Notes from Underground – February 2023

2/27/23 – True! “So long as the Carlson-DeSantis-Greene segment remains viable, Putin will hold out hope that the West’s resolve will falter. ”
The 2024 GOP presidential primary becomes a referendum on ‘America First’

2/27/23 – Absolutely! “Dithering over weapons for Ukraine is likely to translate into stalemate, which serves Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interests. The Kremlin dictator believes that his determination to subjugate Ukraine will outlast the West’s patience to stand steadfast with Kyiv. If he is right, U.S. and NATO credibility, influence and prestige will be irreparably damaged. Mr. Biden deepens the risk of that damage by withholding fighter jets, which could provide protection for Ukrainian forces and help deter further Russian aggression…. [T]he West would be wise to regard the threat from Moscow as an indefinite feature of the security landscape.”
Facing a long war, Ukraine needs Western fighter jets

2/27/23 – David. Providence. Complete victory. “Kuleba, the foreign minister, said Zelensky’s team believes only in victory.”
A year in the trenches has hardened Ukraine’s president

2/27/23 – Ukraine is its own country for many reasons, but borsch (without a t) is a good one. “‘Borsch is everything for Ukrainians,’ she said. ‘The war has made borsch even more important. … With borsch, we prove that we are a separate nation. It confirms us as a nation.’”
Borsch without a ‘t’: Kyiv chef uses food to reclaim culture

2/27/23 – That’s great, and it’s the right thing to do. “US House Foreign Affairs head Congress ready to ‘prioritize’ advanced weapons for Ukraine. House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul said on Feb. 26 of the delivery of fighter jets or long-range missiles that if approved, Congress ‘would take steps to move the process along.’ ‘We can certainly write into our appropriations bills, prioritizing weapons systems. We intend to do that,’ he said.”
Kyiv Independent – Congress ready to ‘prioritize’ advanced weapons for Ukraine

2/27/23 – There are far too few principled people in the world.

2/27/23 – “The primary point of any accountability process is deterrence.” The primary point of any accountability process is justice. Less cynicism and calculation. More principles. The satanic Russian s—t should have been put on trial the first day of the war.
Putin on trial? It’s not as far-fetched as you might think.

2/27/23 – Germany and France have become has-been countries. They have become soft, decadent, and hypocritical. Is anybody impressed with their leaders or leadership. No. The future of Europe is its eastern side.

2/27/23 – It isn’t that the satanic poop is too confident. It’s that his ego can’t bear the loss. He hates Zelensky. He hates Ukraine. He hates the west, that includes you moronic MAGA. It’s personal. F—k him. “I think Putin is, right now, entirely too confident of his ability … to wear down Ukraine.”
CIA director: Putin too confident he can grind down Ukraine

2/27/23 – Fox “News” needs to be de-nazified.

2/27/23 – The party of “family values,” the MAGA GOP, supports the child abductor, the satanic putin, who is engaging in communist-style “reeducation programs.” MAGA are total liars and hypocrites. And this is one of the worst practices in Russia’s genocidal acts in Ukraine.
They are just kids — and they are being sent to Russia from Ukraine

2/27/23 – The superior morons, aka MAGA, who know absolutely nothing about foreign policy, think China is our enemy, but they love the satanic Russian s—t. Said satanic poopy is working with the Chinese towards world domination. How do MAGA square this? Culture war! Genius.

2/27/23 – The evil one, trump, and his cronies were all about grift. America Last. We need more transparency of financial investments, especially foreign ones. Also, international sports have become corrupt.
After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds

2/26/23 – The Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

2/26/23 – First Sunday of Lent. We are all sinners.

2/25/23 – Europe is not a museum. Eastern Europe is far more dynamic than Western Europe, but Western Europe cannot get over its self-importance and past glory.

2/25/23 – Ukraine has become the center, the beating heart, of Europe. More profoundly than any other country in Europe, Ukraine represents western ideals: freedom, democracy, rights. Europe, which likes to rest on its laurels, might want to come abreast of this glaring fact.
Winning the peace in Ukraine requires E.U. membership

2/25/23 – Fight like hell. “Give me liberty or give me death.” The world has your back. “A year of resilience. A year of forbearance. Year of unity. The invincible rose to fight in February. The invincible will prevail.”
Zelensky – Keep fighting

2/25/23 – China can go f—k itself. “China calls for end of sanctions against Russia, cease-fire in Ukraine.”

