Month: November 2018

—Seek to lose count because they were many. There are never enough until there are none.—

—You’re still a moralist and I’m a legalist. The difference is the arbitrariness and imprecision of your position and non-arbitrariness and precision of mine. Ergo I am more confident because I am not troubled by lack of clarity – because I have none.–

—The question is not how many are sufficient for victory. But how few shall be sufficient to tell the tale.—

—Mercy is for your kin, who have erred in character or judgement. Mercy Elsewhere is but folly – let none leave the field. Their place is under it.—

THANKFUL FOR OUR GIFTS by James Santagata I woke up at 3 am. Dry throat. I flipped on a light switch, used the flushing toilet, washed my hands with soap and clean water, had a drink of potable water, checked to make sure my TV was office, that the refrigerator and freezer doors were closed,…

(the demand for national mythos) Um. when the atheists attack mythology – abrahamic or otherwise – they do not specify the means of graceful failure of decidability that mythos provide. That’s why one needs a founding mythos. Because there must exists some means of decision making in the absence of knowledge. Hence why I argue…

The Coming Civil War: Parasite & Predate vs Produce & Perform. by James Santagata The first Civil War featured two core European populations fighting each other, and although there were genetic differences which manifested themselves in cultural and cognitive terms (IQ), the range of and delta between the genetic stocks were almost non-existent compared to…

THE GREEK CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY NOT PERSONAL RELIGION In his book on the subject, Did the Greeks Believe Their Myths?, Paul Veyne writes: —“Myth is truthful, but figuratively so. It is not historical truth mixed with lies; it is a high philosophical teaching that is entirely true, on the condition that, instead of taking it literally,…

THE GREEK UNDERSTANDING OF GODS —“Homer and Hesiod have attributed to the gods all sorts of things which are matters of reproach and censure among men: theft, adultery and mutual deceit. But if horses or oxen or lions had hands or could draw with their hands and accomplish such works as men, horses would draw…

THE GODS GAVE US FIRE, BUT WE MAD OURSELVES GODS WITH METAL. As far as I know (and I may be wrong) gods gave us fire via Prometheus, but man invented metal. And while Hephaestus is a god of Smiths (and I am not sure how many civilizations have such a thing other than Thor…

YES, THANK YOU WESTERN CIVILIZATION —“The World’s Poorest People Are Getting Richer Faster. In 1820, 94% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%.”–humanprogressorg Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you Western Civilization, for high trust people, heroism, individual sovereignty, rule of law, truth-jury-and-judiciary, markets in association, cooperation,…

I mean, if they think they can get an impeachment result (they can’t) then that’s one thing. But a government run by Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein… Well, you know it’s going to end up as Jews and the underclasses of color and single women against the working, middle, entrepreneurial, and married…

WE HAVE TO MAKE IT REAL FOR PEOPLE: ACTIONABLE —“People buy into HOPE PORN because they don’t know what to DO about the status quo. Having concrete steps to take promotes realism.”—Jennifer Dean

LAUNCH TIME So, my work is ready, I am ready, it seems like enough of the group is ready, and the circumstance is ready, and market demand will begin to increase. And as such everything is ready to start ‘teaching’. Because we have an explanation, a science, a solution, and a plan, and no one…

BECOMING REAL by Bill Joslin (brilliant) You are not real, you don’t exist until you act in the world – until an impact has been catalyzed. Nothing else; morals, hope, intentions, thoughts, feelings; none of it exists, only the acts and consequences of acts exist – you are what you’ve done – realz over feels……

SEEING THE DICHOTOMY AND TEACHING IT by John Mark Now that I see this dichotomy between hopeful-moral-wishful thinking and resigned-legal-realistic thinking, I see it everywhere. Leftists, obviously moral/wishful. Libertardians, “principled conservatives”, classical liberal, and Civnats are still moral/wishful. Even my wife, after Dems took the House, was emotionally upset. I said, “I’ve been telling you…

lesson of rome. If you’re going to do it. You do it like you did to carthage. You do not do it like you did to greece and judea.

Bill Joslin, Seems minor but is the hardest problem of training a core: what do men need to learn to change from hopeful and moral, to resigned and legal frames. YOu stated your change of frame. I watched it happen. How can we EXPLICITLY state this objective as a goal of educating ‘men’ so that…

THE TRANSITION WE ALL MUST MAKE: RESTORATION by Bill Joslin (read this) I’ve changed my mind – norms social commons be damned – these are a bit nebulas and wishy washy. LAW – when law is formalized a civilization coheres – when law breaks down it falls…. Law. Law is the answer. Now look at…

CONSTANTINE THE DESTROYER OF THE EMPRE Emperor Constantine moved the legions from the frontiers to one consolidated roving army as a way to save money and to protect wealthier citizens within the cities. However, this grand strategy would have costly effects of the Roman empire by weakening its frontier defenses and allowing it to be…

October 8th, 2018 9:19 PM CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS -vs- LIBERAL PROTESTS —“The Kochs fund conservative think tanks whose members publish thoughtful papers on current issues. The Kochs also fund a lot of PBS series and are involved in other educational endeavors. There is no comparison between what these philanthropists do and what Soros does.”— SOROS’…

FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS IN THE HOMELAND: A “VISION” OF THE FUTURE Original Post: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/full-spectrum-operations-in-the-homeland-a-%E2%80%9Cvision%E2%80%9D-of-the-future The U.S. Army’s Operating Concept 2016-2028 was issued in August 2010 with three goals. First, it aims to portray how future Army forces will conduct operations as part of a joint force to deter conflict, prevail in war, and succeed in a…

Bracken: How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence Posted on September 3, 2012 | 425 Comments Illustration: Bracken’s CW2 Cube; click to enlarge From Matt Bracken: In response to recent articles in mainstream military journals discussing the use of the U.S. Army to quell insurrections on American soil, I offer an alternate vision of the future. Instead of a small town in…

FYI: Story in santa monica observer quoting ginsberg’s clerk that RBG’s cancer has come out of remission, and she will retire in January. I have no idea how legit this is, just passing it around.

GOOD CRITICISM: UTOPIANISM? BUT NO…. —“Propertarianism as far as I understand is an utopian vision of humanity as primarily rational. An implementation of such an utopian vision may have many unforeseen consequences, as micromanagement of human resources is not in Curt’ strategic vision. The general disapproval of Abrahamic cults within his system may lead to…