again: you just need to sit vladimir down for tea and explain the idea of manifest destiny to him. then, the monroe doctrine will make sense.
it's just a silly misunderstanding, that's all.
Monday, March 25, 2019
so, i slept more this weekend than i wanted to. i think i figured something out, though.
it seems like that woman's voice upstairs belongs to grandma; that buddy's mom is staying there, either for the long term or the short term. my initial thought - that there was a kid up there smoking all of the time - appears to have been somewhat wrong; rather, it seems like it's his mom that sits up there all day chain smoking. this remains purely speculative; i still don't really know what's happening.
that said, while i'm actually getting some reinforcement that he doesn't smoke, it seems like his mother may be smoking a few different things, in the house.
it might be useful to try and get a better idea of what's happening; if her stay is limited then i'm better off waiting it out, but if she's here in the long term, i'm going to need to find a way out.
would i be liable for some compensation on that? well, it comes down to the lease obligation - we signed a non-smoking agreement, and it seems like he moved his smoking mother in shortly afterwards, thereby breaking the lease. i'm not sure something like this has really been tested, but i'm willing to be the person that tests it if it comes to it.
so, i've been tired, and that is probably why. and, i think i'm still tired....
i have at least organized all of the remaining july posts. it turns out that there was over 200 pages of emails and messenger conversations to put in order; that is something that should almost disappear by the middle of 2013, although it will pick back up again in the alter-reality after 2011. there's roughly another 100 pages to post...
i'm going to get through this first, and then make some calls tomorrow morning.
it seems like that woman's voice upstairs belongs to grandma; that buddy's mom is staying there, either for the long term or the short term. my initial thought - that there was a kid up there smoking all of the time - appears to have been somewhat wrong; rather, it seems like it's his mom that sits up there all day chain smoking. this remains purely speculative; i still don't really know what's happening.
that said, while i'm actually getting some reinforcement that he doesn't smoke, it seems like his mother may be smoking a few different things, in the house.
it might be useful to try and get a better idea of what's happening; if her stay is limited then i'm better off waiting it out, but if she's here in the long term, i'm going to need to find a way out.
would i be liable for some compensation on that? well, it comes down to the lease obligation - we signed a non-smoking agreement, and it seems like he moved his smoking mother in shortly afterwards, thereby breaking the lease. i'm not sure something like this has really been tested, but i'm willing to be the person that tests it if it comes to it.
so, i've been tired, and that is probably why. and, i think i'm still tired....
i have at least organized all of the remaining july posts. it turns out that there was over 200 pages of emails and messenger conversations to put in order; that is something that should almost disappear by the middle of 2013, although it will pick back up again in the alter-reality after 2011. there's roughly another 100 pages to post...
i'm going to get through this first, and then make some calls tomorrow morning.
at
11:37
the problem with religion in politics - and the reason it needs to be so vigorously opposed - is not the right-wing social polices, although these are a symptom of the problem. the real problem is the broken epistemology, the insistence on faith over reason. so, removing the hate from the religion doesn't really solve anything, even if it looks a little nicer on the surface, so long as you''re still presenting a world view rooted in belief rather than in evidence.
a politician needs to be driven by the scientific method. as the role and purpose of the office of the president is largely to analyse evidence, a faith-based epistemology is fundamentally incompatible with the role of the office holder. concerns about the sillier parts of christian eschatology and theology aside, that is why this is disqualifying - it is a position that requires a very strong attention to empirical fact, not one where you should be guided by conversations you have with some schizophrenic projection of yourself, in the form of an imaginary friend.
a politician needs to be driven by the scientific method. as the role and purpose of the office of the president is largely to analyse evidence, a faith-based epistemology is fundamentally incompatible with the role of the office holder. concerns about the sillier parts of christian eschatology and theology aside, that is why this is disqualifying - it is a position that requires a very strong attention to empirical fact, not one where you should be guided by conversations you have with some schizophrenic projection of yourself, in the form of an imaginary friend.