2/25/23 – The biggest problem for the south isn’t medical debt or poor credit scores. It’s that they don’t know how to vote to lift all boats because the white people are obsessed with feeling superior to nonwhites.
Why the South has such low credit scores

2/24/23 – I will never forgive Russia for what it did to those Ukrainian kids. Never.

2/24/23 – Some of images I saw coming out of Bucha and elsewhere. Some of those stories. They will haunt me for the rest of my life. If you have a conscience, they will haunt you too. We are fighting a righteous cause by helping Ukraine until they have complete victory. Know that. Go forth bravely and without hesitation. The Lord walks with the righteous.

2/24/23 – Harris gave a good speech. Biden can and should do more. Give the Ukrainians F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles. “One Republican, moderate Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), even saw fit to praise Vice President Harris’s speech in Munich…. Some Republicans have taken to criticizing Biden as doing too little rather than too much.” Oh and f—k tuckyorose, that traitorous scum who should get life in prison for his crimes against the state.
The GOP’s Ukraine supporters begin to summon their voice

2/24/23 – Another important example and apt comparison. “Putin’s abduction to ‘re-education camps’ in Russia of unknown thousands of Ukrainian children is an attempt at cultural erasure akin to what his Chinese soulmates are doing to the Uyghurs, which U.S. policy has branded genocide.” (Also, so many delicious snipes in this piece….)
Putin can win only if Josh Hawley-esque isolationists multiply

2/24/23 –So true! By chance, this piece touches on some of the points in “Russia’s War in Ukraine Is a War Against God and Identity.” Frankly, I didn’t know much about Ukrainian history specifically but knew this kind of thinking was fundamentally wrong because I had enough general knowledge and understanding of world history. One needs to have broad knowledge. It is necessary to understanding how the world works. “But if we deprive ourselves of history, everything is a surprise…. The past then becomes a realm of myth, in which those with power generate narratives most convenient to themselves…. When a dictator claims the power to define other people’s identity, then the question of their own freedom never arises. If identity is frozen forever at the whim of a ruler, citizens soon find themselves without choices.”
You can’t understand the war in Ukraine without knowing history

2/24/23 – McConnell is right. “‘Prime Minister Kishida of Japan has warned repeatedly that Ukraine’s fate today could be East Asia’s tomorrow if the free world flinches in the face of aggression,’ McConnell said. ‘He calls the fate of Ukraine and the future of Asia “inseparable.”’”
Mitch McConnell tells U.S. to ‘wake up’ to threat of Russia on Ukraine war anniversary

2/24/23 – “Kyiv has captured a part of my heart,” President Biden. Ours too.

2/24/23 – When we say “never again,” we need to actually mean it. If our words don’t carry weight, then what are they worth? We need to be a people whose words actually have meaning. “US Vice President Harris: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine. United States Vice President Kamala Harris said on Feb. 18 at the Munich Security Conference that the U.S. had determined Russia committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.”
Kyiv Independent – VP Harris: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

2/24/23 – Indeed. “Zelensky’s address on 1-year war anniversary: ‘Ukraine has surprised the world. Ukraine has inspired the world. Ukraine has united the world. There are thousands of words to prove it, but a few will be enough: HIMARS, Patriot, Abrams, IRIS-T, Challenger, NASAMS, Leopard.’”
Kyiv Independent – Give Ukraine More Weapons Now!

2/23/23 – Clarence Thomas’s wife Ginni Thomas was spreading the big lie and aided the insurrection. Clarence Thomas has said that the Sullivan standard should be revisited (thinking it would rein in the “liberal news media.”) Now, a very strong defamation case is proceeding against Fox “News,” which the plaintiff, Dominion, should win. Why is Fox being sued? Basically, for publicly doing what Clarence Thomas’s wife did. This is the state of the union. “‘We just don’t have examples of major media cases with this kind of evidentiary record,’ she said. West put it even more starkly. The messages, she said, are ‘incredibly damning.’”
‘Incredibly damning:’ Fox News documents stun some legal experts

2/23/23 – “It’s hard to care every single day about a big thing.” Really! Because I find it quite easy. Then again, I’m not a f—king idiot. A big thank you to all of the journalists who are risking their lives to bring us these important news and stories.
They risk it all to cover war in Ukraine. Are people still watching?

2/23/23 – Russia and China never colonized Africa until now, and unlike the last period of colonialization, this time, the Africans invited them in.

