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Sandbox – 22jun21

[ (Critical Race Theory) isn’t really education at all, not in the sense in which the term has been understood in the post-Enlightenment era. It is closer to pre-Enlightenment religious instruction: the imparting of doctrinal truth with the practical aim of saving souls and reordering the world. Hence its migration from college campuses to K-12 schools, where its practitioners expect to find supple and more-suggestible minds. They have taken to heart the old Jesuit maxim about the first seven years of life. – Gerard Baker in the 22jun21 WSJ (here)]

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  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Quotes
    Topsy-turvy: “The pose of the trans movement is to pretend their main problem is with society when actually their main problem is with reality.” —Frank J. Fleming
    Re: The Left: “Defending assigning critical race theory texts, [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark] Milley told Congress that it’s important for military personnel to be widely read. ‘I’ve read Karl Marx, I’ve read Lenin, that doesn’t make me a communist,’ Milley said. But that’s misleading. Critical race theory isn’t taught as one of many ideas to be debated. It shuts down debate. Activist Robin DiAngelo says that even keeping your own viewpoint to yourself and staying silent during a discussion of racism makes you a racist. The idea isn’t to foster debate. It’s used only to indoctrinate and compel acquiescence.” —Betsy McCaughey
    For the record I: “Jen Psaki was asked about the controversy surrounding Olympic athlete Gwen Berry. She said that President Biden supports the right of peaceful protest and believes ‘there are moments where we as a country haven’t lived up to our highest ideals.’ In other words, Joe Biden is perfectly fine with members of the U.S. Olympic team using their platform on foreign soil to disrespect the United States and our most cherished customs. And this is the guy who is supposed to unite us?!” —Gary Bauer
    For the record II: “[Gwen Berry] herself is an excellent indicator of just how much promise America holds for its citizens. She grew up in the home of her grandmother, with 13 people in the house; she had a baby out of wedlock at 15 and then earned a college scholarship. She got two jobs and helped support her extended family. Now, she’s going to the Olympics. And presumably, there, she will turn her back on the flag and the national anthem if she makes it to the podium. … Those who spend their days championing their own ingratitude at a society that gives them extraordinary opportunities … aren’t likely to live happier lives. And they’re unlikely to make their nations better, either.” —Ben Shapiro
    Political futures: “Over the long haul … the battle is not going to be about defunding the police but defining the police. Republicans should be against funding the progressive vision of law enforcement, which would give the country what it has given Democrat-run cities: non-enforcement and rising crime.” —Andrew C. McCarthy
    Touché: “Let me state a simple fact: All of the statues being removed by [HR 3005] are statues of Democrats. … I think the bill should go further. Maybe it’s time the Democrats changed the name of their party.” —House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
    Fact-check: True: “When I was president, I delivered on my promise to build a border wall to protect our country. All Joe Biden had to do was paint it. Instead, Biden has enacted the most radical open borders agenda imaginable.” —Donald Trump
    Hot air: “Obviously, we don’t know [the impetus of the Surfside building collapse] fully, but we do know that the seas are rising. We know that we’re losing inches and inches of beaches, not just in Florida but all around. … We’ll have to wait to see what the analysis is for this building, but the issue about resiliency and making sure we adapt to this changing climate, that’s going to mean levees need to be built, that means sea walls need to be built, that means infrastructure needs to be built.” —Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm
    And last… “Calling Kamala’s visit to El Paso a visit to the Southern Border is the equivalent of going to Olive Garden and saying you’ve been to Italy.” —Congresswoman Lauren Boebert

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  2. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    I’m sure Emery can tell us when the climate didn’t change.

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  3. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “It’s a whole lot different when it’s your IX being gored.”
    oooh. Clever.
    “I’m sure Emery can tell us when the climate didn’t change.”
    I expect he’d be stokin’ the coal furnaces if glaciers were advancing on New York. A lot of this is about saving beachfront property and keeping humans comfy with a giant thermostat, it’s not about natural vs human-caused ecologies. I’d be willing to accept the concept of public policy oriented towards minimizing greenhouse gases except that so much of it is oriented toward lining pockets and is built around preconceived solutions. That’s why they’re called Green Libertarians, it’s the color of money.
    “The pose of the trans movement is to pretend their main problem is with society when actually their main problem is with reality.”
    The normalization of mental illness is the flavor of the year.

