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Saturday, March 23. 2024

Marilyn Robinson: A podcast on Reading Genesis

Why Do Men Dominate Chess?

Why Did West Point Remove ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From Its Mission Statement?

'There's Been No Increase': Scientists Debunk Climate Change Claims About Hurricanes

University launches semester-long ‘climate emergency’ campaign to protect ‘Mother Earth’

Ayan Hirsi Ali: The West has a deviancy problem. Our moral confusion is proving suicidal

Massachusetts Allocates $800 Million For Illegal Alien Shelters

Why not build them houses?

Stuart's Saturday Miscellany

CIA Accused Of Directly Meddling In Hunter Biden IRS, DOJ Investigations

Well, assume Burisma was a CIA op

IDF Eliminates 90 Terrorists, Apprehends Hundreds in Raid on Gaza Shifa Hospital Complex

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Why do men dominate chess? Why do men dominate physics, math, computers, science in general, sports, invention, classical music, exploration...

Creativity and psychosis often go hand in hand, or for that matter genius and madness.

Some of it is explained by the fact that more men than women have brain functions on the periphery of normal. The genius and madness thing. For whatever reason, call it god, nature or just the chaos result of hormones and genetics more men are geniuses and mentally abnormal. They have more strength and drive and commitment to some things. Not a compliment but a curse. Not, necessarily, a man vs women thing, women have their own successes and drives. It is just what is. Both Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Goodyear were driven to work 20 hours a day and they were focused and committed in the face of failure. Again, not a compliment, they were lousy parents and husbands they were mad geniuses driven by demons we can't comprehend.

Most billionaires are men and the few that are women became billionaires by either marrying a rich man or being the daughter of a rich man. Most self made billionaires achieved that by one common set of traits; drive, commitment, focus. Imagine what your or I could accomplish if from the age of 13 until 80 we spent 20 hours a day 7 days a week focused on accomplishing one or two things.

#1 OneGuy on 2024-03-23 11:07 (Reply)

OneGuy: the few (billionaires) that are women became billionaires by either marrying a rich man or being the daughter of a rich man.

Taylor Swift. Oprah Winfrey. Not Donald Trump.

#1.1 Zachriel on 2024-03-23 12:16 (Reply)

Some of it is explained by the fact that more men than women have brain functions on the periphery of normal. The genius and madness thing

During my student days, I worked as an aide in an institution for the mentally retarded (that description dates me..). The vast majority of those living in that institution for the mentally retarded were male.

#1.2 Gringo on 2024-03-23 12:44 (Reply)

I will add this opinion; There may well be more mentally ill women than men but women have an "out", marriage. I don't mean that to be insulting not even sure it should be, just truth. A man, usually, must work and interface with the world. A woman can marry and that ends here need to deal with people and expose any mental deficiency. Also it is common for people with mental illness to get into physical altercations. Again the consequences of that are much worse for a man.

#1.2.1 OneGuy on 2024-03-23 16:56 (Reply)

OneGuy - for the women I knew growing up, marriage wasn't an out, it was an entering into a (hopefully) life-long partnership. True, the man was usually the only "bread winner", but it was the wife who handled all the domestic chores without which the husband would not have fared nearly so well.
And then there were the children. When I grew up, most mothers did not "work" (exceptions were generally teachers and nurses though there were also several piano teachers), but that did not mean mothers weren't involved in the community. Virtually all the community charitable efforts wee run by the "non-working" women. And, without this unpaid and generally unrecognized labour, the community would have collapsed.
Fast forward a generation and I was a "non-working" mother. Fortunately, husband made a decent wage but we still had to economize because of the tax system which seriously penalized a single income family. However, during that time, I did a lot of volunteer work, which I figures at one point was about 20 hours per week. And I was not alone. When we moved to our present city and joined the local church, I was struck by the number of women in the parish who were seriously active in volunteering: the local CNIB, Girl Guides, Meals on Wheels, Multiple Sclerosis - the list could go on and on. That was what the "non-working" woman did then and still does.

#1.2.1.1 Frances on 2024-03-24 21:52 (Reply)

US is backstabbing Israel over Rafah. (In the UN and elsewhere)
Stop the US
This would be like Eisenhower and Sinai campaign.
Write to White House, congresspeople to stop the US from jeaopordizing Israel.

#2 ns on 2024-03-23 11:31 (Reply)

Oh if a letter campaign would work. We yell and scream at the Republican Party for fiscal sanity. They cowardly slink away and pass $1.2 trillion dollar continuing resolutions in the early morning hours. $13.6 billion for Ukraine. Earmarks totaling a nice round number of 2,021, which amounts to $4.2 billion dollars; $2.5 billion for the Democrats and $1.7 for Republicans. That’s just the House. The Senate earmarks totaled 300 pages, no details on the total price tag! So, yeah, let me get right on that letter writing campaign. I’ll vote harder in the fall too.

