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Monday, January 19, 2026

Today, it's not just U.S. foes that find themselves scrambling to reinterpret Trump's grandiose ultimatums in the wake of the stunning Venezuela operation. Partners and allies as well are now viewing Trump's open vow to pursue a more assertive policy across the Western Hemisphere in a far more serious light, one bound to have repercussions across the globe. read more


Sunday, January 18, 2026

How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory US president's friend Ronald Lauder -- who first proposed Arctic expansion -- is now making deals in the island read more


Saturday, January 17, 2026

We are cursed by what the historian Barbara Tuchman calls the "bellicose frivolity of senile empires." All empires, when they are dying, worship the idol of war. War will save the empire. War will resurrect past glory. War will teach an unruly world to obey. But those who bow down before the idol of war, blinded by hypermasculinity and hubris, are unaware that while idols begin by calling for the sacrifice of others, they end by demanding self-sacrifice. read more


The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up to provide support in Philly amid rising tensions with ICE. read more


Friday, January 16, 2026

Episcopalians and faith partners gathered virtually Jan. 13 for an evening prayer vigil to mourn, lament and remember people who have died by immigration enforcement actions in and out of detention. read more


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if you need a link

nflbox.io

go ahead and click the X, then the play arrow

www.youtube.com

Oxford's Math whiz John Lennox short.

Also an interesting worldview from SF novelist Philip K. Dick:

"Through his studies in philosophy, he believed that existence is based on internal human perception, which does not necessarily correspond to external reality.

He described himself as "an acosmic panentheist", which he explained as meaning that

"I don't believe that the universe exists. I believe that the only thing that exists is God and he is more than the universe. The universe is an extension of God into space and time. That's the premise I start from in my work, that so-called 'reality' is a mass delusion that we've all been required to believe for reasons totally obscure".[24]

After reading the works of Plato and pondering the possibilities of metaphysical realms, he came to the conclusion that, in a certain sense, the world is not entirely real and there is no way to confirm whether it is truly there. That question was a theme in many of his novels."

en.wikipedia.org

I've been seeing comments lately in industry articles giving Ringo a lot more credit than he ever got back in the day.

www.google.com

(that's one thing I do like about ai... just checking what I've noticed to see if others have also)

#20

Because like most Republicans, they are barely educated, many barely educable.

Which is why Republicans hate education... people with more than a high school education tend to vote Dem, and they hate that.

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This is one of the best short talks I've seen in recent years, and from someone whom I never knew was either funny nor this perceptive:

How the Elite rigged Society (and why it's falling apart)

www.youtube.com

by
age 12 children American children of
affluent kids are four grade levels
above everybody else

by University the
age rich kids are 77 times more likely
to go to university or to ivy league
university than kids from poor schools

in adulthood 54% of the people at Elite
workplaces went to the same 34 Elite
colleges

so we ended up creating a cast
system

people with high school degrees
die nine years sooner than people with
college degrees

people with high school
degrees are five times more likely to
have kids out of wedlock

people with
high school degrees are 2.4 times more
likely to say they have no friends

so we
created a cast system even though we
pretend to be egalitarian

excerpt

22 Bible Verses on Welcoming Immigrants

sojo.net

DHS is likely to have their own special place in the bigly MAGA section of Hell.

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