Timbits of Wisdom

Non-tribal conservative, attorney, general annoyance. There really is a God.

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Donald Trump has described Spencer Pratt as “a character.”

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Apparently, “heavy fire” merely “tests” a ceasefire.

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It is my opinion that most people don't understand that the world around them is real; they don't respond rationally to changes in the world around them. Instead, they associate visual images with certain pain/pleasure stimuli, and have learned to respond accordingly.

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@interbellica Curiously, setting aside the pejorative phrasing, this is exactly what happened as modernity has lowered birth rates around the world as it has spread outward from European civilization.

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Seen for sale in Traver, California, at a variety and convenience store called Bravo Farms. Appears to be real.

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@RichardHanania If it improves access to housing, it will solve the major complaint with blue states. That seems much better than merely marginal.

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The Iranians are trying to bait Trump into using up the 60-90 days he has for war without congressional authorization.

The Trump admin seems aware of this strategy and are responding accordingly.

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The United Arab Emirates is hosting Israeli soldiers on its own soil so that they can assist it with air defense.

Several generations after its founding, Israel is gradually becoming accepted in the region.

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Persecution of Scientologists is going to spread to other institutions.

Not sure if the beneath is AI or not, but it purports to show a bunch of people running through a private Scientology building.

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@arctotherium42 @nonregemesse They held legal authority inherited directly from classical ancient Rome, and therefore must be regarded as Romans. They were legally speaking, Rome.

This is what sets them apart from the Romanians or the French example examples you gave.

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@KatieMiller Their internet edition offers considerable coverage. I think the Sunday print edition was created many hours before the shooting.

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Baumol's cost disease occurs when wages in jobs like education, healthcare, and law rise sharply because they rely on irreplaceable face-to-face human interaction.

AI can solve or ameliorate this!

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The phrase “sweet treat” ascendant right now, it is “situationship” adjacent.

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@jean_twenge @kearney_melissa Smartphones and social media are entirely optional.

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At some point you have to say North Korea is a monarchy. The Kim family is now in their third generation and are obviously worshipped like medieval kings.

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In floods or earthquakes, North Koreans will die clutching portraits of the supreme leader to their chests to protect the portrait from damage.

-The Surprising Source of North Korea’s Enduring Power, WSJ

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When Asian people dance they’re whiter than the whites.

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@TeeplesCY What was the margin of error?

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@datingbyblaine If you are married under the law, you should not be dating.

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Why is modern Islam so much less tolerant of religious minorities than medieval Islam?

I have a theory. Now that non-Muslims do not pay extra taxes, governments are no longer incentivized to keep them around.