vxbush 6/11/2021 5:34:31 AM

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Good morning. Happy Friday. 

Kosh, you ended the day yesterday in the daily thread by saying, "Our modern "emperor" and his acolytes (the elite) believe there really is nothing to live for. And so they worship nothing." I would disagree with that, just based on the nature of man. Murder detectives always say there are three motives for any murder: sex, power, or money (or sometimes all three). I would suggest that anyone who goes into politics is interested in power, and therefore they will do anything to gain power, include strip everyone else of anything at all. In the end, they worship themselves. 

Now--can we find some good news for today? Maybe not good news, but definitely interesting: the next time you get a package with packing peanuts in it, you might be able to eat the peanuts. The benefit of this method is that it takes waste from one process and converts it into a useful product, which is the same way that gasoline was developed. 

lucius septimius 6/11/2021 5:40:36 AM

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lucius septimius 6/11/2021 5:43:07 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 6:49:53 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 3:

+++++

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 7:39:49 AM

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In #2 lucius septimius said: Oldest boy and I are getting ready to head home after a couple of days in Charleston. 

I haven't been there in.. wow, 27 years or so.  I recall it being a very enjoyable place. 

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 7:43:33 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: I'm assuming Virgin Trains never go through tunnels?

Apparently those trains lost their Virginity in 2019.

vxbush 6/11/2021 8:21:03 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: I haven't been there in.. wow, 27 years or so.  I recall it being a very enjoyable place. 

I've never been to South Carolina. 

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 8:26:31 AM

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In #1 vxbush said: In the end, they worship themselves. 

True. I should have said they don't believe in anything greater than themselves.

As for everyone else, the cult of personality only goes so far. There is no one on the left that has enough charisma to pull off a real popular revolutionary dictator shtick. 

Leftists and secularists may have their causes; note how they treat "global warming", "racial equity", and other stuff as a religion. Don't accept it or even question it? You are a heretic!

And then some people look for a cause to believe in. Today, too many of those become Muslim jihadis. Liberal churches and temples just don't give people what they need.

And this is where leftists and secularists never understood Trump, and called him a fascist. Some Trump followers probably did have a cult of personality belief in Trump; most, I think, did not, but they understood he was a defense against the leftists tearing down the causes they believe in - G-d, America, the family, tradition.

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 8:30:04 AM

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Looks like Ilhan Omar went a wee bit too far even for the House Democrat leadership this time.

vxbush 6/11/2021 8:35:33 AM

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In #8 Kosh's Shadow said: And this is where leftists and secularists never understood Trump, and called him a fascist. Some Trump followers probably did have a cult of personality belief in Trump; most, I think, did not, but they understood he was a defense against the leftists tearing down the causes they believe in - G-d, America, the family, tradition.

Many of those denigrating Trump were doing so because they thought he did have a cult of personality going on--and thought no one would willingly vote for Trump for reasons.

Which is why this tendency in public education to simply spoonfeed kids and not teach them any ability with reason or logic is so terrifying.  

JCM 6/11/2021 8:39:25 AM

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I called it Distributed Conspiracy.

    Three tactics characteristic of extremist online communities have allowed them to become influential in recent years: 1) they use memes as     propaganda [1], 2) they employ sophisticated communication networks for both planning and recruiting, making use of both fringe and private,     online forums [2], and 3) they organize militias, and inspire lone wolf actors for violent action [3, 4].

JCM 6/11/2021 9:07:14 AM

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doppelganglander 6/11/2021 9:33:20 AM

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Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 9:53:54 AM

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In #12 JCM said: Mother reads sex ed curriculum to school board, board is offended.

Classic Lefty behavior: "How dare you quote me - accurately, in-context - in something I said that might be, at this moment, embarrassing to me!"

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 10:03:48 AM

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In #13 doppelganglander said: They're off to Six Flags

It’s now Three Flags, due to mandatory social distancing.

doppelganglander 6/11/2021 11:05:18 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:
Ha! Imagine the lines if they could only use half the seats. Thankfully this is Georgia and all the pandemic theater requirements have been dropped.

buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 11:12:26 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 13: Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:

Given that the faux-rainbow flag of the gay-rights movement has six stripes instead of the proper full-rainbow seven, I considered, some years ago, doing a drawing that showed these six colors and was a bogus ad for "Sick F*gs over America," as a reference to AIDS.  

I did not do this, partly out of respect for friends of mine who had died from AIDS in the early years of that epidemic, and partly for fear of being hunted down and killed by a howling mob if I did.