at
09:40
i mean, if you're going to make me choose between supporting a real christian, somebody that actually believes in this pile of obvious bullshit, and a fake christian that is just reciting lies for profit, i'm going to pick the fake christian as the lesser evil every single time.
does this mayor pete think jesus is coming back soon, or what? 'cause there's a button in reach, and if he does then i don't want him anywhere near it.
does this mayor pete think jesus is coming back soon, or what? 'cause there's a button in reach, and if he does then i don't want him anywhere near it.
at
09:16
there's a point in the restricted spectrum where nihilism actually becomes the lesser evil, when compared to conservatism.
at
09:11
there's just no way.
yes, i'm in canada. but, if the democrats run a fucking minister, i'm going to campaign for fucking trump.
yes, i'm in canada. but, if the democrats run a fucking minister, i'm going to campaign for fucking trump.
at
09:10
it's 2019.
at this stage in history, why can't the united states find and support an openly atheist candidate with acceptable social policies for president?
at this stage in history, why can't the united states find and support an openly atheist candidate with acceptable social policies for president?
at
09:05
the russians would obviously really rather that the israelis simply stop bombing syria under bullshit pretences.
the election is when, the 7th?
if netanyahu is removed and the new leadership is less retarded, it might not be necessary to start shooting down planes that are only there for political theatre in the first place.
the syrians/russians will need to respond at some point, israel cannot keep doing this, but a shift in power is a better response than an escalation of violence; waiting netanyahu out (and perhaps helping him find the exit) is the preferable strategy, here.
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syrians-are-practicing-with-the-S-300-will-they-ever-use-it-Report-584563
the election is when, the 7th?
if netanyahu is removed and the new leadership is less retarded, it might not be necessary to start shooting down planes that are only there for political theatre in the first place.
the syrians/russians will need to respond at some point, israel cannot keep doing this, but a shift in power is a better response than an escalation of violence; waiting netanyahu out (and perhaps helping him find the exit) is the preferable strategy, here.
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syrians-are-practicing-with-the-S-300-will-they-ever-use-it-Report-584563
at
08:36
this is a discussion that has no relevance, interest or meaning to me, other than to reinforce the point i've been making about this government being almost uniquely bourgeois, relative to recent governments in canada, even conservative ones.
the liberal party has essentially become an aristocracy at this point, run by fifty or sixty year old trust fund kids. they've been swinging right for years, granted, but i didn't really see this coming.
they're totally out of touch with the working class voters that they've historically relied heavily upon. worse, they don't seem to really care, instead falling back into tired arguments about "winners and losers" - as though trudeau or morneau are people that have earned a thing in their lives....
when you strip away the gloss, you see the same basic thing in this government that we're seeing in the trump administration, except that it's been sort of obscured, somehow. yet, with every new piece of legislation, it's increasingly clear that this neo-trudeau government is really just a bunch of useless aristocrats writing laws that exist solely for their own benefit.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5076924/analysis-finance-minister-bill-morneau-homebuyers-housing-affordability/?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=Outbrain&utm_campaign=2015
the liberal party has essentially become an aristocracy at this point, run by fifty or sixty year old trust fund kids. they've been swinging right for years, granted, but i didn't really see this coming.
they're totally out of touch with the working class voters that they've historically relied heavily upon. worse, they don't seem to really care, instead falling back into tired arguments about "winners and losers" - as though trudeau or morneau are people that have earned a thing in their lives....
when you strip away the gloss, you see the same basic thing in this government that we're seeing in the trump administration, except that it's been sort of obscured, somehow. yet, with every new piece of legislation, it's increasingly clear that this neo-trudeau government is really just a bunch of useless aristocrats writing laws that exist solely for their own benefit.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5076924/analysis-finance-minister-bill-morneau-homebuyers-housing-affordability/?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=Outbrain&utm_campaign=2015
at
08:14
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