Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[kalm]

That’s kind of what I was implying, but those contracts are still worth the effort, no? It’s certianly not full blown socialism which was my point. If not, we have a **** ton more socialists in this country than I thought.

Ironically one of the biggest threats to capitalism is greed. FDR wanted to save capitalism from itself.

John Adams summed it up best. Our form of government will only work if the people are a God fearing citizenry. As Spirituality has eroded, so is the integrity of government.


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What does fearing god have to do with spirituality?

[93henfan]

This is not a news item, but rather an observation:

"Resist" stickers appear to have replaced "Coexist" stickers on the majority of Priuses, Foresters, and Outbacks in the People's Republic of Maryland.

Why don't liberals want diversity, peace, and harmony anymore?

[Chizzang]

That’s kind of what I was implying, but those contracts are still worth the effort, no? It’s certianly not full blown socialism which was my point. If not, we have a **** ton more socialists in this country than I thought.

Ironically one of the biggest threats to capitalism is greed. FDR wanted to save capitalism from itself.

John Adams summed it up best. Our form of government will only work if the people are a God fearing citizenry. As Spirituality has eroded, so is the integrity of government.

If American Christians truly feared god they wouldn't speak for god so freely

[css75]

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11541





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[kalm]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

A US tourist has reportedly been killed by a community of hunter-gatherer people living on an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar.

John Allen Chau, 27, was shot dead by people wielding bows and arrows after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island last week, according to reports confirmed by authorities to AFP and Reuters.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog ... xQUNyFZ72g

[AZGrizFan]

John Adams summed it up best. Our form of government will only work if the people are a God fearing citizenry. As Spirituality has eroded, so is the integrity of government.


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What does fearing god have to do with spirituality?

Zip squat nada.

[CID1990]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

A US tourist has reportedly been killed by a community of hunter-gatherer people living on an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar.

John Allen Chau, 27, was shot dead by people wielding bows and arrows after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island last week, according to reports confirmed by authorities to AFP and Reuters.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog ... xQUNyFZ72g

What a fvcking idiot

Those tribes are famously xenophobic

After the tsunami in 2005 they sent a helicopter out there to check on those tribes and they shot arrows at the helicopter


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[AZGrizFan]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

What a fvcking idiot

Those tribes are famously xenophobic

After the tsunami in 2005 they sent a helicopter out there to check on those tribes and they shot arrows at the helicopter


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Shoulda sent the girl who sailed around the world. That bitch can survive anything.

[CID1990]

What a fvcking idiot

Those tribes are famously xenophobic

After the tsunami in 2005 they sent a helicopter out there to check on those tribes and they shot arrows at the helicopter


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Shoulda sent the girl who sailed around the world. That bitch can survive anything.

Frankly if I was them I'd shoot arrows at us too


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[Pwns]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

A US tourist has reportedly been killed by a community of hunter-gatherer people living on an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar.

John Allen Chau, 27, was shot dead by people wielding bows and arrows after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island last week, according to reports confirmed by authorities to AFP and Reuters.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog ... xQUNyFZ72g

Bet he had already heard about the island but thought they were all just "racist stereotypes" and thought "all cultures are equally good".

[CID1990]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

Bet he had already heard about the island but thought they were all just "racist stereotypes" and thought "all cultures are equally good".

Im pretty sure there was a copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel on heavy rotation in his house


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[CAA Flagship]

Guess they didn’t want to hear the good news.

Bet he had already heard about the island but thought they were all just "racist stereotypes" and thought "all cultures are equally good".

THAT right there is the mistake that liberals unknowingly make. They think that everybody is wired like they are and have the same desires, feelings, drive, interests, etc. as they do.
Sure, it would be a more peaceful world if that is the case, but it's not even close and there is nothing that can be done about it without genetic modification.

[kalm]

Bet he had already heard about the island but thought they were all just "racist stereotypes" and thought "all cultures are equally good".

THAT right there is the mistake that liberals unknowingly make. They think that everybody is wired like they are and have the same desires, feelings, drive, interests, etc. as they do.
Sure, it would be a more peaceful world if that is the case, but it's not even close and there is nothing that can be done about it without genetic modification.

