George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissistBut of course, that is the only place I post.Adamresident follower of resident narcissist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissistBrant,I must have missed your last 2000 posts, at least. Could you summarize them in 100 words or less?Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galtgulch Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsGhs,If you are the very same george h. smith who wrote Atheism: The Case Against God, I want to thank you for that. Not to mention the "other heresies" book as well.I wonder just what subjects you would find interesting if intelligently discussed?I would like to know what other sites you explore to find such?Ron Paul's Campaign For Liberty site has three new featured articles daily. www.campaignforliberty.comJust discovered www.zerohedge.com so cannot vouch but it has a manifesto which is inspiringI imagine you already know about www.mises.org and www.cafehayek.comwww.fff.org and their monthly Freedom Daily is appealing.www.adamwhys.com is a favorite of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Hey George!Come on, now. Tell the truth.You got an OL spam message from a hot-sounding chick and it caught your interest.Here's something you might be interested in. Robert Campbell is giving the orthos a hard time by transcribing what Rand really said in her Q&A sessions against what was published in Ayn Rand Answers. See here: The Rewrite Squad.It's ugly for the dark side.Also, I posted your Xmas balls good cheer in your corner. It got some views, but not many comments...Here are some other items you might like:Discussion of Anne Heller's bookDiscussion of Jennifer Burns's bookSLOP/Perigo bashing at its finestThe weirdest nitpickiing and misunderstanding crusade I have ever encountered onlineBe careful with this last one. Before I caught the person of interest, she had managed to alter a whole slew of her earlier posts to conform with her later arguments. But even with the changes, the thread is one of the wonders of the modern world. If you manage to get all the way through it, you will have an uncontrollable urge to sit naked in a darkened subway station getting drunk on rubbing alcohol and pretending you are Napoleon Bonaparte playing a banjo.At the present, I'm on a Glenn Beck kick (see here and here). So that might be offensive enough to stoke curiosity...As to the rest, you just gotta look around. Good to see you.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Hey George!Come on, now. Tell the truth.You got an OL spam message from a hot-sounding chick and it caught your interest.Michael,You mean to say that "Miss Joy" is not on the up-and-up? Sounds like a good Objectivist name to me. How disappointing. "I look forward to hear from you soonest." I thought maybe Nigerians had taken over Objectivist Living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I thought maybe Nigerians had taken over Objectivist Living.George,Senegaleses. The IP is from Dakar in Senegal.Probably a dude, though. In my Black Hat excursions, this is called e-whoring (a dude pretending he is a woman and flirting with other dudes to make a sting). Believe it or not, e-whoring is the technical name of the practice.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I thought maybe Nigerians had taken over Objectivist Living.George,Senegaleses. The IP is from Dakar in Senegal.Probably a dude, though. In my Black Hat excursions, this is called e-whoring (a dude pretending he is a woman and flirting with other dudes to make a sting). Believe it or not, e-whoring is the technical name of the practice.MichaelMichael,I belong to an excellent jazz list (JazzWestCoast) on Yahoo. Some months ago a member posted this spoof of Nigerian scam emails:Dear Friends, My name is Ndugood. I am a wealthy Nigerian prince who loves the jazz of music. I am seeking your help to move $200,000,000 from my checking account here in Nigeria to the United States. I too love the jazz of music and am planning to flee to America to open many jazz clubs at which I would like you to perform. You will receive $42,000 a night, plus a meal. My new "Tribal Village Vanguard" clubs will be of great success and you will become rich like the rest of American jazz musicians. I have already applied for building code exemptions to allow thatched stages and the spearing of live animals. But I desperately need your help. My tribe, the Swindlisi, a peaceful jazz-loving people, has been horribly oppressed by the ruling military junta, which despises the jazz of music. My father, an exiled king and booking agent, was recently imprisoned under the Draconian "three gigs you're out" law. And now I must flee my beloved country with all of my improbable wealth. But I need help in moving it. I have so much money that it will not fit in the allotted two checked bags and one carry-on. I am therefore want to transfer the money through your ATM system. (The Nigerian ATM system cannot exchange international currencies; it only converts "antelope to money"). So