... you can talk all night. Talk about whatever you like, especially stuff that doesn't fit in the various posts of the day, whatever they were. What could be talked about? I'm thinking... maybe you can offer some topics. See if you can get people to answer your questions.
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"We're seeing the foundation for the Antichrist, if not the thing itself- slouching."
There's no Antichrist - there's no God or gods - but, it's weird, because you all believe so fervently - fanatically - there might as well be. What do "heathens" (not atheists, but people who are mad at God) do at night? Around 4AM, after everybody else goes home, the people with the piercings, split tongues, horns in their heads, etc. act out their fantasy - which isn't all fantasy since they're bankers and bank tellers, people from all walks of life - mingling together in a druggy way that accentuates race (black on top) but makes class disappear.
People act on their beliefs. It's about time we got our beliefs in line WITH reality.
There is no God.
Once you accept there's no God or gods, the folks done-up like demons look awful stupid.
Back-up evidence, for perspective on how NewAge has progressed, from the same time period (2005):
The Age of Unreason: Frank Furedi says that our loss of faith in conventional authority has led to an uncritical acceptance of the banal, morally illiterate pronouncements of lifestyle gurus, psychics and astrologers
We can all agree that gospace has not a clue.
Yes, Sarah Hoyt is incredibly obnoxious. Is that really the reason? I don't comment there but I think she has reduced the quality of the commenters.
Sally327 said...
Who is Sarah Hoyt? Why does she post the late night material at Instapundit? Why her I mean.
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Ken B said...
Sally
Hoyt is a right wing blister who was added to Instapundit when PJM was sold. Her job is to send traffic to other pages they own.
In the words of SNL Weekend Update, Ken B- you ignorant slut.
Sarah Hoyt is a well established well known (among fen) science fiction writer. Also has some romances under her belt. She is also a Portuguese immigrant and naturalized citizen. She grew up as Communists attempted a Portuguese takeover and is quite familiar with their tactics. There are several places you can peruse her political writing if you care to search for them. You could start at her very own website. This is my guest post on her blog. Actually, I think Crack Emcee might find my post interesting.
Is she conservative? Very. Believes in our Constitution, would hate to see it trashed by Democrats. As she says- if the U.S. goes down- there is no other escape valve on the planet. We're the last resort. We're where everyone flees to. Where can we go? American immigrants who came here to be Americans- not transplanted Somalians or whatevers, tend to be more American than many native born Americans- because they've seen what it's like elsewhere. My sons and I had a very enjoyable evening talking with her and Daniel Hoyt in Denver a few years back.
Instapundit was referring to her and her blog writing long before she became a PJM regular. He's a science fiction fan.
Flat tire
Yup. PJM was taken over and several posters were added. A huge fraction of their links go to sites owned by the same company, as you will notice soon enough if you click. Ed Driscoll is another, and CharlesvMartin who thankfully posts less often now. They are click baiters who misrepresent constantly. But Hoyt is the worst of them.
A few posters add value, Shibley, Hariot, Bernstein. But Hoyt stinks the place up nightly, usually with day old stories.
Gospace
That she was known is how she got the gig but she’s still clicks for hire to the parent ship, and an oozing pile of scum on the blog.
Readering said...
We can all agree that gospace has not a clue.
Wow. What a devastating put down. I'm devastated.
Do you have any others you picked up on kindergarten playgrounds?
@KenB. Thanks. I'm very naive but how it all works. I like Gail Hariot.
Trump promised 20 million vaccinations in 2020. There were 3 million.
He’d be a lot closer if governors like Cuomo and Newsom weren’t (deliberately?) screwing things up.
All I can say is: "Thank goodness we are finally back to stable, calm, and boring politics."
Readering said...
Trump promised 20 million vaccinations in 2020. There were 3 million.
Democrats said that there would be zero vaccinations in 2020. There were 3 million.
I picked it up from your post. Where did you pick up the rest of it, is what I am wondering.
So Democrats a lot closer than Trump.
Sally327 said...
I wish novelists wouldn't make partisan political points in their books when it's not otherwise germane to the plot. I finished Michael Connelly's recent book, "The Law of Innocence" (in his Lincoln Lawyer series) over the weekend and was relieved as I read that he wasn't doing that until I got near the end and I guess he couldn't resist, he went anti-Trump and, more specifically, anti-Trump voter. It was just gratuitous and very disappointing.
