(0724) Bleah out there, not dry, no leaves fallen, washing on, writing to you.
7. Haven’t even read this yet
The Democrats have sent this out to their fold:
“… we’re strengthening our largest-ever voter protection program to protect against Trump and his allies’ attacks on our voting rights. It’s why we’ve made a six-figure investment in the Democrats Abroad program to register and earn the votes of the nearly 9 million Americans living and serving overseas. And it’s why we’re expanding our successful virtual organizing efforts to engage and mobilize as many volunteers as we can, so you can get involved no matter where you are.”
6. IYE, at 802:5
… runs some Jeffersonian history.
5. Thoughts from above
Occasionally, ideas flit through the mind and one just now was to click on 1 Cor 1 and there in front of me was this:
[22] For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
[23] But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
[24] But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
[25] Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men
Uh huh … insight into the fledgling church going out to the gentiles … interesting.
4. 911
I have a post up at OoL right now on that infamous date.
3. Dearieme wondered
… about the now too complex blog system.
And well he might … I prefer to euphemise it as “diffusing”, as not putting all the eggs in one basket. In practice, it was a result of the stolen ONO … first one version of N.O. stepped in, then another, I made a third, my tech mate made a fourth, which you’re on now.
This site you’re now on, (which I’m shortening to just HQ as the five letters are unwieldy), is where I blog from … Julia saw that yesterday and altered her blogroll accordingly. This site is where I intend to blog from but it seems there’s a tech glitch which has not yet surfaced. If it does, blogging switches to UHC for the interim.
NOWP remains “reader drops” as it has been … quite a history there actually … goes right back.
Which leaves Jstack … in some ways unworkable for both blogger and commenter, best as a fourth site.
UHC and Jstack I’ll keep posting at (almost) once a day, with some post of interest … purpose of that is to just keep them ticking over, keep them in good nick. I also post at OoL three times a week … can’t see that altering … there’s one from me on 911 right now.
2. Torquaymada quoted ZH last evening
Here’s the writer’s take on “futurism”:
Futurism is, in my view, the key to all modern authoritarianism. It’s a philosophy that has been present at the birth of nearly every major despotic government in recent memory and it’s the root of leftist ideology today. Futurists argue that history is, for the most part, dead weight. They believe that every notion of heritage, the lessons of the past, the ideals and principles of our forefathers are all irrelevant.
Futurists think nothing is sacred and all new ideas are superior to all old ideas. Therefore, they claim, any society that clings to (or conserves) the old ways needs to be dismantled because it is holding humanity back from progress. In other words, anyone promoting or defending traditional norms must be silenced in the name of “progress.”
I suspect most people reading this at least intuitively understand the monstrous nature of this belief system. The very structure of futurism is based on a lie – The idea that all change is good and that any oppression committed in the name of change is justified.