please to just provide me with your full name and address, social security number, bank account and PIN numbers. And you will become incredibly (literally) rich from playing many jazz gigs. (Note--normal Nigerian Musician's Union rules apply: three hour performances, two 15 minute breaks allowed, musicians to provide their own mosquito nets, one open fire per bandstand, one free meal plus anything you kill). Act now. The first ten musicians to respond will receive a free copy of the Nigeria 's Greatest Jazz Hits CD, by our beloved 'Disoriented' Gillespie Band, which contains the hits: · The Night Has A Thousand Flies· Goodbye Shrunken Head· Here's That Rainy Season· Just Tribesmen (Lovers No More)· Take the 'A' Trail· When I Fall In Quicksand· Half-Nelson Mandela· Blue Monkey· Leopard Skins and Moonbeams· Blue Mombossa· Almost Like Being In Lagos· Sunny Side of the Goatpath· I Didn't Know What Century It Was Thank you for your many help. Your inordinately wealthy Nigerian brother,Prince Ndugood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 When I read Miss Joy's message here, it looked like it might be a romance scam. I personally know somebody who was duped this way.George, hi and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 At the present, I'm on a Glenn Beck kick (see here and here). So that might be offensive enough to stoke curiosity...Michael,Beck has been a topic of conversation several times on Atlantis II, including over the last several days, and I've generally defended him. I scanned the Beck posts on OL, and I may join in that conversation.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissistBrant,I must have missed your last 2000 posts, at least. Could you summarize them in 100 words or less?GhsYes, but that would expose me as a charlatan.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 When I read Miss Joy's message here, it looked like it might be a romance scam. I personally know somebody who was duped this way.George, hi and welcome.Merlin,Thanks.I mean no offense, but I hope the romance scam email that duped your friend was better done than the one by "Miss Joy." If not, I would feel compelled to use the R-word, and that might bring the wrath of Sarah Palin down on my head. Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I mean no offense, but I hope the romance scam email that duped your friend was better done than the one by "Miss Joy." If not, I would feel compelled to use the R-word, and that might bring the wrath of Sarah Palin down on my head. None taken. But "friend" doesn't fit. I don't know for sure, but it likely started in a chat room or on a dating site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsGhs,If you are the very same george h. smith who wrote Atheism: The Case Against God, I want to thank you for that. Not to mention the "other heresies" book as well.I wonder just what subjects you would find interesting if intelligently discussed?I would like to know what other sites you explore to find such?Yes, I am the very same George H. Smith who wrote ATCAG -- at least to the extent that I think of myself as the same person at age 61 (in five days) that I was at age 23, when I wrote ATCAG. I find almost any subject interesting if it is intelligently discussed. I will probably become more active on OL. For nearly a decade now, I have been a very active member of the Yahoo list Atlantis II. I also post regularly on the Yahoo list JazzWestCoast. I am not a musician, at least not for many years now, but I have been a jazz buff since my high school days. Other than Roger Bissell and Chris Sciabarra, I don't know any other Objectivist types who like jazz. I find this curious in a way, since jazz is individualism incarnate in music. Indeed, one often finds discussions of cultural individualism in histories of jazz.I am tinkering -- on and off, as I can find the time -- on a lengthy article with the working title "Jazz Versus the State."In addition, I finished a new book around a year ago -- "Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism" -- that was recently accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press. Unfortunately, I am still working on the final revisions, so it will be a while before the book sees the light of print.Before being interrupted with that tedious task, I was working on yet another book, "Where Our Freedom Came From and How We Lost It." I will pick that up later, hopefully.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissistBrant,I must have missed your last 2000 posts, at least. Could you summarize them in 100 words or less?GhsYes, but that would expose me as a charlatan.--BrantBrant,I will bite my tongue this time, but if you persist in feeding me juicy setup lines, I will not be responsible, owing to my lack of will power, for how I might respond in the future. Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?GhsThat's easy: check out the threads I post on.--Brantresident narcissistBrant,I must have missed your last 2000 posts, at least. Could you summarize them in 100 words or less?GhsYes, but that would expose me as a charlatan.