2/23/23 – Apparently, Nelson Mandela helped free South Africa from apartheid only to have the country choose to become Russian slaves.

2/23/23 – Hey “global south,” you make a Faustian bargain when you make deals with Russia and China. Just know that. The west will not feel sympathy for you when you didn’t show solidarity with a country fighting for freedom and democracy. You make your bed. Be prepared to lie in it. Russia and China will enslave you. “At stake is whether China agrees to forgive a portion of loan repayments from the developing world — as most other leading government creditors, including the United States and India, are ready to do.”
Huge debts to China come due. Will the world’s poorest have to pay?

2/23/23 – Hey “global south,” the satanic putin is the satanic ortega. It’s not hard. Get your global south heads out of your global south a-ses.
Nicaragua’s brutal regime targeted me. But our fight will prevail.
A global divide on the Ukraine war is deepening

2/23/23 – The response to a “historically tight labor market” isn’t to raise interest rates. It’s a legislative problem, not an economic one. The answer is immigration reform.
To solve our national immigration crisis, let states sponsor immigrants
Plan Z for Immigration

2/23/23 – The average person is a f—king idiot. Hard truth.

2/22/23 – There is something seriously wrong, seriously wrong, with Republican voters. They are sick f—kers.

2/22/23 – While the rest of us weep for the innocents and are haunted by the cruelty, some GOP members think cases like these are a “benefit to society.”
Another death roll of kids Minnesota didn’t save

2/22/23 – The quality of the GOP is something to behold. “An Alaska lawmaker with a history of incendiary remarks was censured by the state House Wednesday after he said it has been argued that cases of fatal child abuse can be a ‘cost savings’ because the child won’t need related government services.”
Alaska House censures GOP lawmaker over child abuse comments

2/22/23 – If they are “appalled” by this pathological liar who lied to get his job, why aren’t they appalled by the pathological liar, the evil one, trump, who lied to keep his job, by lying about winning the 2020 election to incite an insurrection?
Watch George Santos defend his claims in new Piers Morgan interview

2/22/23 – Absolutely!
Hear retired brigadier general explain ‘significance’ of Biden’s visit to Ukraine

2/22/23 – This year, Ash Wednesday is weird weather Wednesday. Quite unfortunate, but many of us don’t really need as much of a reminder of our own mortality right now with the world on the brink of WWIII.

2/22/23 – Western countries need to ramp up military production yesterday.

2/22/23 – Get it the f—k together, selfish, cowardly a—holes. “The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell called upon the bloc’s members to step up their military support for Ukraine, saying that ‘a lot of applause’ is not helpful without actions. Critics argue that allies’ reluctance to supply F-16 and Typhoon fighters and long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine will prevent Kyiv from launching a counteroffensive. The U.S. has also promised to supply GLSDB missiles but they may arrive in 9 months, which may be too late.”
Kyiv Independent – Borrell: ‘Ukrainians receive a lot of applause, but not enough ammunition’

2/22/23 – Maybe this time France will get a pair instead of capitulating to their overlords, like they did with the Nazis. “French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Feb. 19 that the training of Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets in France has not been ruled out. Speaking of the possible delivery of fighter jets to Kyiv, Lecornu said that ‘there are no taboos for France in the matter.’”
Kyiv Independent – France doesn’t rule out training Ukrainian pilots to fly fighter jets

2/22/23 – O grievances, grievances, wherefore art thou grievances. The great global irony is that it is the privileged people that are in love with their grievances. It is obviously unfair that the world doesn’t find them as superior as they find themselves.

2/22/23 – The bill passed! Hindu “high caste,” which translates to nobody, not even many other Indians, can tell you apart from all other Indians because your superiority is totally fictional, are so superior that they take advantage of and abuse other Indian people. Hindu high caste superiority. F—king delusional, inferior morons.
We Fled India to Escape the Nightmare of Caste Oppression. To Our Horror, We Found it in America, Too

2/22/23 – White people are so superior that they take advantage of and abuse other white people. White superiority.

2/22/23 – MAGA morons, including mini-me DeSantis, America First is not letting Europe fall into autocratic hands as it did during WWII. That’s what the US decided then. That’s what it’s deciding now – with good reason. You would think that the people who keep talking about how great and superior white people are would actually want to save said white kin, but apparently, they are so f—king crazy, they don’t care about anybody but themselves. White superiority.
DeSantis’s flop on foreign affairs comes as no surprise

2/21/23 – If you have control issues, please don’t involve Jesus. He doesn’t have those issues…or any issues at all.