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  4. Ben Emery Avatar
    Ben Emery

    Specifically For George Rebane,
    As we have established we don’t have the same world view, no problem. I respect your principles and convictions and hopefully you mine, if not, I don’t really care. At the end of the day we believe in different ways of moving forward to uphold the dream of the Declaration of Independent of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
    What is your opinion, use as much detail as possible. I 100% disagree with this movement and ideology but am fascinated by it. Most people I talk to can not go into depth about the subject since it is so far over their head in comprehension of what it means to perform some of these technological advancements, including myself.
    Personally, I think this is the hijacking of the liberal ideology in world politics by being painted into a corner of believing science as a religion. For a long time I rarely identify or agree with the neo liberal ideology being put forward as leftist. It has become very apparent to me Social Anarchist/ Social Libertarian are the best description of my political ideology.
    Transhumanism
    https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/transhumanism-the-new-religion-of-the-coming-technocracy/
    Something has to fill the void that the absence of religion and spirituality will vacate. In my next book, The Singularity Has Been #Canceled, I posit that this vacuum will be filled with techno-utopian thinking, which will pull forward utopia and everlasting bliss from the next life, and via the promise of expertly managed technology, roll it out into this one.
    My premise for the book includes four main assertions, which are:
    It is techno-utopian thinking, the idea that systems and expert management can control for all undesirable outcomes, that paradoxically exacerbates undesirable outcomes they seek to ameliorate.
    True “artificial intelligence” as defined as “wide AI”, sentient and conscious, can never be achieved under our current assumptions. The idea that consciousness is just something our brains emit “as a liver secretes bile” is, I think, actually wrong. No amount technological advancement will achieve wide AI so long as this is the core belief.
    That there are fundamental internal contradictions in techno-utopian thinking. The logical extension of the intellectual framework is that consciousness is an illusion, albeit, one we we’ll be able to perpetuate ever after by uploading it into the cloud. These internal inconsistencies, when taken hold at a societal level lead to a type of hypernormalization or what spiritual philosopher Ken Wilbur calls “aperspectival madness”.
    Finally, because I’m not a luddite, far from, in fact, I introduce a framework for what I call “techno-realism”, the central premise being that every technological leap ushers in a new set of larger, more complex problems and that this is ok. I do think it’s possible that an era of radical life extension could be upon us, for those who can afford it. Life extension is not eternity, however. Do the math.

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  5. Ben Emery Avatar
    Ben Emery

    Of course I meant “Declaration of Independence” not independent. I am one and done with comments, therefore all the typo’s.

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  6. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Social anarchist… That says it all
    and Emery stated he never agreed with A TIFA…who are,,, just that.

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  7. George Rebane Avatar
    George Rebane

    BenE 1151am – Thank you that thoughtful comment and topic. To begin, I believe that I have already answered your points in my various commentaries collected under the Singularity category (see right panel). However, if you have remaining questions, please list them so that I can understand and answer them directly. We’ll probably have to do this under a separate post that includes your original assessments.

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  8. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Vote integrity is becoming a reality thanks to SCOTUS –
    Supreme Court upholds Arizona voter fraud protections
    The case centered on a ballot harvesting restriction and a rule blocking provisional ballots cast at the wrong location
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-arizona-voter-fraud-protections
    😉

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  9. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: GeorgeR@12:53PM
    Heck, just cut ‘n paste the missive as it’s own editorial. A few people can muse about the future of machine intelligence, Paul can decide that it’s Trump’s fault, Mr. Frisch can decide that it’s probably a Nazi construct, Pelline can see if AI can deliver a pizza.
    It’s all good.

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  10. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Creepy grampa joe and the crackhead burned again by the laptop –
    Joe Biden reportedly met with Hunter Biden’s Mexican business associates at the vice presidential residence in 2015, despite telling Americans repeatedly during the 2020 election that he had never discussed his son’s business dealings.
    The New York Post‘s Miranda Devine reported Wednesday that documents — and photographs — on Hunter Biden’s now-infamous laptop documented meetings between then-Vice President Biden and his son’s foreign business partners
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/01/hunter-biden-business-associates-vp/
    😉

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  11. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don. Miranda Devine is a real journalist. Old school. An oasis, a desert bloom in a sea of sand and the wasteland of Mainstream media. Folks can learn a lot following her. Now, let’s see what Miranda found. It’s been starring us right in the face since the Dem’s pooh-poohed Hunter’s laptop…as Russian disinformation, roflmao.
    https://twitter.com/mirandadevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
    ‘Hunter Biden used Joe’s VP perks to pursue deal with Carlos Slim’
    https://nypost.com/2021/07/01/hunter-biden-used-joes-vp-perks-to-pursue-deal-with-carlos-slim/
    More Devine:
    https://nypost.com/author/miranda-devine/

