028966/france-protests-emmanuel-macron-nantes-latest
Monday, October 8, 2018
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Bill Maher: Liberals Must Stop Chasing Conservatives Out Of Restaurants
I rarely agree with Bill Maher, but I do think that he is funny.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
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