As someone whose home was broken into and who was assaulted until they thought I was dead, I'm always surprised by how much faith people put in a deadbolt. Locking your door doesn't mean you've locked danger out. It just slows them down and gives you time to get ready to fight.
Christopher Hitchens: โIn 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.
Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.
Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.โ
Everything I do that the training orthodoxy officially forbids:
- Four to six reps for everything, back to biceps, no rep-range variety
- Two or three hard sets per exercise, then I stop
- No arm day. The arms get a little work, often, and grow fine
- No slow negatives. Down under control, then drive it up
- Abs trained with added weight and low reps, like a normal muscle
- The Smith machine, on purpose, without shame
- Fasted, first thing, no pre-workout anything
- No deloads, no muscle confusion, no periodised misery
- In and out inside the hour, a few days a week
Every item on that list is a heresy to somebody with a certification and a supplement discount code.
The muscle has read none of the certifications. It responds to load and goes home.
@SteveLovesAmmo Was plowing the fire break, working on the tractor, moving dirt, burning brush, planting the garden, feeding the guineas, and splicing pecan trees at 13. $2/hr
GavHands doesn't believe in socialism. He doesn't believe in anything, really...except Gavin. He will say whatever he thinks he needs to say to whatever audience is in front of him at the moment, then turn & say the opposite to you a second later. He is a vacuous shapeshifter.
GavHands doesn't believe in socialism. He doesn't believe in anything, really...except Gavin. He will say whatever he thinks he needs to say to whatever audience is in front of him at the moment, then turn & say the opposite to you a second later. He is a vacuous shapeshifter.