[EDIT I] I'm really picking up on what Russell Brand is laying down these days. He and Bill Maher are sane liberal voices in the sea of madness. Whoda thunk it? [EDIT II] It's all part of the cancel culture where one group wants to shut down any/all people who say/do things they don't like. Have yo...
Lewis was right. Science and Magic, the Materialist and the Magician, are twins, born in the same seedy neighborhood, though one throve (science) and one withered (magic). And though I think the evidence can already be found today, I think we'll soon see more clearly the re-emergence of magic and t...
I'm hoping/planning to launch a shiny new blog very soon. Does anybody here have the skills to turn a sketch of a logo into a professional looking logo to give my blog some branding? My teenage daughter does this sort of stuff to earn some extra bucks. Any idea what she charges? If you have to ask,...
Sir Moose wrote: ↑25 Apr 2022, 06:48
I see bartering making a comeback.
I see a culture much like the former Soviet Union. Constant shortages, bartering of whatever is currently in short supply, lots of bribery and corruption, and a whole economy held together by widespread black market activity.
We're already there. They can already track us and back-track us by numerous means. We failed to stop it. Now we have to figure out how to live with it. Micromanaging our behavior by "carbon consumption" -- not much different that restricting our access to life according to vaccination sta...
Anyway, I'm currently riding a steep down slope with NVDA, and thinking about selling and cutting losses tomorrow, essentially erasing earlier gains with this stock. Some folks say get out, some say it'll come right back. But I don't care to wait, when there are better buys coming up I think. Yeah....
There are similar proposals threatening to fire or unlicensed medical professionals and teachers who refuse to affirm gender-change therapies. Even taking kids out of parents' homes and put under state "care." And some Blue states propose to force doctors to perform elective abortions and...