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 11:23:44 AM

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Taking today off. Got the turntable, and have digitized one Molly Picon record (RCA Victor 25-5021, both sides)

Need to do some work to get it on youtube; will post links later when it is done, but I need to run errands first.

Just going through one album, there are some novelty sings including some Mickey Katz I never heard before.

vxbush 6/11/2021 12:01:17 PM

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In #18 Kosh's Shadow said: Taking today off. Got the turntable, and have digitized one Molly Picon record (RCA Victor 25-5021, both sides) Need to do some work to get it on youtube; will post links later when it is done, but I need to run errands first. Just going through one album, there are some novelty sings including some Mickey Katz I never heard before.

I keep thinking of doing this; I've got some records I would have to have digitized, even though the quality will be less. 

doppelganglander 6/11/2021 12:01:49 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 17:

I've seen newer versions that add a brown stripe, I guess for "brown bodies" (which SJWs use a lot but sounds dehumanizing). Not to mention that hideous mess with pink/blue/brown/black triangle that looks like it's trying to sexually assault the rest of the rainbow. 

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 12:03:45 PM

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That you, Jonah?

A Cape Cod fisherman is recovering after miraculously emerging without serious injuries after spending nearly a minute in the maw of a humpback whale who mistook him for a snack.

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 12:07:00 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 19:
Plenty of USB turntables on Amazon. Got this one on Woot, for $40 (normally $100)

Still available. Comes with Audacity to record, but download the newer version; theirs is old.

Cheap but works. Probably would wear down vinyl quickly, though; 78s are tougher.

JCM 6/11/2021 12:14:21 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 20:

Explaination....

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 12:59:28 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:

“Experts say this kind of behavior is essentially unheard of, and likely is just a freak incident — a fluke, if you will”

/rimshot

buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 1:09:17 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 20: Reply to JCM in 23:

The New Wokie Flag is---or should be---an object of hilarity.

The original "rainbow flag" is simultaneously a faux rainbow---a rainbow has seven, not six, color bands---and supposed to be "inclusive" in that "the rainbow includes everybody." 

Well, no.  First they added a black stripe and a brown stripe, because the "rainbow that included everybody" (despite its being incomplete) apparently did not include "black and brown people."  That would be BIG NEWS to that old Stalinist Pete Seeger. 

But it's apparently not enough to have a "rainbow" AND two EXTRA stripes for the people the "rainbow" was supposed to include.  No, of course not; they had to revamp the "rainbow flag" to look like a bastard version of the "Palestinian" flag, with a triangular field---with the "transgender flag" colors of white, pink and blue, and the black and brown stripes, added.

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 1:18:52 PM

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Alice in Dairyland 6/11/2021 1:37:32 PM

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In #26 Kosh's Shadow said: I am shopping without a mask!

Sometimes it's the little things that mean the most in life.  Enjoy the fresh air and don't forget to SMILE at everyone.

doppelganglander 6/11/2021 1:50:28 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 25:

When you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. What's the visual equivalent of tone deaf?

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 2:05:39 PM

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In #26 Kosh's Shadow said: I am shopping without a mask!

We can shop if we want to

We can leave your masks behind

Because the masks don't work

It's the Karens and the jerks

Who've completely lost their minds

-Men Without Masks

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 2:09:24 PM

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Well.

I just received the following e-mail from my alma mater, Georgetown U:

__________________

June 11, 2021

Dear Members of the Georgetown University Alumni Community:

I am writing today to share actions taken in response to experiences shared with us by a former undergraduate student relating to deeply troubling and unacceptable behavior by the late J. Donald Freeze, S.J., who served in a variety of roles on campus, including as Provost from 1979-1991, and who was awarded an honorary degree in 1991.

I established a Working Group of the Board of Directors to oversee the University’s response. I join the Members of the Working Group in sharing the update below to the University community.

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We are writing today to share actions the University is taking relating to deeply troubling and unacceptable behavior by the late J. Donald Freeze, S.J.

While this behavior—which involved non-consensual kissing and touching—occurred more than 30 years ago, it is particularly egregious due to Fr. Freeze’s role as both a member of the clergy and as our former Provost. We wish to acknowledge the courage of an alumnus in coming forward and to express our distress at the experiences that he has shared and the abuse of power that occurred. The Working Group of the Board of Directors was charged to address these allegations and advance our work with the regional province of the Society of Jesus (now the USA East Province) which assigns Jesuits to serve the Georgetown community. The Working Group, in collaboration with the alumnus, has helped to strengthen the work with the Province to ensure transparency and information-sharing between our institutions.

