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mere agreement or disagreement. If I can get you to consider even one idea which you
would not previously have entertained, or which would not previously
have occurred to you, then I've succeeded in what I'm trying to do.
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These days YouTube is basically in a state of open war with its viewers.
France, with each district colored based on which party got the largest number of votes (not necessarily a majority) in the recent European Union Parliament elections. Dark blue represents Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party. They came in first everywhere in the country except the inner Paris metro area.
The vote for independence in 1991 was overwhelming.
All who eat of it are complicit in it.
Note the date -- this person posted this eleven years ago.
Stand with Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan -- with democracy and civilization against tyranny and barbarism
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18 June 2024
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My brother was a person who was happy on Monday. He loved working and even hated three-day weekends. I still miss him.
ReplyDeleteHe must have had a very unusual job.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear I am a boring person when I flip off the pro-life protesters in front of Planned Parenthood. It just feels right!
ReplyDeleteI discovered your blog on nick, hereandnow.
ReplyDelete1. I wasn't aware of the youtube ad shenanigans. Youtube is painful nowadays with incessant ads already!
2. I completely agree with the concept of "inclusion" in today's vernacular. It's accompanied by a huge intolerance in the guise of "compassion".
And 3. Love the graduation class of 2024 and the hats :).
Lady M: Sorry, but I just find that gesture to be overused and overexposed to the point where my only reaction is "(yawn) oh, that again" as well as being part of the general coarsening and increasing grossness and dullness of public life these days. There are better ways of expressing contempt for things.
ReplyDeleteLiam: Glad you found me! I find YouTube without an ad blocker to be completely unwatchable -- as in, if I didn't have one I actually would not watch it any more. I use uBlock Origin which is free, easy to install, and very effective.
"Inclusion" these days is another one of those "shut up" buzzwords designed to silence objections without needing to address them.
The cartoon with the graduation caps was a perfect expression of what dominates the campuses these days. Every day I'm glad I got out of academia.