2/21/23 – All Christian institutions need to understand how Christianity actually works. It is elected by people who were given free will by God. When people didn’t follow Jesus, he didn’t force his will on them, and he’s the Son of God. He kept walking. If Jesus didn’t do this, who are these “Christians” to impose their will on others. Liberalism did fail on many levels, but so did conservatism. Repeating past mistakes, liberal or conservative, is not progress.
The Catholic right wing takes a wrong turn

2/21/23 – That’s so sweet. We love those guys. Slava Ukraini! “Survey: Over 90% of Ukrainians have an overall positive view of US. According to a survey released by the sociological group Rating on Feb. 20, 90% of Ukrainians have a positive attitude toward U.S. President Joe Biden. Furthermore, 92% of Ukrainians consider the U.S. friendly toward Ukraine.”
Kyiv Independent – Ukrainians love Americans

2/21/23 – Zelensky isn’t the only person who ended up making history. It took him a little while to get there, but Biden got there.

2/21/23 – The extreme weather the entire world is experiencing in different ways is due to the climate change that the people who live in their own fictional world refuse to accept as reality. They also vote for extreme candidates, who are crazy, adding extreme to extreme. All of these people are dumb, crazy f—kers, and they are going to get the rest of us killed if we don’t stop them.

2/21/23 – The Russian s—t will be taken out before the Russian elite or the Kremlin allow him to start a nuclear war. He’s weak and out of options. He’s a f—king crazy idiot.

2/21/23 – Hey Europe, if you don’t want your children to become slaves to autocrats, you will continue to support Ukraine.

2/21/23 – The evil one, trump, was a complete embarrassment for the United States on the world stage. President Biden brings us honor and respect.

2/21/23 – To much of Europe, get some f—king balls, or get the f—k out of the arena. Maybe permanently go on vacation and rest on your laurels from your past “glory” that you remind the world of over and over again.

2/21/23 – President Biden was motivated to make this trip to help Ukraine, but it also made his legacy. It will go down in the history books. The 80-year-old president goes to a warzone on Presidents’ Day. Some might say he’s brave. To me, it’s belief, and belief is powerful.
Cloak-and-dagger moves allow Biden to sneak into Ukraine’s war zone

2/21/23 – To all of our enemies, do not underestimate the United States of America. You will lose that bet.

2/21/23 – So true! “It is now and in Ukraine that the fate of the world order, which is based on rules, on humanity, on predictability, is being decided. And today, President Biden and I talked, in particular, about how to do everything to ensure our common victory this year in the war that Russia unleashed.
The specific steps for this are known. Our defense needs for this are known. The active actions required for this – the actions of our warriors at the front first of all – are also well known to our partners. All we need is determination.
Today I saw such determination of President Biden and the United States of America. And I want to thank Mr. President for this visit and for the talks – really useful talks.
I am also thankful, on behalf of all Ukrainians, to all Americans – ordinary people and community leaders, members of Congress from both parties, and all members of President Biden’s team – for bringing our relationship – between Ukraine and America – to a historically most meaningful level. We can be called true allies, and our alliance with America truly strengthens the world.
Glory to all who fight for Ukraine!
Thank you to everyone who helps!
May the memory of everyone who gave life for the freedom of Ukraine live forever!
Glory to Ukraine!”
Zelensky – Fate of the world order

2/20/23 – Ukraine will win.

2/20/23 – Beautiful and historic! Please remember that President Biden represents the American people who elected him. We love Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to heroes. “Ukraine feels the support of the United States and President Joseph Biden personally in these difficult times of struggle.”
Zelensky – Biden, UA & USA
Zelensky – St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery

2/20/23 – “Ukrainians know what it means to fight for their freedom and defend it. In difficult and pivotal moments of history, we never give up and always show bravery and selflessness.”
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heavenly Hundred!

2/20/23 – What a message! “Slaves are not allowed to paradise. This is the essence of the Ukrainian interpretation of freedom. This is the reason why there will be no enemy left on our land. Today we honor the heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine and Ukrainians during the Revolution of Dignity. The Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. People of different ages and professions, from different regions, but with the same and TRUE values. As we defend Ukraine today, we remember that our strength and fortitude are based on the strength and fortitude of many Ukrainians who did not give up, who dreamed and acted for Ukraine to live. An independent, free and powerful Ukraine, European and democratic, independent and united.”
Zelensky – Revolution of Dignity

2/20/23 – A big thank you to American parents for raising children who lack discipline and resilience. In phone we trust.