--BrantBrant,I will bite my tongue this time, but if you persist in feeding me juicy setup lines, I will not be responsible, owing to my lack of will power, for how I might respond in the future. GhsGhs:Welcome back to contributing to OL.If you would like to give free rein to your non-tongue biting - check out the Not So Soft Drink thread - New not so "Soft" DrinkAdam Edited February 5, 2010 by Selene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I am not a musician, at least not for many years now, but I have been a jazz buff since my high school days. An addendum...Some sense of my taste in music can be had by viewing the music videos that I have uploaded, under the nick smikro1, on YouTube.The two most recent, both uploaded within the past day, can be found at: Warren Vache Plays "Over the Rainbow"and Shorty Rogers and His Giants - "If I Only Had a Brain"In case it isn't obvious from these two tunes, Harold Arlen is my favorite American composer.My most elaborate jazz video, and the one that has received the greatest number of hits by far, is Part 2 of my "Stories of Jazz": A Famous Solo by Paul GonsalvesThe extensive text that accompanies this video is almost as interesting as the music itself. Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Other than Roger Bissell and Chris Sciabarra, I don't know any other Objectivist types who like jazz.George,Robert Campbell is a jazz connoisseur.I both wrote and produced some jazz stuff in Brazil.Here are A Few Tracks from my past that I posted on OL about a year ago. At least people can listen and know that I was a real musician.It's more jazz pop, but still jazz (except the first track which is not pop at all--er... on reflection, I think the first track fits you and one of your exes from what you wrote me a while back).I don't do music anymore. I shrugged. I shouldn't have. It's still painful to me. I just re-listened to that stuff. Dayaamm, I was good! And the pain returned.(Objectivism can be dangerous if taken in large doses...)I intend to get back in music, but after my present Internet marketing project is finished.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Michael,I just noticed that I am a "VIP Member" of OL. Is this like being knighted? Should other members now refer to me as "Sir George"?Do you have a VIP lounge? I will need it after Peter Taylor finds out that I am active on OL.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I just noticed that I am a "VIP Member" of OL. Is this like being knighted? Should other members now refer to me as "Sir George"?Do you have a VIP lounge? I will need it after Peter Taylor finds out that I am active on OL.George,The title is supposed to flatter you, I guess. Kinda like a veiled suckup. But I still haven't figured it out...Er... You and Peter have... er... his... hisss... history?...Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Doesn't Leonard Peikoff like jazz?--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Coates Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) > I haven't visited this site in a long time. Where are the more interesting discussions taking place?George, It's gone downhill over the last two or three years. Bad posts, posters, threads (and "frequent flyers" who never take a break and post mostly one-liners and snark on every thread every fifty minutes) tend to drive out or lessen good. (I won't mention names, but you'll soon learn who tends to crap on all the threads.)I posted frequently on the "great literature" thread which has had a lot of interesting posts by well-read people such as Ted Keer, JR, Jeffrey Smith and others. There was also a language thread I liked, but I don't remember it's name. I'm more interested in those topics these days than the politics and most recent government outrage ones...I think you will offer an intellectual upgrade around here. However, please don't keep quoting and throwing that line back at me each time I disagree with you...which I'm sure would happen often.Welcome back .... Edited February 5, 2010 by Philip Coates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 George, It's gone downhill over the last two or three years. I remember a time in the good old days when there never used to be poverty. The sick simply never got sick. Milk and honey flowed like rivers and brotherly love abounded...The lions laid down with the lambs and all was right with the world.BUT NOW, JUST LOOK!...As the reader can see from Phil's post, some horseshit continues on OL unabated just like always.But we like Phil anyway...Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Michael,I just noticed that I am a "VIP Member" of OL. Is this like being knighted? Should other members now refer to me as "Sir George"?Do you have a VIP lounge? I will need it after Peter Taylor finds out that I am active on OL.GhsSlay that Dragon!Is it better to be a Saint or a Sir ...my preference is as a sinner.Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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