Don’t get me wrong. I support Israel. I support Israel more than I do the clown show that is the United States government. They don’t listen to me. I’m the wrong color. The wrong sex. And the wrong religion. I represent who the Federal Government is trying to destroy and wipe from the face of the earth. My letter don’t mean squat.

#2.1 B. Hammer on 2024-03-23 12:08 (Reply)

Netanyahu is basically telling Dirty Old Joe to F.O. I applaud him for that. Israel is in the fight of its life and must finish it or die.

#3 RebeccaH on 2024-03-23 11:39 (Reply)

Well, there it is! The administration is trying to force cities and states to change the zoning laws so more affordable housing can be built. They created this mess, mostly through unlimited legal and illegal immigration and now they are going to use this crisis to change the laws that make your city safe. What they want to do is put more questionable people into your neighborhood. They don't like that fact that you and your children can walk alone to the school or the store and not get mugged or raped. THAT is what this is really about. It will generate another crisis that can only be solved by voting for them and raising your taxes. Do you get it yet? Do you understand that the Democrats will burn your city down and kill you if that is what they need to do to get more power and money.

#4 OneGuy on 2024-03-23 11:55 (Reply)

Evidence has surfaced that the someone in the government took out a contract to pay $15 million to kill Justice Scalia. This was always a suspicious death.

#5 Anon on 2024-03-23 12:10 (Reply)

Hmmm. . . I was just thinking about the Scalia death earlier in the week.

#5.1 feeblemind on 2024-03-23 12:25 (Reply)

QUOTE:

'There's Been No Increase': Scientists Debunk Climate Change Claims About Hurricanes

There is still a lot of uncertainty about the effect of global warming on hurricane activity. However, the source is Joe Bastardi. If we define a scientist as someone who has published scientific research before scientific peers, Bastardi is not a scientist. Consequently, the headline is wrong.

Looking at Bastardi's views, he has actually preposterously claimed that climate scientist have overlooked the First Law of Thermodynamics, saying, global warming “contradicts what we call the 1st law of thermodynamics. Energy can be neither created nor destroyed. So to look for input of energy into the atmosphere, you have to come from a foreign source.” The greenhouse effect is no more a violation of the First Law of Thermodynamics than a blanket making you warmer underneath it, while the top of the blanket is cooler.

Bastardi further claims that CO2 doesn't mix well in the atmosphere, which is contradicted by ground and satellite observations.

QUOTE:

Joe Bastardi (2009): We will get our answer in the next 20 to 30 years. And we don’t have to panic. We don’t have to rush around because if I’m right, the earth’s temperature is going to cool a degree to a degree and a half Fahrenheit the next 20 to 30 years.

Hmm.

#6 Zachriel on 2024-03-23 12:12 (Reply)

And that is what desperation looks like. As more and more evidence appears proving that the planet is seeing normal climate activity and not manmade climate change the grifters will get more and more desperate to say anything to discredit anyone who disagrees with their grift.

#6.1 JustMe on 2024-03-23 12:45 (Reply)

Climate: The Movie
Found over at the Borepatch blog

https://borepatch.blogspot.com/2024/03/watch-this-now.html

Z is a slow learner, much like Al Gore. Its ALL about the money, power and control... and nothing else.

#6.2 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-23 12:50 (Reply)

"The Climate Crisis" is Big Academia and Big Business as well as Big Politics as the movie clearly shows.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GNwyxEwcZHg

Who let the Quibble-DickZ back on the Farm?
How dare you?

#6.2.1 Zachinoff on 2024-03-23 14:39 (Reply)

JustMe: As more and more evidence appears proving that the planet is seeing normal climate activity . .

What evidence is that?

As for Bastardi, we did address the false appeal to authority in the article's headline, but we also addressed Bastardi's views on global warming and provided evidence as to why they are wrong.

#6.3 Zachriel on 2024-03-23 13:03 (Reply)

You address everything with a thick layer of bullshit.