2/20/23 – When you walk with the Lord, you don’t fear. “In his 2007 book, ‘Promises to Keep,’ Biden wrote: ‘Maybe I should have been frightened at this point, but I felt calm. In fact, I felt becalmed, like I was floating gently in the wide-open sea. It surprised me, but I had no real fear of dying.’”
Biden’s Kyiv visit shows Putin seriously misjudged his courage

2/20/23 – The demonic Hindu caste system is so evil that it has infected Christianity whose tenets are antithetical to it. A reminder to all of the Christian Indian morons: there is no caste in Christianity. Jesus was a poor Jew. That’s how he lived, and that’s how he died. And Jesus is king.

2/20/23 – There is definitely casteism in the US. Glad to see they are considering passing this law. Also, Vice President Kamala Harris is the daughter of an Indian, supposedly high caste, whatever the f—k that means, and a black man. Please tell us: what is a black person’s caste? Last we checked, her genes are 50/50. So, to all the dumb racist, casteist Indian a—holes, are you going to claim her as your own if you’re “high caste” or shun her because she’s half-black? Or maybe you can just take your fabricated caste system, which is actually institutionalized slavery, and shove it up your delusional a—ses. Have a nice day.
Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination

2/20/23 – President Biden’s visit to Kyiv sends a message to more than an audience of one. It sends a message to the world.
Biden Just Destroyed Putin’s Last Hope

2/20/23 – Much of Asia’s population is rapidly aging, and unlike us, the USA, autocratic regimes, such as China, generally, aren’t attractive to immigrants. Democracy is good for business and, needless to say, for the long-term prospects of a country.

2/20/23 – MAGA are generally morons, but when it comes to foreign affairs, they are superior morons. Our guy formed a special relationship with Zelensky. Their guy, who they might vote for again!, formed a special relationship with putin and kim jong-un. This is all one needs to know to see how dangerous MAGA are to our country.

2/20/23 – In order to come back to earth and actually move forward as human beings, the Republicans who voted for the evil one, trump, need to try out these words, “I was wrong.” As we approach Lent (Ash Wednesday is two days away), the reason why we examine our conscience and confess our sins is because we cannot grow or find redemption without this penitent act. Confession grounds us in our fallible humanity and in reality. It also connects us with God. They were wrong. This is clear to all people of good conscience. The trump voters need to understand it, accept it, and speak those words aloud.
Feeling ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘fatigue,’ some GOP voters look beyond Trump

2/20/23 – Americans will stand with Ukrainians until they have complete victory. Slava Ukraini!

2/20/23 – Happy Presidents’ Day to President Biden and all of our living previous presidents, especially President Carter, except the evil one, trump, who was not a president but a treasonous traitor who deserves the death penalty for his crimes against the state. President Biden is standing up for democracy and showing American leadership. Americans should feel proud that we are continuing the hard work of perfecting our union and have built a legacy of being a light of hope and democratic ideals for the world. We must be a city on a hill.

2/20/23 – Freedom is priceless, but it is not free.

2/20/23 – One of the many things we should have learned is that people can get addicted to lies, liars and lying. “Clearly, biographical fiction is a trend among Republicans.” The voters aren’t getting scammed. It’s like the South Korean parents who starved their own real baby because they became addicted to their virtual baby. Their brains have become detached from reality because the truths it holds are too hard for them to understand and accept, and so they prefer the lies, which are tailored to their demented minds. The lies become their private reality, which is not reality at all but delusion. We have a mental health crisis in this country that goes beyond our kids. It actually starts with many adults.
More Republicans seem to have lied about their resumes. Who’s surprised?

2/20/23 – Regarding the debt limit, f—k the crazy, moronic MAGA. Unilateral action. Done.

2/20/23 – Yes! Justice must be served. “Harris told the assembled participants: ‘Let us all agree — on behalf of all the victims, both known and unknown, justice must be served.’ ‘Such is our moral interest,’ she said. ‘We also have a significant strategic interest.’”
US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

2/20/23 – Absolutely! “People who suffered Russian captivity told me that Russians who were beating, raping and electrocuting them were convinced of their impunity. The democratic world must act to prevent impunity and to ensure that those who are guilty will be brought to account.”
There can be no real peace in Ukraine without justice

2/20/23 – One of the most despicable regimes in the world. Free Mr. Mashal. Women are created equal as dictated by the God of Abraham. Apparently, the Taliban does not listen to the God of Abraham. They worship a false god.
The Taliban’s campaign against women continues. Don’t look away.