With the concurrence of our Board of Directors, Georgetown University expresses its deepest apology and has revoked Father Freeze’s honorary degree as well as all other university-sanctioned recognitions.

In partnership with the alumnus and as part of our ongoing work to prevent and address sexual misconduct, we have engaged the USA East Province, which has now committed to readdress and strengthen its policies and processes for sexual misconduct perpetrated against adults, and to more fully share with Georgetown information regarding sexual misconduct of any kind.

We see these steps as the continuation but not the end of our work, and we are committed to continuing to partner with the alumnus to ensure that not only University policies but also Province policies are as strong as possible in supporting survivors. We will also continue our response to the clerical sex abuse crisis, hosting public convenings and conversations that build awareness and supporting research into the effects of clerical sexual abuse on survivors and how to improve screening and assessments of candidates for the seminary.

The safety of the Georgetown community is our first priority. In the years since Father Freeze was Provost, we have implemented strong policies and procedures to provide support for sexual abuse survivors, including survivors of clergy sex abuse, and programs to safeguard our community from sexual misconduct of any kind by any member of our University.

We are grateful to the alumnus who came forward with his experiences and we condemn in the strongest possible terms any clergy abuse. Campus Ministers and members of the Society of Jesus play a unique and trusted role in our community. We must continue to create a trusted environment that encourages survivors to come forward and provides them the best possible resources and support.

We understand that this information is deeply upsetting and we would encourage members of our community to reach out for support. We encourage all members of our community to report sexual misconduct and use the resources of the University to obtain support. Individuals can also report sexual misconduct by a Jesuit by contacting the province’s victim advocate at ueaadvocacy@jesuits.org.

Georgetown remains deeply committed to preventing and responding to sexual abuse and to protecting the most vulnerable among us. Our community has and will continue to be built on care and trust, as well as accountability and action.

Sincerely,

John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
Bonnie W. Gwin, (F’82, MSFS’83), Member, Board of Directors Working Group
Tyree P. Jones, Jr., (L’86), Member, Board of Directors Working Group
Thomas A. Reynolds III, (B’74), Chair-Elect, Board of Directors, Member, Board of Directors Working Group

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So I do remember Father Freeze as the Provost from back in the day when I was at GU, but I had no real... er... contact with him.

I do know of some classmates who were "Freeze Boys" at the time... which, at the time, was just understood to mean, lads whom the good Padre had taken under his wing as a mentor.

I wonder if there's something these friends and acquaintances have kept to themselves, all these decades, about that relationship.

buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 2:35:23 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 30:

I know nothing about this, one way or the other---but I have to ask what the hell is the purpose of slagging the name of a dead man who, clearly, cannot defend himself, other than for someone to be able to today enjoy the wallowing self-abasement in the increasingly-popular ritual of vicarious absolution?

Whom does it help? Nobody.  Whose actions does it change or address, at this date?  Nobody's.  Does it help the people who claim to have been subjected to this person's attentions?  The time for that would have been a decade or two or maybe three ago.  Indeed, I see no benefit to the alleged victims of whatever inappropriate behavior is alleged; what gain is there to them to be able to march around saying "I was---or at least claim to have been---abused in this way or that!"?  They look like cowards twice over---for submitting to whatever they claim, unprovably, to have happened, and for having kept silent about whatever it was for so long.

buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 2:39:15 PM

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Who can take some nonsense?

Sprinkle it with race?

Who can make up a new name and get all up in your face?

The Kendi man

The Kendi man can

The Kendi man can, 'cause he mixes it with hate and makes his income good.

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 2:50:23 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 31:

keep in mind, this is from the same university that abased itself last year over a slave transaction that occurred over a century and a half ago.

buzzsawmonkey 6/11/2021 2:55:53 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 33:

Oh, believe me, I get it.  

I'm still working on the separation between myself and Re-Education Camp College---dealing with one of the wokies who wanted to "talk to me" about the alleged "incident" that they would not deign to name or describe---who has currently asked me multiple times to "provide my non-campus email" despite the fact that the signature block on every email I send contains that very information.  This is a person too stupid to come in out of acid rain.

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 3:12:04 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 29:

Funny - the original song was playing in the supermarket.

Occasional Reader 6/11/2021 3:21:06 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 34:

but yes, all your points about that message are extremely valid.

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 4:09:03 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Mickey Katz Sin, and Herring Boats being digitized

Kosh's Shadow 6/11/2021 4:31:38 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 37:

And some raaaacist stuff - Al Jolson singing Hatikvoh [sic] and Israel