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They don't know that gifted kids and ADHD kids and Autism kids and Asperger's kids are slower to develop emotionally and sexually. They don't know that sexuality takes time and experience to figure out, and that the majority of trans teens seeking medical treatment haven't even masturbated or kissed someone yet. They don't know that 80% of trans children end up becoming comfortable with their birth sex if you just give them time. They don't know that there are increasing numbers of desisting and de-transitioning people in their twenties. They don't realize that hormones permanently stunt your growth, decrease your IQ, and can cause sterility. They don't know that these hormones are prescribed off-label and there's no research on the long-term outcomes. They don't even know that the most recent research shows that short-term outcomes are clearly worse.I just want to call it all 'inane' and be done with it, but these idiots are hurting kids! ARGH!
I couldn't relax until I got back to Moscow where at least everyone knows its bsReminds me of the 'Post Cold War' era joke from the mid to late 1980s.
Ideology never gives thought to alternative motivations and solutions.Yep! It ALWAYS refuses to look at all the factors in the bigger picture.
prehistoric "Kids went out and fended for themselves."No doubt. And, FWIW, my life story is of super self independence even in my era. I graduated high school (a TRUE war zone - at my ten year reunion, we had THREE people in my class who were on death row; actually, two. One had already been put down.) in 1977. From the time I was 16, I could stay out as late as I wished to. (Of course, the fact that my parents were getting a divorce and were each gone by 6a.m. to their jobs as engineers out at our spaceports made that an effective fait accompli.)
Dear Sir, I have read your Manuscript with some Attention. By the Argument it contains against the Doctrines of a particular Providence, tho' you allow a general Providence, you strike at the Foundation of all Religion. For without the Belief of a Providence, that takes Cognizance of, guards, and guides, and may favour particular Persons, there is no Motive to Worship a Deity, to fear its Displeasure, or to pray for its Protection. I will not enter into any Discussion of your Principles, tho' you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my Opinion,[485] that, though your Reasonings are subtile, and may prevail with some Readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general Sentiments of Mankind on that Subject, and the Consequence of printing this Piece will be, a great deal of Odium drawn upon yourself, Mischief to you, and no Benefit to others. He that spits against the Wind, spits in his own Face.[128]RC
But, were you to succeed, do you imagine any Good would be done by it? You yourself may find it easy to live a virtuous Life, without the Assistance afforded by Religion; you having a clear Perception of the Advantages of Virtue, and the Disadvantages of Vice, and possessing a Strength of Resolution sufficient to enable you to resist common Temptations. But think how great a Proportion of Mankind consists of weak and ignorant Men and Women, and of inexperienc'd, and inconsiderate Youth of both Sexes, who have need of the Motives of Religion to restrain them from Vice, to support their Virtue, and retain them in the Practice of it till it becomes habitual, which is the great Point for its Security. And perhaps you are indebted to her originally, that is, to your Religious Education, for the Habits of Virtue upon which you now justly value yourself. You might easily display your excellent Talents of reasoning upon a less hazardous subject, and thereby obtain a Rank with our most distinguish'd Authors. For among us it is not necessary, as among the Hottentots, that a Youth, to be receiv'd into the Company of men, should prove his Manhood by beating his Mother.
I would advise you, therefore, not to attempt unchaining the Tyger, but to burn this Piece before it is seen by any other Person; whereby you will save yourself a great deal of Mortification from the Enemies it may raise against you, and perhaps a good deal of Regret and Repentance. If men are so wicked as we now see them with religion, what would they be if without it. I intend this Letter itself as a Proof of my Friendship, and therefore add no Professions to it; but subscribe simply yours, [Link]
"I was raised in a caring home of open minded parents. It sounds like such is ever rarer these days, but not amongst SOTTites."I was raised in a caring home by dogmatic parents--a somewhat clueless mother and a fanatic father. As a father I strove to be much less dogmatic than my parents, far more involved--available--with my 4 kids than my parents were. Despite all those efforts (I was never a helicopter parent), my children have turned out just as fragmented in their family relationships as my siblings. Being the analytical me, I've yet to identify the cause(s), and wonder sometimes if it just isn't genetic.