2/20/23 – I’m not usually particularly sentimental about the passing of people I don’t know, but this is going to be hard. What a great man! What a great life! “‘I always told the truth,’ he says.” He was blessed.
The un-celebrity president

2/19/23 – The secular life has no contemplation or rest built into it. It treats people like slaves or hedonists. It doesn’t do justice to human beings or the gift of life. God is great. Happy Sunday.

2/19/23 – President Jimmy Carter is a patriot and a man of God. Tears, tears, already…. What an inspiration for the world! “She referenced this quote from Carter: ‘I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. … My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.’” Please pray for him and his family, especially Mrs. Carter. Presidents’ Day Holiday is tomorrow. He walked with God. God walks with him. Providence.
Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after entering hospice

2/19/23 – Zelensky is a story of providence. “At a press conference also Saturday, Penn said they returned to the hotel after the interview and the shelling started that very night. When they first met Zelenskyy, he had ‘a proper suit and a proper office.’ ‘The next time we saw him, he was in camos and his country was at war,’ Penn said.”
Zelenskyy ‘born for this moment,’ Sean Penn says at Berlin

2/19/23 – The analog world is superior to the digital world.

2/19/23 – Yes, yes and yes! Can we do this right here? We might then be able to do this amazing thing called teaching and learning. “‘A funny side effect’ of this policy, she said, ‘is when we write to families about moving into the school, we emphasize in all caps “YOU HAVE TO BUY AN ALARM CLOCK.” Because they can’t have their phones in their rooms overnight.’” No kid, including teenagers, should have smartphones. Just give them regular phones that they can use at reasonable times, such as after doing their homework and having a family dinner, like in the analog days. Every public school in the country should be requiring this. End of story.
The Schools That Ban Smartphones

2/18/23 – Worse than the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is experiencing a pandemic of lies.

2/18/23 – The psycho revisionists (who should be expelled from academia for their intellectual dishonesty) want to claim that “Harappans were the Vedic people” like the psycho revisionists in the USA want to claim that the original Americans were the Christian people. They can revise, lie and distort all they want. They can spread their propaganda and misinformation all they want. It doesn’t change the facts. The original Indians were not Hindus, and the original Americans were not Christians. Those are the facts. Deal with them, or just f—k off.

2/18/23 – Priorities. Values. Rather than truth, give me ratings

2/18/23 – If telling your audience the truth alienates them, then your audience is crazy, stupid and evil. Wow, something truthful actually came out of that a—hole’s mouth. “‘What Trump is “good at is destroying things,” Tucker Carlson noted at one point. ‘He’s the undisputed world champion of that. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.’” If the evil one is reelected, he will destroy the country.
4 takeaways from the bombshell Fox News legal filing

2/17/23 – So many evil dictators and dictator wannabees to hate. So little time.

2/17/23 – Why is the Secret Service protecting the evil one, trump. He needs to be given the death penalty for his crimes against the state. “He said he needed help from the government to serve a subpoena on Trump because the U.S. Secret Service continues to protect the former president. In opening statements last month, an attorney for longtime Proud Boys Chairman Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio argued that the former president was the one responsible for the deadly riot.”
Proud Boys move to subpoena Trump in seditious conspiracy trial

2/17/23 – Parents are not some sacred entities who can’t be criticized. The American parenting style is an abomination.

2/16/23 – The world allows these autocratic monsters to fester or take root at its own peril. Act aggressively now before it escalates into world war and millions of innocent people die!

2/16/23 – One doesn’t get to cherry-pick when a civilization starts. That’s recorded fact that doesn’t bow to any dictator’s demands or convenient revision. The fact is that Indian lineage, meaning to the original Indus Valley inhabitants, can be proved genetically and by other means, such as linguistically. The facts do not support the demonic dictator modi’s hateful propaganda.

2/15/23 – The only people who are original to Indian soil are the ancestors of the Indus Valley/Harappan Civilization. Everybody else are ancestors of the invaders. They have no legitimate claim to India and need to shut the f—k up, take their vile caste system and get the f—k out of the country. A—holes.
Indus Valley Civilization

2/15/23 – The world needs to get rid of the satanic putin and the tyrannical colonizer modi. Now!