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  12. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    I tat I saw a putty cat, I did, did, I did….but it was another one of Crosstops’s nuthinburgers.
    Still batting 000.000 Roberta, I see. Call me when you get one thing right, Bobbie bubble bobble head. Just one thing correct is all I ask. Obviously too much to ask, but hope burns eternal. You, dear sir/Ms, have been cancelled.
    Here’s a real journalist who knows that of which he writes. Try reading a real journalist for once, X man. It may been strange at first.
    ‘The Trump Organization Is Manhattan DA Cy Vance’s White Whale’
    By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
    “This indictment exercise has the distinctly foul odor of selective prosecution.”
    “Sometimes, I wonder if Democrats are trying to get Donald Trump reelected president.
    The question presses today. As our Zachary Evans reports, Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump real-estate organization, voluntarily presented himself at the office of Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., before pleading not guilty during his arraignment later Thursday. The indictment charged the CFO with violating state tax laws.
    “In the greater scheme of things, the charges appear to be puny. Essentially, they amount to failing to pay taxes on corporate perks — cars, apartments, and private-school tuition for executives’ children, according to the Wall Street Journal. If that’s all prosecutors have, then they have nothing. Donald Trump is not being charged, nor are his adult children who are the business’s top executives”
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-trump-organization-is-manhattan-da-cy-vances-white-whale/

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    CNN tried to get Micael Cohen to come on as their special guest to give his thoughts on the Trump Organization Indictment, but Michael is in prison. So, CNN, not to be denied, brought in a lawyer to discuss the topic. This one is a disbarred lawyer who once was a convicted felon, lol. What’s John Dean up to? Another convict disbarred lawyer. He be an expert, lol.
    MSNBC tried to get lawyer Michael Avarati to come on air and trash Trump, but he is in prison as well and unavailable.
    Guess Tubin’ Toobin is available. Whoa Neely, dark she blows!
    There is always Lenney Davis (Clinton crisis fixer and bagman) on deck.

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  14. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bad news today that Trump enterprises and their CEO have been busted for Fraud, tax evasion, etc, etc, etc 15 felony charges. That pretty much does Trump in as far as his political future is concerned. That’s not a good thing for the Dems since they were hoping Trump, the biggest loser in modern political history, would run for President again therefore assuring a Dem win in ’24. Oh well, you can’t win them all.

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    NEW: Wuhan’s ‘Bat Woman’ Worked With Chinese Military on Weaponizing Coronaviruses Using US Government Money
    “As the walls are closing in on those who’ve attempted to deflect, discredit, and ignore the evidence over the last 18 months that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a few legacy media organizations are starting to report what we’ve reported for a few months and bringing the receipts – sort of.”
    “….Chinese military scientist named Zhou Yusen filed for a patent for a coronavirus vaccine on behalf of the People’s Liberation Army in February 2020, only five weeks after China finally admitted that COVID-19 could be transmitted from human to human. Zhou, an award-winning military scientist,….”
    https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/06/30/new-wuhans-bat-woman-worked-with-chinese-military-on-weaponizing-coronaviruses-using-us-government-money-n404960
    Odd. The People’s Liberation Army?

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  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Bill
    Michael Cohen is not in prison anymore, Just saw him on MSNBC. They have to make room for Trump and his business crooks.

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  17. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Still not Trump Emery.. And nothing any LIB CEO hasn’t done..
    But that’s not the issue.. Now they will pull a Flynn.. Twist his arm, threaten his family with prosecution ,etc, so he might give them Trump.
    Have you reported your geetar case takings? It’s taxable income there bub…..

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The sadoldman oh great pony tail of ignorance it was the CFO not CEO, that comprehension thing giving you trouble again eh. You might want to get a link and read it and not regurgitate the talking points for lefties.
    Nothing on Trump no matter how much you hyperventilate LOL
    😉

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Thanks for the update Paul. Yes, I do now remember that Cohen got released to home detention due to the COVID 19 outbreaks in prison. Same with our local jail. Rock Star lawyer Michael Avanti tried to get out on the COVID-19 loophole, but was denied. Back to Albuquerque for him. He will most likely be doing a jail house interview for MSNBC or Democracy Now!! Mike Cohen on MSPMS? Very credible, lol. Another ‘ fact is stranger than fiction’ example.
    Glad you are taking the bad news for Trump’s 2024 run in stride. With Trump off the table, maybe now the voters can look at the Democrat policies and their self inflicted carnage. Good place to focus.

