Marc

On 4/9/2024 at 7:11 PM, Backlighting said:

Michael,

Had NB not had his affair with AR and kept expanding the NB Institute, one can only wonder how much further Objectivism would have gone.

Great post!

3 hours ago, Peter said:

Rubio? Maybe not. They are both living in the same state, so Marco doesn't bring the "extra" votes like someone from Ohio might. A women would matter . . .  and I believe there are two possible candidates in that group that might bring electoral and the women's vote. You know that "supposition" may be on the mark because you can type in "Possible Trump VP's" and their names will appear.  

I agree on the female vp but Marco Rubio has slim to no chance and slim just left town.

Flynn? 

And his VP is...........

Yeah ok

Sorry and my condolences

5 hours ago, Peter said:

Ben Carson.

Hmmmmmm, me like!!

Hey Peter, who do you like for VP these days? 

What is the street saying?

Great post! 

I am thinking 15-0 today , sweeeèeeeppppppppp

On 2/11/2024 at 10:08 AM, Anti-Communist said:

Yo, Mike

I don't want discussion, I want others to read and

there slightly alter their mental and actionate habits.

Just Say'in

I'll be constantly searching for quality comments to move

to the (readable) top of the Long Thread forum.

Hey Fidel, 

Socialism or Death, right? 

9 hours ago, chuff said:

Just a nickname -- evidently it has various slang meanings in the UK.

Hey Chuff! 

9 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

Here's a different angle on the Deep State.

Look at how much CIA is in your daily life...

To repeat in case the X post ever goes down.

QUOTE

Wikipedia = CIA for facts 
Rolling Stone = CIA for hippies 
NBC = CIA for mainstream sheep 
Moderna = CIA for medicine 
Johns Hopkins = CIA for PHDs 
Facebook = CIA for seniors 
LinkedIn = CIA for midwit strivers
NIH = CIA for the medical industry
Fox News = CIA for GOP

END QUOTE

Yup.

 

Michael

Nikki Haley = CIA for politics 

Putting this in fraud thread because that is where it should go

2 hours ago, Peter said:

Sorry. I must have seen "projected' stats for SC.

I saw the same numbers, projected or polls but eithet way bye bye birdbrain and I have a better chance on Super Tuesday than birdbrain does

Does anyone know what Bird brain thinks about this Texas issue? I for one would like to know Nikki's thoughts.

9 hours ago, Strictlylogical said:

This kind of escalation is what the left wants… its the excuse they would love to use to prevent the election of Trump from even happening in the first place

Exactly, that is why we must fight this right here right now

22 minutes ago, Strictlylogical said:

I think we have a situation where perhaps it is no so clear cut… the law is relatively clear but the facts to which the laws are applicable are not necessarily clear.

sometimes we can focus too much on purported facts… of which often we are not in full possession … and in today’s age are subject to much bias and twisting due to ideological and political forces… as well as pure corruption and lust for power.

Due process and the rule of law help to ensure actual facts, through evidentiary proceedings and careful weighing of facts lower court proceedings can provide… provide the basis for action in accordance with the proper application pf the law in the context … which is justice (assuming good law).

Declarations of emergency can come in multiple stripes… from various persons and on varying levels of factual basis… and clashes of powers can come in many forms and in various directions also stemming from different apprehension of the factual circumstances.

Here two governments are doing things and doing them for reasons (perhaps both factual and ideological) which conflict… whether in the form of asking for injunctions or declarations of emergency, there is risk here that one side is wrong and taking steps quickly without knowing which side it is before the facts are fully known is likely more risky than getting to the facts as quickly as reasonably possible to resolve the issue. 

I am loath to criticize a decision which effectively says a proper court proceeding with evidence etc is required, because of the dangers of acting too swiftly… out of fear?  Again think of other possibilities … with the shoe on the other foot… declarations of emergency powers due to the next pandemic, cyber attack… threat of war… threat to democracy?… “climate crises”

There should be a sort of “emergency expedited court of first instance” process which would serve both the need for speed and the need for getting things right, but in a conflict of governments like this we need to get it right… even if it takes a little longer.

I hear what you are saying and I agree.

That being said, we all know that 2020 was stolen and that these same people have zero chance to win 2024 unless they pull some stunt, and this will be the first of many attempts.

What it shows me is that with 25 States onboard we are headed towards some sort of a civil war, then martial law, then no election or some rigged election.

These folks have two chances to win, slim and none, and slim just left town.

They will continue to try and hope that We The People will backdown and we will not.

Securing our border is the hill that we are willing to die for, but we will not as we will prevail and every other idiotic move they make on the way to November.

I say that we need our Canadian truckers at the Texas border with jumping castles, and the whole nine, supporting our beautiful President, President Trump.

On 1/20/2024 at 11:22 PM, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

The thing about fighting the Deep State with dirty tricks is you don't have to use sophisticated dirty tricks. Elementary level works just fine.

Trump just said Nikki Haley was in charge of security on J6.

The entire mainstream press roared back, "No. Nancy Pelosi was in charge."

This after years of denying and evading about Nancy Pelosi's role in the lapsed and corrupt J6 security.

 

What a bunch of retards.

LOL...

 

Michael

Wow!!!!! Trump is so far ahead of everyone mentally and funny but the press played this like Trump had some sort of cognitive issue.

Classic Trump.

16 hours ago, tmj said:

Well...he did have big shoes to fill..I don't think I'd mind a Sen Desantis

I am afraid that as Senator he would do the flip flop at the last moment. I would accept that once we are 61/39 in the Senate.

Until that, stay in Fla and continue his great job!

14 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

Amy Peikoff has TDS so bad, she is now going for RFK Jr.

I like Amy's independence, despite her confines of the fundy side of Objectivism.

But I don't think she would ever want to hear from me. Still, I would like to tell her there is a reason Objectivists are so awful at politics. They don't see processes. They only see principles and outcomes, all with no middle. They talk about causality as a hat-tip to the middle, but they are awful at describing the steps of how things happen in reality.

If a specific outcome in reality can be derived from a principle they hold, they are all in. If it is not in line with that principle, they start talking about moral equivalency and so on and make awful decisions that reflect an awful reality when carried out.

That's because reality is not a principle. Reality is reality and it will happen irrespective of anyone's opinions or convictions.

 

Here is one reality Amy does not see. It's called the Deep State. She doesn't see it even as it took down Parler while she was there.

She was not able to defeat the Deep State with syllogisms then, and nobody will defeat the Deep State with syllogisms now.

You need something in reality to do that.

One thing works really well. It's called a wrecking ball. You have to take a wrecking ball to the Deep State. And not just a buzz-word, but a real wrecking ball that will wreck them in all the relevant reality ways that result in their demise. 

Enter Donald Trump.

 

 

He's not a principle. He's a super-competent businessman who uses reality--as best as he can perceive it at the time--as his guide. And, no, I did not just describe pragmatism. I don't want to talk about that now (although I could--and talk well). I don't want to get sidetracked

Objectivists are big on talking about context, but the more fundy ones are awful at times on applying that standard.

No problem. We (MAGA with Trump at this time in history) will save America. People like Amy will continue fighting against it unless the method can be deduced from a principle they know and approve of. And I will still continue to like Amy from a distance.

 

Besides, when someone gets in power, especially the presidency, I like having some nags who share the values of freedom holding his or her feet to the fire.

Michael

I will take that, a vote for RFK is a vote for Trump! 

3 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

I didn't think of this.

LOL.

 

My God, the ruling class elitists are such dorks and idiots.

They don't see themselves and what retards they are.

 

Michael

But they are all vaccinated