2/15/23 – Spot on analysis.
Khodorkovsky warns West of war with China if Russia wins in Ukraine

2/15/23 – The Hindu Nationalist scum that is modi is not original to Indian soil. He needs to be shipped back to the Middle East where his colonizing ancestors came from. F—k you and f—k off, monstrous dictator modi.
Why India’s media are complicit in the Adani Group scandal

2/14/23 – Another day in the United States, another shooting.

2/13/23 – Kids are having a mental health crisis in this country in part because their incompetent parents took away the things that bring stability and community, such as religion, and replaced it with a phone.
Pandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented, data show

2/12/23 – If the Chinese declare war on us, are we still going to buy their products? Autarky now!

2/12/23 – So true! This is why Christianity emphasizes discipline and moderation. “However, this way of seeing the world overlooks the fact that our hearts and minds are shaped not only by reason but also by our experiences, affections, and, most important, our habits, which are just as often inexplicably self-destructive as they are reasonable.”
America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice

2/12/23 – For its own safety, the world needs to move beyond Starlink. End the monopoly.
Musk deputy’s words on Starlink ‘weaponization’ vex Ukraine

2/11/23 – If you’re still supporting the evil one, trump, you should have your head examined.

2/8/23 – The Fed is a cabal of white men engaged in a circle jerk of mathurbation while showing off how well they memorized neoclassical economics.

2/7/23 – All people are created equal in the image of God.

2/7/23 – With democracy, everything is possible. Without it, nothing is. President Biden. So true.

2/7/23 – Biden, that old man gets s—t done. God bless America.

2/5/23 – It’s OK to cry because Jesus’s love is so moving. The church is a place of comfort and candor. Bring your brokenness to God. He will make you whole.

2/5/23 – The Hindu extremists attack Christians and Christianity for one main reason: it disrupts the status quo. Christianity is the same radical countercultural force that it has always been. In India, it threatens the abhorrent Hindu caste system, which is institutionalized slavery. Christianity is powerful. When the Holy Spirit touches someone, it gives them true power that comes with a poverty of spirit. Blessed be the persecuted church for they belong to God. “The [Christian] couple took the child in, Sonari recalled, and invited her to their house church. Within three years, ‘everyone in the village saw how they took care of her, and they became inspired,’ Sonari Salam said. ‘One after another, they started to come.’… [Be the hands and feet of Christ.] Ten years ago, she suffered depression and attempted suicide before finding Christianity, she said. ‘He never left me when I needed him,’ she said. ‘So how can I leave Jesus now?’… [Jesus heals. Jesus saves.] ‘I’ve dedicated my life to spreading the word of Jesus. If I die a day early, so be it,’ he said. ‘It is in the hands of God.’” Amen. Faith. Hope. Love.
Hindu mobs, enraged by conversions, attack Christians in India

2/5/23 – Indeed, what self-respecting academic wouldn’t want to be censored by the murderous, monster dictator modi.
India might open to foreign universities. That could be a game-changer.

2/5/23 – The evil one’s primary campaign strategy is gaslighting. Will it work on the moronic MAGA again?
Trump’s early-state poll problem

2/4/23 – I said this over and over and over again. “So, it looks as if inflation could have been the result of transitory forces after all. Post-covid supply-and-demand problems, rather than the Phillips Curve logic, might have been largely responsible for last year’s price surges.” If you’ve studied it, the Fed’s incompetence is nothing new, and most definitely, the economics, the dependence on the Phillips Curve, needs a rethinking.

“But it would also present a conundrum. If the whole Phillips Curve thesis is in doubt, then the basis for Fed decision making is in doubt, too.” No, the whole Phillips Curve thesis is not in doubt. The main problem is that Fed’s thinking is formulaic. It has a difficult time distinguishing abnormal periods and taking a holistic analytical and policy approach to them. It depends on workhorse models when then don’t apply. Generally, the Phillips Curve holds, but not under all economic conditions. This is what the Fed failed to recognize.
Why the Federal Reserve needs a new plan

2/4/23 – Another reason not to live in an urban “jungle.” Why does nature have healing powers? Because the sky is blue and the grass is green. “Blue space — bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and oceans — and the amount of land dedicated to parks in a given Zip code were also associated with fewer hospital admissions for Parkinson’s disease, but not for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Why that is remains unclear, but leading theories propose that nature reduces our body’s stress levels while heightening our ability to focus.” We also need to reimagine urban spaces to make them more connected with nature.
Spending time in nature may protect against the risk of dementia

