The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre argued that human beings are condemned to freedom — that we are always responsible not only for our actions but for how we interpret them. In existential terms, one cannot hide behind ideology or collective narratives. If you believe an act was necessary, even just, then your lack of remorse may reflect a deeply integrated moral framework rather than moral deficiency. The discomfort may stem from external voices insisting that your interior landscape should look different. Continue reading
Smith: The Power of Sunrise
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This is a small exercise in ethics and the massive expansion of criminal activity we now find in America, largely due to this corrupt, immoral and far too permissive society we’ve allowed to manifest itself in our midst, giving way to the worst aspects of human nature and leaving destruction and shattered lives in its wake.
We have reached an unprecedented moment in human history. If this war with Iran continues for an extended period of time, we will be facing the greatest energy disruption in human history and the greatest food production disruption in human history simultaneously. Many were hoping that Iran would agree to the Trump administration’s proposal for a 30 day ceasefire, but it was obvious that was never going to happen.
The RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) and DINOs (Democrats In Name Only) are circling the Capitol dome like it’s feeding time at the world’s most expensive zoo. In front of the cameras, the big beasts growl and posture. But on main street, the frustrated voters are losing it: “DARN RINOs!” “DARN DINOs!” 
Iran flat-out rejected Trump’s “peace plan” today (again) and continued its attacks around the gulf and at Israel where missile interceptors seem to be stretched a little thin now in their ability to shield the public, almost like Israel is running triage to save their use now for the most important sites. Iran clearly wants to stay in the fight at this point to exact as much revenge as it can (and it has said as much several times.)
Things may be somewhat different now, but when I was a kid the school system required us to read books; a lot of books. We had the typical text books that taught us subjects such as history, science, and math. Then, once we got past the basics in learning how to read and write, we were given reading assignments, a specific number of chapters from a book assigned by the teacher; which we would then discuss the following day in class. Finally, there were the book reports.
Patience is the ability to remain calm and composed when faced with delays, provocations, or boring situations without complaining or becoming angry. It encompasses tolerance and endurance, which are often needed to achieve long-term goals or handle difficult people or tasks. It is the noun form of “patient.”
For the moment, we have avoided a global economic cataclysm. President Trump was threatening to completely destroy Iran’s power grid if the Iranians did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and in response the Iranians were threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Middle East. Once that infrastructure is gone it would have to be replaced, and that would take years. Meanwhile, the entire world would be forced to endure the worst energy crisis in human history and the economic fallout would be intolerable.
Not a week goes by that I don’t swear at my new political party, the Democratic Party, for being utterly out of touch with not only political reality, but with regular, everyday, working-class Americans. Not a week goes by that I don’t want to just slap my new party upside the head for being so dang out of touch.
After this week is over, there may be no turning back. President Trump is literally threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid, and the Iranians cannot do a thing to prevent that from happening. But in response, the Iranians are threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Persian Gulf. The Iranians have already destroyed 17 percent of Qatar’s Ras Laffan natural gas complex, and if they destroy the remaining 83 percent of that facility it will immediately plunge us into the greatest natural gas crisis in human history by a very wide margin. There would be widespread natural gas shortages, fertilizer plants all over the world would be forced to shut down, and hunger would run rampant.
Everything is happening so rapidly these days, that most folks are completely missing the historic significance of events, as they whizz on past us all. Trump just recently publicly suggested that maybe the U.S. should simply walk away from the Straits of Hormuz, since we don’t really use it that much – that we should let America and Asia fend for themselves for a change. And when one reporter questioned Trump on his rethinking of NATO, Trump quickly responded: “I don’t need Congress for that decision.”
For decades, doctors believed that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications such as Ritalin and Adderall worked by sharpening a person’s focus.
Sometimes it feels like governments are actively trying to make everything worse. “Affordable” healthcare that no one can afford. AI regulations designed to ensure 450 million Europeans are the last people on earth to benefit from the most revolutionary technology in decades. And the teachers unions that fund these politicians doing everything in their power to trap students in failing schools.
Farmer Macron was among many western leaders who chose to snooze away in the giant NATO haystack. Therefore, Golden Trump Rooster delivered a thunderous cock-a-doodle-DOOM right in his ear!
From the dawn of human civilization, the soul of man has been locked in a timeless duel – not merely against the elements or the beasts of the wild, but against his fellow man, who seeks to chain him, and against the darker recesses of his own spirit, which whisper doubts and despair. This profound struggle, etched into the annals of history, finds a haunting echo in the life of Theodore John Kaczynski, a man whose rebellion against the leviathan of modern government and its technological appendages resonates with the conservative heart’s unyielding cry for true freedom.
When a monster military like the US circles its prey for possible attack, very little can go wrong. Painful lessons of past wars have taught state leadership how to avoid mistakes that can drag the country into interminable conflict. If the order to pounce is given, the outcome will soon be decided and the winner never in doubt. The foregoing is offered as the naive view of US foreign policy.