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Since today and yesterday’s news are filled with Judicial Stuff, a recap may be in order. Most of the news has already been posted here, but just in case someone missed the stories…’once more around the park, James’.
    -BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Arizona’s voting laws
    Arizona’s law put limits on who was allowed to turn in early ballots on behalf of others, and said that ballots that were cast in the wrong precinct do not need to be counted.
    https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-supreme-court-upholds-arizona-voting-laws?utm_campaign=64469
    ———
    Arizona AG Praises SCOTUS Ruling Protecting Election Laws: ‘A Win For Election Integrity … Across The Country’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-ag-praises-scotus-ruling-protecting-election-laws-a-win-for-election-integrity-across-the-country
    —————
    COURT ORDERS MINNEAPOLIS TO HIRE MORE POLICE
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/court-orders-minneapolis-to-hire-more-police.php
    —————-
    Well, it kinda reminds me of the big IRS targeting of conservative non-profits….but this time it went to the Supreme Court. No, Liberals cannot be trusted to keep secret things secret.
    ‘Four Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Nonprofit-Donor Disclosure Case’
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/four-takeaways-from-the-supreme-courts-nonprofit-donor-disclosure-case/
    ——————
    Justice Kavanaugh Splits the Baby on Eviction Moratorium
    https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/justice-kavanaugh-splits-the-baby-on-eviction-moratorium/?
    Disappointing decision for those who support property rights. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
    ———————-
    A Good Day for Free Speech and Free Elections
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/a-good-day-for-free-speech-and-free-elections/
    ——————-
    FINALLY—THE COURT AS IT SHOULD BE!
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/finally-the-court-as-it-should-be.php
    —————-
    BONUS!!! Pounding the tables just like Nikita Khrushchev. Sorta of embarrassing if you ask me. And more….!
    LIBERALS ARE CRAZY, PART MCLXIV
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/liberals-are-crazy-part-mclxiv.php

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  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    MSNBC MELTDOWN Over Supreme Court Upholding GOP Voting Law
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2021/07/01/msnbc-meltdown-over-supreme-court-upholding-gop-voting-law
    ————————
    Nice videos:
    ‘Journos RAGE Against ‘Racist’ Republicans ‘Rigging’ Elections But SUCK UP to Psaki’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2021/07/01/journos-rage-against-racist-republicans-rigging-elections-suck
    ——————-

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The push back is happening –
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-orders-minneapolis-to-hire-more-police-officers
    😉

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    You would think at some point they would get tired of getting caught lying –
    New York Times slammed for framing of SCOTUS decision as ‘siding with conservative groups’
    ACLU and NAACP joined conservatives in opposing law
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-slammed-framing-scotus-decision
    😉

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  24. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    In the middle of the pandemic we get a little good news –
    https://www.studyfinds.org/potatoes-fries-blood-pressure/
    😉

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    In the middle of the pandemic we get a little good news –and some crazy news….
    ‘San Jose to Tax Gun Owners – Confiscate Firearms for Noncompliance’
    https://bongino.com/san-jose-to-tax-gun-owners-confiscate-firearms-for-noncompliance

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Judge Rules To Unseal Docs From Epstein Pal Ghislaine Maxwell; Docs Demanded Related To Any Clinton Funding

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-to-unseal-docs-from-epstein-pal-ghislaine-maxwell-docs-demanded-related-to-clintons

    No surprise here. That dog don’t hunt.
    CNN’s Top-Rated Show Came In 22nd Place In Cable News Ratings
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-top-rated-show-came-in-22nd-place-in-cable-news-ratings

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Night cap. Sweet dreamies.
    Donald Trump Jr.
    @DonaldJTrumpJr
    “Understandable.”
    https://mobile.twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1410621692997685251

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    @1108 If the mainstream media ignores it did the slick willy fall in the forest?
    😉

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  29. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    We must all keep the truth alive in our homes –
    Political cartoon of the day: Don’t let school interfere with education
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
    😉

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Like picking a scab
    “Bill
    “Just saw him (Michael Cohen) on MSNBC.” Somehow I am not surprised, paul empty.
    -‘Someone Need a Hug? MSNBC Panel Loses It Over ‘Racist,’ ‘Violent’ SCOTUS Ruling’
    -‘UNHINGED Hayes Claims SCOTUS Election Ruling Part of a GOP Conspiracy’
    -‘RECKLESS: MSNBC Predicts GOP Will Spark Mass Violence’
    -‘ Nets Accuse SCOTUS of Giving GOP ‘Green Light’ to ‘Restrict’ Voting Rights’
    https://www.newsbusters.org/

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  31. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/
    Is global warming a crisis?

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  32. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Gregory | 02 July 2021 at 08:10 AM

    I wonder when Punchy’s Mom™ will be by to scold you for that remark?

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