If men are so wicked as we now see them with religion, what would they be if without it.To that I offer Jefferson's observation about religion. My personal experiences of having been raised in a cult, and spending years finding my way out of it has shown that generally, people own the morals and virtue they're inclined to from an early age regardless of religious ideology. People don't need a mass movement to give them cause to be virtuous. With few exceptions, that's where they go to disown their lack of commitment and faith in themselves ( The True Believer , Eric Hoffer).
people own the morals and virtue they're inclined to from an early age regardless of religious ideology. People don't need a mass movement to give them cause to be virtuous.I agree. You sound like you're describing my father who so early got disgusted with the "ye shall nots" of the Southern Baptist Church that as a result, I never attended church at all.
To this day, I find myself orthogonal to every social situation among Man; Religious, Social, Educational, Familial, Political, Professional. There is a picture of me when I was 4-5 mos old that my bride believes says it all about my personality. It's the look that says: "I don't believe any of it, and I brook no bullshit."Love that . . .LOL
That's her sentiment too. Frankly I don't know how it happened. Just can't help myself. Haunts me all the time.It's generally best to copy, paste and quote the preceding text you are referring to. I dug back some but couldn't really determine what you are referring to ?
best to copy, paste and quote the preceding textYeah, still learning the technique in this environment. Sometimes my short-term memory rules.
They don't realize that you're weird. But I do. You're weird, kiddo. You'll figure that out in a year or two. But that's okay. We are all weird. And I love you anyway. You're going to be just fine.... and, kiddo, you may find that the SOTT website might add some clarity in these confusing days... they're all weirdo's too.
You assumed i be in denial ....Uh, no. To be clear, I took your "denials" to mean the opposite, as in tongue in cheek. A form of coyness that reminded me of the tricks the stepdaughter tried to use to avoid accountability for her Sex, Drugs, Smoking, Boozing, Thievery, and Lying--at age 13. Understand I'm not equating the two, just observing a reminiscence.
Weir definition is - a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish.RC
All this stupid handwringing over a tiny % of the population who just need to be left alone to find their own way.Bingo . . . and to be accorded simple, rudimentary graces or, given that the world is the way it is, not accorded said graces and not beaten, mutilated and/or murdered.
so they made them all different in the exact same waytruly little boxes on a hillside, and the people doing the boxing don't even see that they're the malevolents.
That's it... that's every human covered...No, it isn't. Your assessment is simple-mindedly absolutist when the matter is best considered from a nuanced, contextualist vantage. It being however that this sawdust has been sawn, resawn and re-resawn around here at least twice in the last about three years there is no point whatever in belabouring the issue.
Nonsense. The 'nuances' are nothing but fictions.We've been thru all this several times previously and as previously, you presume to know all about that with which you have zero lived experience.
We really need to get a handle on this, folks.Seriously get a handle on this.
A New Chapter in the Energy Wars
by Jon Rappoport
March 11, 2021
We are living in the middle of a giant scam: “Reduce energy use, in order to cut CO2 emissions and save the planet.”
Here is the next chapter in that scam:
On January 27, 2021, the White House published Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.”
Obviously, this document was long in the making, and Biden had no role in composing it.
Buried deep in its mind-numbing text, here is what its opponents are calling “the 30 by 30 plan”:
“The Secretary of the Interior…shall submit a report to the Task Force within 90 days of the date of this order recommending steps that the United States should take, working with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, agricultural and forest landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders, TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF CONSERVING AT LEAST 30 PERCENT OF OUR LANDS AND WATERS BY 2030.” (emphasis is mine)
Does this mean the federal government would suddenly and illegally OWN 30 percent of all American land? Some people think so. They believe this would be the largest theft of private property in US history.
The key is the meaning of the word “conserving” in the Executive Order.
The context of the Order makes it clear that “conserving” involves imposing massive new regulations on all this private property—conversion to “clean energy use”; employment of workers according to rules of “inclusion” and “social justice,” for example.
Conservation also implies overall reduction in energy usage, because so-called clean energy technologies the government favors—wind, solar—stand absolutely no chance of replacing oil and coal and natural gas.