Me: Agreed. I am in the last third of the book on Audible and I find the use of "current events" disappointing and his TDS via his lead protagonist enough for me to stop reading his books. He's rich and won't miss me and I know it's the character, not him, that is saying this shit, but he's the author and 2 and 2 does equal 4. If he does another Bosch book, I'll give it a try. I'll be posting a review to that point. IT ADDED NOTHING TO THE BOOK and your use fo "gratuitous" is spot on.
THEOLDMAN
60 Minutes hasn't published anything "devastating" since the 70s. What an old, boring, full-of-lies show that it, engaged in mutual masturbation with the MSM, only in longer segments.
THEOLDMAN
At least Andy Rooney was entertaining. I LMAO when Ed Bradley started wearing an ear stud.
I thought I needed a workshop, turns out I needed a workspace. Half empty drawers and room to swing a cat. And gloves.
Roughcoat said...
I was kicked off Powerline. My offense? I wrote: "China is asshole."
I got kicked off Powerline for this....I left that site and haven't been back...
"Suck eggs. I am done with squishy Republicans who could have done a lot more to help our President, but wanted to be liked by the assholes on the left."
Guy gets thrown off a plane for being conservative. Remember when this country was all about protecting the rights of the individual?
Half of us deplorable mother fuckers have been written off by the people in charge.
I do believe it's time to misbehave.
I had to take the shop out of workshop. Was looking at woodworking catalogs with rosewood and brass planes that cost more than my first car and tablesaws* that were more expensive than my current car. What I really needed was a horizontal surface with nothing on it. Hard to find, short-lived but affordable.
*Tablesaws "Never big enough but always in the way."
Unknown
Crack. Of course God exists. Millions attest to their knowledge of that fact, gained by their experience after searching for and finding him. Your own community has a high number of the most certain and knowledgeable.
Correct that, not merely millions, billions know there is a God.
Time for Big Ben to retire! 48-37, hes too slow,and has had a good career.Take the $$$ and run Ben.Lose a few lbs also for better longevity,let the kids takeover.
I can remember when the Steelers were undefeated and Coach T was labeled the next Vince Lombardi.
Tomlin was overrated, is overrated, will forever be overrated.
@ The Crack Emcee:
I lost my foster sister to NewAge today.
What do you mean “lost”? She stopped taking your calls? Refuses to see you or spend time with you? What do you want from your relationship with her that you’re not getting?
He's been phoning it in. Getting the numbers of posts he is contracted for, but there's no content.
Since all the social media platforms have de-platformed conservative sites and commenters is there an antitrust case? That by it's definition is monopolistic. Not to mention uber un free speech like.
Readering. You're an anti-trust lawyer. Care to supply an obviously biased opinion?
Nobody understands that the tech giants can do more than restrict speech. They can require speech. They control ALL communication, not just that which they don't like.
What happens when the big three tell the party in power what their demands are? Pelosi is going to pass a piece of legislation, or the DNC email list gets sold to Republicans. The possibilities are endless. Thats why they are so smug and lie at congressional hearings.
"You cant fight city hall", has become "nothing is more powerful than big Tech." If you are scared that Harris is beholden to China, what big tech demands, should have all of us pissing down our leg.
We know politicians are largely money whores. But that money is to keep them in office. Keep the power. Power is ALWAYS the end goal. Money is just tool to get and keep POWER
No amount of money is going to keep them in office if the big three want you gone.
Sarah Hoyt does not link bait to other related sites of Salem Media (townhall, pjmedia, etc), excessively. She often links to blogs she ideologically agrees with. Glenn added other bloggers my guess to avoid burn out.
Sarah, Due to her background growing growing up in Portugal, she has a nose for Leftist Propaganda. She is a Sci author and has her own blog.
. What I really needed was a horizontal surface with nothing on it. Hard to find, short-lived but affordable.
Four years ago I built a second 2+ car garage. I can now, just barely put 2 cars under roof. The flat surface battle is non stop.
I like Gail Hariot.
It’s Heriot.
"MadisonMan said...
I see more and more Teslas on the street in Madison. I just wonder where the people get the money to buy them."
What model? The S isn't that expensive unless you get crazy with options.
Ken B proclaims: Mockturtle
You are playing my favorite game! Who knows American History better, the Yank or the Canadian?
Lee graduated second in his class. He had I think no demerits though.
MacArthur had the highest marks ever.
Wrong. Actually, the top graduate was Charles Mason in 1829:
'Asst.Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy. Highest graduating score in USMA history, and famous for graduating one slot ahead of Robert E. Lee, who had the second highest score in USMA history.'