So you think in general that people are genetically predisposed to "good" or violence instead of culturally predisposed to "good" or violence?

Interesting

[CAA Flagship]

THAT right there is the mistake that liberals unknowingly make. They think that everybody is wired like they are and have the same desires, feelings, drive, interests, etc. as they do.
Sure, it would be a more peaceful world if that is the case, but it's not even close and there is nothing that can be done about it without genetic modification.

So you think in general that people are genetically predisposed to "good" or violence instead of culturally predisposed to "good" or violence?

Interesting

In general? No. I think environment has a lot to do with it but I believe environment doesn't move the genetic needle very far. Maybe a 20 yard drive at best, but that could leave you on your side of the field still.

[Grizalltheway]

I love how you guys just assume he was a liberal.

Chau was reportedly a missionary who made the perilous journey to preach Christianity to the Sentinelese people, according to local news website Andaman Sheekha.

[Col Hogan]

I love how you guys just assume he was a liberal.

Chau was reportedly a missionary who made the perilous journey to preach Christianity to the Sentinelese people, according to local news website Andaman Sheekha.

So, are there no liberal missionaries???

I really don’t know...

[Chizzang]

I love how you guys just assume he was a liberal.

Chau was reportedly a missionary who made the perilous journey to preach Christianity to the Sentinelese people, according to local news website Andaman Sheekha.

here's a quote from the idiot
"Lord, is this island Satan's last stronghold where none have heard or even had the chance to hear your name?" he wrote.

John referred to himself as a Christian evangelist...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/nor ... index.html

[Grizalltheway]

I love how you guys just assume he was a liberal.

So, are there no liberal missionaries???

I really don’t know...

I don't know, are there? In any event, trying to paint this as something a "typical liberal" would do is just more nonsense from the usual suspects.

[css75]

People are born with evil tendencies, look how some babies manipulate their parents. At least the missionary felt he had a purpose for going there and made an informed decision unlike that couple who decided there was no threat in walking cross Afghanistan.


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[Chizzang]

People are born with evil tendencies, look how some babies manipulate their parents. At least the missionary felt he had a purpose for going there and made an informed decision unlike that couple who decided there was no threat in walking cross Afghanistan.

can you please define the use of "evil" in the sentence ^ above...



I would like to understand what you're attributing to toddler behavior

[Grizalltheway]

People are born with evil tendencies, look how some babies manipulate their parents. At least the missionary felt he had a purpose for going there and made an informed decision unlike that couple who decided there was no threat in walking cross Afghanistan.


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Actually those two things are equally stupid. The fact that he had different motivations doesn't really change that.

[Winterborn]

I seem to remember reading an article in the WSJ that stated Venezuela was looking at implementing something of the same to help eliminate the black market that has sprung up in the country. The same Chinese company that set up this system had signed a agreement to provide a proposal to the Venezuelan government on a cost/timeline to implement the same system.

Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020

China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to adopt a lifelong points program by 2021 that assigns personalized ratings for each resident.

The capital city will pool data from several departments to reward and punish some 22 million citizens based on their actions and reputations by the end of 2020, according to a plan posted on the Beijing municipal government’s website on Monday. Those with better so-called social credit will get “green channel” benefits while those who violate laws will find life more difficult.

The Beijing project will improve blacklist systems so that those deemed untrustworthy will be “unable to move even a single step,” according to the government’s plan. Xinhua reported on the proposal Tuesday, while the report posted on the municipal government’s website is dated July 18.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... nd-of-2020

[css75]

People are born with evil tendencies, look how some babies manipulate their parents. At least the missionary felt he had a purpose for going there and made an informed decision unlike that couple who decided there was no threat in walking cross Afghanistan.

can you please define the use of "evil" in the sentence ^ above...



I would like to understand what you're attributing to toddler behavior

Evil was not the right word there. I know few, if any here believe this, but the Adamic nature is in everyone.


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[Skjellyfetti]

Thought of Cid.



https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/28/brey ... ssion=true


WTF.

[CID1990]

Thought of Cid.



https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/28/brey ... ssion=true


WTF.

There are really people who think like that and they need to be suppressed