2/4/23 – So much is wrong with our judicial system. Is it actually going to do justice and protect our democracy and country or what? “China’s balloon incursion coincides with recent warnings from the U.S. Air Force over proposed Chinese land purchases in North Dakota about 12 miles from a military facility where drone test flights are conducted. The pending deal for a corn milling site has fueled concerns that the purchase is a cover for Chinese surveillance activities. A U.S. interagency committee decided last year it did not have jurisdiction to oppose the sale.”
Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. ‘right now,’ Pentagon says

2/4/23 – Obvious truth: the satanic one’s vanity project, aka the war in Ukraine, is going quite badly.

2/4/23 – The world has a mini-me epidemic of evil, moronic dictators: the evil one, trump, the satanic one, putin, the monster modi, the b—h bolsonaro, and others. “After the cries of ‘fraud’ died down, Kirk, who helped spread Trump’s own election fraud lies after the former U.S. president’s loss, replied, ‘All I can say is, that sounds very familiar.’ The event took place at Trump’s Miami hotel, underscoring the connection between two populist presidents who fanned suspicion of their democracies’ elections, leading supporters to turn violent after their losses. The two were political allies who shared an overlapping set of advisers. Shortly before Bolsonaro’s opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, took office, Bolsonaro moved to Florida, the state where Trump has based himself.”
Bolsonaro ponders election defeat, as crowd chants ‘fraud’

2/3/23 – Across the entire world, there are two justice systems: one for the rich and powerful and one for everyone else.

2/3/23 – Yes, indeed. What a magnificent international justice system that can’t hold the main perpetrators to account. Seriously, get it the f—k together, you incompetent a—holes. “Whether there is a path to prosecuting the most senior figures who bear overall responsibility for the war, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, is increasingly in question, they say.”
66,000 war crimes have been reported in Ukraine. It vows to prosecute them all.

2/3/23 – Community is everything.
Tyre Nichols video shows policing must be done with a community — not to it

2/3/23 – They don’t feel rich because they aren’t rich. They pay outrageous sums of money to live in apartments or houses that by objective standards aren’t that nice. Assuming they own it, the value of this asset is almost entirely dependent on the value of the location. If, for some reason, this location is no longer desirable, the asset will also have almost no value. After taxes, which have to be high to provide the government services they need since the people who provide these services also live in these high cost-of-living cities, and their housing costs, they have considerably less relative income than people who make much less but also live in less expensive parts of the country. The question should really be: how exactly does one measure quality of life and success? It’s definitely not living in expensive urban cities or having fancy titles and degrees. The east coast elites and that lifestyle are mostly snobbery with little substance.
The $400K conundrum: Why America’s urban rich don’t feel that way

2/3/23 – The Christian moral life isn’t about controlling others. It’s about serving others. It’s about developing a relationship with God, asking for his divine grace and guidance. It’s about acknowledging one’s own sins and trying to live a life in keeping with Jesus’s teaching. The focus of the Christian moral life should be on improving oneself, building a strong relationship with God and helping others.

2/3/23 – Absolutely! “The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit writer who has championed a shift in the Church’s attitudes toward the LGBTQ community, called the pope’s statement ‘a huge step forward’ on ‘what is essentially a life-and-death issue,’ since homosexuality is a capital offense in some nations…. Despite the views of conservatives in the hierarchy, U.S. Catholics are somewhat more supportive of LGBTQ rights than Americans overall.” And Pope Francis is blessed.
Why Pope Francis stood up for LGBTQ lives

2/3/23 – The irony! “It’s a sharp shift from previous years, when the companies positioned themselves as engines of innovation and change, despite the bulk of their money coming from traditional revenue streams such as e-commerce, digital advertising, and hardware and software sales.”
Lackluster earnings reports show Big Tech’s golden age is fading

2/2/23 – We need sophisticated AI detection software to tell if students used AI to do their schoolwork.

2/2/23 – What is this but the beginning of a kleptocracy, just like in Russia? If you don’t see what’s happening, then you’re blind or dumb. “Critics say its success is largely owed to its founder’s ties with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the company’s business interests have closely aligned with the government’s policy goals.  The Post reported this week that Modi’s government has taken steps to aid the business, which receives a majority of its revenue from power generation, shipping, mining and electricity transmission operations related to coal.”
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