11 stars for the Confederate states instead of 13 stars for the original colonies is a detail most Americans won’t notice because of our public school system.
Tonight, I gave Notice of Intent to bring forth a Privileged Resolution to force a vote on releasing the names of Congressmen who used taxpayer funds for sexual misconduct settlements.
The Speaker has two legislative days to consider the timing of the vote. Stay tuned.
The problem with Jeff Bezos' ideology is that it's based on a false premise. The idea that "six thousand years ago someone invented the plow" is based on a faulty belief that ancient humans functioned as individuals. They did not.
Ancient humans were collectivist. The likelihood that one individual invented anything is slim to none.
This is the myth of the genius.
Archeological evidence demonstrates that for hundreds of thousands of years, early humans congregated around communal gathering places, like the fire, and engaged in problem solving and passing on of shared learning down through generations.
Additionally, the plow (and tools like it) were developed by humans in Mesopotamia, Europe, Egypt, East Asia, sub-Saharan Africa as well as other places - not in one place by one person. This is known as parallel development.
Believing that the plow was invented by one genius is like believing language was invented by one person. It is a silly myth and represents the projection of current moral standards onto past events.
This is called 'presentism' and it is both an uncritical and ignorant way to view history.
Social learning was the main driver of human evolution. Collectivism is how we both survived and progressed as a species.
The myth of the genius is an example of uncritical analysis and a flawed lens used to justify the grotesque hoarding of wealth and obscene inequality that is currently tearing at the social fabric our species.
It needs to be thrown on the trash heap of history.
I started reading this and was immediately reminded of the scene in Good Will Hunting where Robin Williams' character is telling Will about his wife, who'd recently died of cancer. He was talking about her imperfections, the little things that only he knew about — like how she'd sometimes fart in her sleep and wake herself up.
"People call these things imperfections," he said. "But they're not. Ah, that's the good stuff. That's what made her my wife."
It's a great scene. I'm not sure I have a point in bringing it up, other than to say that maybe optimizing everything in your life just to live a little longer might just result in missing out on some things that matter more — and not by a small margin.
Realistically, "one of the most evil, terrorist, blood bathed regime of the last 50 years*" is, simply, no other than Israe!
It's just that they have --I mean had-- good, very good, very very good marketing.
* Actually, since 1936.
Flood the timeline with Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama earned degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, served as First Lady, became a bestselling author, and inspired millions around the world.
Today, WE post Michelle Obama.
@benjamin_horne I think you just figured out that you aren’t that good at coding. Do more exhausting/draining coding by hand and you might get good enough to drive the AI. It’s not a “rising tide lifts all boats” situation. The good coders just got 100x better, you just sorted yourself.
@SaveUSAKitty@dbongino@TuckerCarlson Bo Gino covered for the Epstein clients and coconspirators.
That is his entire legacy. No one cares about a single word he has to say beyond that.
Ossoff: Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal.
Six days later, six days after Prince Eric and Prince Don get their stake, Kazakhstan announces this company will get, “The largest known undeveloped tungsten resource in the world.” A few more weeks go by, and then the U.S. government, run by their father, sets aside 1.6 billion of your tax dollars to fund and finance their mining project. In Kazakhstan.
All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for health care, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.