And MacArthur finished third, I believe.
I just did a long and informative post that disappeared.
Ann, Meade, did you do it?
J. Farmer said...
"What do you mean “lost”?"
She and I were *extremely* close, but she stopped calling. She's calling herself by a new invented name, relentlessly posting on facebook about reiki and "crystal healing", and she's become cold to me. She knows the anguish and pain I went through from losing my wife to this (I had to have surgery in my neck from screaming so violently - in my sleep) and now she appears to think that's just a sign of my close-mindedness, and weakness, before it's power. I could go on.
Capishe?
As a Steelers fan, I'm pretty agitated about the way they played in the first half. It sure looked like it was the Steelers and not the Browns that didn't practice.
Even as bad as it was, I'd rather sit through that awful exhibition than see or hear any more political discourse. I'm doing my best to avoid that rabbit hole; for the sake of my sanity.
Overall, I'm with Crack. My hunch and conviction is that God is a construct of this amazing mass of stuff we carry around on top; and I don't think it can be argued that NewAge (rhymes with sewage) isn't the absolute death of rationality and common sense--and may be the death of much more than that.
But I've known since about 1976 or so that the VAST majority of humans are some compound of--in decreasing proportion--stupid, crazy, and evil, and most belief systems before about 1600 or so were all three.
Althousers, being an elite, should understand even if they disagree with atheism.
Narr
I got no wisdom on interpersonal relations
God is, whether you believe in Him or not. And you will find out eventually. Don't say you weren't warned.
"I just did a long and informative post that disappeared. Ann, Meade, did you do it?"
No.
BidenFamilyTaxPayerFundedCrackPipe said...
Nancy Pelosi flies past Hillary on my hate list.
Pure evil. Corrupt. Old White leftwing hag. I have a feeling I'm not alone.
I've always said that when Jimmy Carter dies, I won't go to Plains to piss on his grave because I don't like standing in long lines. But for Pelosi, I'll make an exception. I don't care how long the line is!
Re: Last night's Steelers debacle: Has any sports team ever suffered such a complete reversal of fortune? They were undefeated at 11-0, but then lost four of their last five games (only winning the one game by two points) and then completely imploded in a home playoff game with the worst first quarter in NFL history. Somebody must have really done something to piss off the football gods.
Clyde: the Steelers looked pretty crappy at Dallas and had Tennessee not missed a makeable FG, would have gone to OT. They had a great record, but were not particularly dominant.
What really bothers me is that while the Steelers are done, Antonio Brown is not.
Modern, Western atheism is just a Christian heresy. It is rooted in and can only exist in an environment of Judeo-Christian belief, as Western atheistic thought sets itself up in opposition to the existence of a knowable, personal, mono-existent deity.
Traditionalist, Eastern atheism is a different thing although whisps of it are making headway into common discourse. (If one more person of my acquaintance offers to send "healing vibes into the universe" for me, I may have to say thank you politely and roll my eyes REALLY hard.)
NewAge is recalcitrant paganism. Until its source is tossed into the abyss it will keep rearing its ugly head in places and among people that fail to acknowledge the one, true God. This is in much the same way the Molech worship is on the upswing here in the US with the ascendancy of the Democrats. Fortunately, the Dems' and 'libertarian' sanctification of child sacrifice is just a symptom, not the problem itself.
Ann Althouse said...
"I just did a long and informative post that disappeared. Ann, Meade, did you do it?"
No.
Somebody's got my number. I just got banned from facebook, again, this morning. Bogus charges, just like last time. Now this.
BEWARE THE TECH CULTS, YOU GUYS, THEY WANT TO CONTROL YOU.
And don't say I didn't warn you all the way back in the year 2000 when I first saw it all going down:
“They're blowing the smoke of the new economy up your ass”
I did - I tried - I really did.
Beware the World Economic Forum.
Clyde, I'm just happy for Cleveland. Face it. People who live in Cleveland have very little to be happy about. So let's root them on!
One part of the downhill slide of my last marriage was when my wife got into crystals and such. After she filed for divorce and before it was final, when I left our home (at the advice of the local cops who said, after she called them four times for bogus complaints -- their words, not mine --, that if she lied and said I committed battery on her, even without any physical evidence, that they would have to arrest me), she burned a bouquet of sage to "rid the house of evil" (in her words). And people think Christians are nuts with their beliefs.
THEOLDMAN
"she burned a bouquet of sage to "rid the house of evil" (in her words)"
So..before you left?
;)
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