Whether or not the Executive Order means the government will own 30 percent of all US land, it DOES mean the government would effectively CONTROL all that private property.
You couldn’t ask for a clearer intent to impose socialism, top-down, on America—beyond anything tried in our history.
What’s behind this plan for grand theft? An elite technocratic agenda. The aim is to lower energy production and use on the planet.
It is a means for further CONTROL of the population.
Patrick Wood, in his landmark book, Technocracy Rising, traces the history of the technocracy movement, and its inception in America, early in the 20th century. Engineers wanted to replace politicians and lead civilization into a “scientifically planned” future.
One plank in their misbegotten platform? The longed-for ability to measure, in real time, moment to moment, the amount of energy being produced on the planet, and the amount of energy usage.
The means to accomplish this weren’t available in the 1930s, but they are now.
And because technocrats always want to impose their plans on the population, they now want to allocate, precisely, both energy production and usage levels.
And because these technocrats are also Globalists, bent on control and oppression and domination, they want to LOWER ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USAGE, WORLDWIDE—thereby blasting apart the lives of the world’s population.
The agenda of so-called climate change, conservation, sustainability—these are all fronts behind which technocrats operate and justify their actions. Their true goal, again, is control, through LOWERING ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USE.
Their number-one target—America.
And by the way, “conserving the land” has nothing to do with punishing corporations who actually damage the environment by grossly polluting it. When was the last time you saw a corporate CEO sent to prison for 40 years, for fouling a river with cancer-causing chemicals? Never? Correct.
We are in an energy war. We’ve been in that war for a long time.
If the federal government actually wanted to solve the energy problem, they would help kick-start—for a tiny fraction of the money they’ve poured into nuclear and oil industries—ACTUAL innovative technologies:
For two example among many, water turbines and hydrogen energy.
These alternatives are clean and abundant. They work. And furthermore, the best way to deploy them widely is through THE FREE MARKET.
Thousands of companies could, if not suppressed, launch sales of turbines and hydrogen (and other technologies) around the world—to anyone who wants to buy them.
THAT would be a genuine revolution. Government would have no need to steal massive amounts of land from private owners.
Nor would governments have to pretend their Swiss-cheese science of “climate change” is valid.
Welcome to the Energy Wars.
There is a personal dimension to this War. The entire fraudulent COVID operation—which I’ve been exposing in over 300 articles spanning the past year—is an effort to diminish and destroy the energy of the people—
—Through fear porn, masks, distancing, lockdowns, closure of businesses, bankruptcies, toxic antiviral drugs, murderous breathing ventilators, and now a toxic injection of RNA, mislabeled a “vaccine.”
Yes, your personal energy is part of this War. If the Globalist powers-that-be can soften up the global population sufficiently, through the COVID op, they believe the resistance to their overall control will be manageable.
Our task is prove them wrong.
Not just idling through life.....That was of course a broad brush generalization :-)
Driven to self destruction through fear and negative values of stupidity allows people to plunge waaaay through the baseline killing not only themselves but dragging others along with them.Which is why I said things have never seemed to me so bleak . . .
All my life, I have been over 6'3" and near 180 lbs. this made my role with the women folk very clear. I was to be a protector. I just intuitively knew this was soThat's nice to hear, good for you . . .
You appear to be about 5'8" and 140 lbs. not much bigger than a girl.Your bone blunt "intellect" blurts its way thru yet again . . .
Given my size. I have never hit one. you do not have that same restraint. was my point.I am confused, what was your point: a) that you don't hit woman, b) that I do hit women or; c) that you'd hit me ? See my first point above in any case
Tall chicks liked to date me because they could wear heels... bet you never had that delight eh?See my first point, above
That sounds about right. If I wanted to pick a fight I would have chosen a big boy.WTF are you on about now ?
Totally off-topic, regarding the first two links you've postedYour post is actually on topic, it's the rest of this ridiculous BS that's off-topic, off-center, out-of-round, off-kilter, kitty-whumpus and bulloxed six ways from Sunday.
Tube amps can be a thing of beauty......very nice work thereThank you. Indeed they can, here's a [Link] to Electron Luv that'll burn at least an hour. You can make the pix be a slideshow but how wasn't obvious, it just happened.
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