Where thirsty bears go to drink in the shade....
Glancing through some search engine results, you will find that the idea that conservative right-wing folks being censored is widely touted as being a myth. The screams of "there is no evidence" are represented disproportionately to links that say there is a problem. I am going to advance a theory here as someone who was branded as right-wing because they refused to have their business attend a…
Everyone seems to be preoccupied with two words, lately. Which words are those? Fascist, and Nazi. Firstly, I find it interesting that SO MANY people are suddenly interested in Nazis. I think that’s great, but I also feel that perhaps people need to be reminded that a lot of things the Nazis did still have not truly faced justice. I assume that now so many people feel passionately about being…
"Write when you have something to say." Turns out after a recent experience, I have something to say. For the past ten years, I've been investigating where Freedom of Speech and religious freedom overlap. My prognosis is that the situation is not especially good. Furthermore, the worst offenders where this problem occurs are people who call themselves Christians. The people at the above-mentioned…
In the news recently, there has been an article making the rounds that makes the NSA look--well, bad, frankly. Here is one such article. From the article: In a vault at the National Security Agency lies a historical treasure: two AMPEX 1-inch open reel tapes containing a landmark lecture by Admiral Grace Hopper, a giant in the field of computer science. Titled “Future Possibilities: Data,…
There's a lot of chitter-chatter about the Indy web, and How to Make the Web Great Again, and how it needs to be simpler and why doesn't something exist that allows one an easy on ramp? Here's the deal--the net isn't really made for easy publishing or even all that good for it. The easy on ramp is paper and pencil since the barrier to entry for those items is low. Nobody can really stop you if you…
I believe that it is possible that the best job you can ever have is being a doctor. People always go to you, and if you get well, the doctor did it, and if you die, well, they did the best they could. Yeah, I know about malpractice and all that other stuff, but the doctor guild has the perk of hiring quite expensive attorneys. This is a bit like a moat with alligators in it should you wish to…
Since I am of a certain age, I recall when the phone was not near you 24/7 listening to your every word as a digital wiretap. Back in those days, you had a leash attached to the phone which was attached to the wall which enabled you to do things like 'the angry hangup' where you would slam the receiver down in a fit of 'fuck generally whoever is on the other end of this line' glory! Yeah, by gosh,…
The holiday invites one to think about what they would do if Messiah were here today. A parallel question might be whether Messiah COULD be here today, in any capacity other than judgment. It might be too fantastic to imagine, so maybe a step down would be that today what would the world do and how would it react if there were an actual prophet able to clearly hear the voice of God? I believe that…
There is no shortage of "what happened to the internet of 10 to 15 years ago" talk. Since I was on it, I'll tell you what happened to it. The very short of it is the internet became mature and wise enough to take on the establishment, and the establishment did not like it and is so therefore trying to run it. Historically speaking, this is the same as the "Great Awakening" of the 1800's which…
The movie trope of asking God to guide a person in some way is an over-used motif. Usually, God answers, and the person is confused, and the ending is left somewhat unclear other than there are mysteries in the universe since anything else would have to end on a note of "Yeah, God is real," which Hollywood doesn't usually like to venture into owing to the rampant Satanic plot lines they typically…