#6.3.1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-23 13:07 (Reply)

Oh look. The troll bot is back. If there is an actual human entity behind the curtain it must be completely miserable. Now that is a comforting thought. =)

#6.3.2 Lord Heathen on 2024-03-23 19:20 (Reply)

You do understand that the migrant attack on the Texas NG was not serendipitous. The same people who transport these migrants to the Americas and through the various countries to our border and who allow it within our own government did this ion purpose. These same migrants could have been transported to a hundred different border crossing spots and successfully crossed into America been handed the Visa card, gotten free airplane rides to their city of choice uneventfully. They did this to make a point. To confront a handful of unarmed NG and beat them and to show that THEY have the power and NOT Texas or the U.S. citizens. Do you get it yet? This is an invasion. This is a great replacement. Next they will do the same thing in your community to take your house and the crazy squatters rights will allow them to do it and put you in jail if you try to stop it.

#7 Anon on 2024-03-23 12:40 (Reply)

Ayan Hirsi Ali... A deviancy problem better known as Third generation Marxism. See James Lindsay

Massachusetts $800 million for shelters... why not build them houses. Wrong answer, it will simply get you more illegals. Better answer, send them ALL back,

CIA accused of meddling... They meddle in everything, especially elections. Elections here and elections everywhere. Its a criminal enterprise. Just ask the 51 intelligence officers, Brennen and Burns.

#8 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-23 13:04 (Reply)

'Get Him! Get Him!' The Angry Mob Comes for Kyle Rittenhouse Again

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/03/21/mob-rittenhouse-n4927509

#9 feeblemind on 2024-03-23 13:05 (Reply)

Its about to get serious in the Ukraine...

From WRSA Possible Multiple-Sunrise-Soon Saturday Edition (Updated) March 22, 2024 Strategic Culture source

Bunker preps alert

#10 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-23 13:54 (Reply)

By now you have heard that billionaire John Oliver has offered Justice Thomas a million dollars a year if he will retire. More than likely the only reason this became public is because Justice Thomas refused the offer or refused to even hear it. You don't make these offers public.

You have no doubt also heard that a few Republican representatives choose to retire from the House mid term instead of simply finishing out their term. One even deliberately choose a retirement date that would prevent his replacement. These retirements threaten the slim Republican majority in the House. They are clearly intended to give power to the Democrats. Why would these House Republicans do that? Logically you could assume that they got some kind of offer similar to what was offered Justice Thomas. You didn't hear abut that offer because it would be illegal and could result in jail time for the person making the offer and the person accepting it. It probably isn't for a million dollars a year that would be too hard to keep covered up. More likely the offer is a high paying job of choice for the former congressmen. Kind of like America's Burisma. Time will tell. Sooner or later we will see what the price is for a traitor.

#11 Anon on 2024-03-24 10:36 (Reply)

"You didn't hear abut that offer because it would be illegal and could result in jail time for the person making the offer and the person accepting it."

Maybe, maybe not. You'd think using family members to collect bribes would be illegal and could result in jail time, too. Doesn't seem to work that way, though.

#11.1 Not Sure on 2024-03-24 18:00 (Reply)

Not Sure: Maybe, maybe not.

Oliver’s whole point is that offering Thomas a million bucks isn’t illegal—incredibly—as long as it is framed as a job offer. The stunt shows how easy it is to legally bribe the highest officials in the judiciary. Justice Thomas, of course, has accepted lavish vacations and other expensive gifts from ideologues with an interest in cases before the court.

And yes, it is legal for the president’s relatives to trade on their name for profit. While it should be possible to prevent direct gifts to court justices, it’s not clear how you could prevent someone from selling Billy Beer.

#11.1.1 Zachriel on 2024-03-24 20:36 (Reply)

Just the other day I remember in a conversation saying that Canada's population was 33 million. Then late in 2023 it was revealed that Canada's population had just past 40 million. I was surprised. Think about that sometime in December Canada's population just past 40 million people. But don't think too long because barely three months later Canada's population has now just passed 41 million!! That was fast. What happened? Those cold Canadian winters prompted all Canadians to cuddle up and have more babies. Noooo! The massive increases in Canadian population is almost all due to immigration legal and illegal and your political leaders are all in on this great replacement.

In totally unrelated news I have Canadian friends and relatives telling me that it is becoming more and more difficult to get doctors appointments.

#12 OneGuy on 2024-03-24 11:39 (Reply)

Canada's population growth rate in 2008 was about 1% per annum when its population was about 33 million. Canada's population growth rate in 2023 was less than 1% with a population of about 39 million.

In 2008, Canada's immigration rate was about 8 per 1000 population, about the same as in 1950. In 2023, Canada's immigration rate was about 6 per 1000 population.

#12.1 Zachriel on 2024-03-24 12:17 (Reply)

They're counting LEGAL immigrants. Do they have any idea of how many ILLEGALS came in? Legals are counted but illegals are only guessed at. Same in the US.

#12.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-25 00:19 (Reply)

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