Reflections XXXV - December Digressions

 How much anti-Semitism is driven by jealousy? Methinks at its core...all of it.

There is always a surplus of bad ideas.

The biggest impediment for the Kurds and their quest for international homeland recognition is that they are not in direct conflict with the Jews but rather other Muslim nations.

As  sports evolve they lose their diversity and become captive to a uniform style – baseliners dominate tennis, grapplers control MMA and the high press is universal in football.

Putin has bitten off more than he intended to chew with the Ukraine however he will fight to the last Russian soldier to convince the public that this is not the case. He will welcome any pyrrhic victory.

Watching some conservatives cheer on Putin’s Russia must make the Gipper roll over in his grave.

If a war doesn’t kill a country the post war malaise augmented by socialism will.

The problem with so many intellectuals is that they cannot distinguish the ought from the is. Nor do I think they care to.

Reflections XXXIV - Digesting reality

It doesn’t matter if your heart is in the right place if it is disconnected from your head.

The problem with punditry is that there is often no consequences,  to their failed predictions. Having nothing to lose should be the first warning sign in heeding their analysis.

Put your money where your mouth is was a phrase that was customized for Muhammad Ali.

Ali is the not the greatest for the number of fights he won but he ranks #1 for the quality of opponents he defeated.

It intrigues me to think how great Spain may have become if they had not made the ill fated decision to expel the Jews in 1492 as they approached the zenith of their power.

Keir Starmer took a growing trend of national decline in the UK and gave it the accelerated boost downward to expedite the rot.

If you have faith in humanity remind yourself that over 80 million people voted for Joe Biden despite obvious signs of the onset of dementia.

Liverpool Football Club are in dire straits.

 As a diehard Liverpool fan this kills me to say it but we look terrible at present. This from a comment I wrote on an Anfield Agenda youtube video.

My biggest concern, as Craig (owner of the channel) indicated several weeks ago, centers around the dressing room environment. It looks fractured. The players clearly didn't respond to Slot's half-time talk v City or Forest in a meaningful manner. If slot has lost the dressing room then he has to go. If the players still respect him then at least you have something to build on. The chief problem on the field though is the defence. It is an absolute shambles. We have conceded two or more goals in 8 of the 12 league fixtures. If Slot cannot fix this ny returning to the basics ASAP he will have to go.

I also wrote this elsewhere.

Liverpool's defence lacks a sense of urgency. They almost appear at times to play at a testimonial pace and I say this as a diehard Liverpool fan. Forest on the other handed defended as though their lives were on the line. No chemistry in the back four as is the case with the rest of the team.

Antisemitic tunnel vision

In 2024 the US Federal budget stood at $6750 billion. Aid to Israel was 3.3 billion of which well over $2 billion had to be spent in the US (on American military items). Therefore the aid to Israel makes up less than 0.05% of the US Federal budget. But hey, according to some it is the Israel lobby that has the greatest impact on the US

Reflections XXXIII - Saturday musings

Chinese leadership is loyal to the party not the state and even less so to the people. The party is the God. Western observers rarely understand this which explains the shock it sensed with the Tiananmen Square Massacre and before that the Cultural Revolution.

We need to articulate and celebrate Western exceptionalism for it has been leading driver in the advancement of science, commerce, the legal system and the war against poverty.

Great societies need people of vision. Inventions don’t matter much if you don’t have people with clear ideas who can utilize them with efficacy.. A competitive free market selects for such vision.

We can be certain of change but not certain of the direction of change.

If Japan can turn its falling birth rate around without the destructive resort to mass immigration it will emerge once again as a force to be reckoned with. A leader who prioritizes this will become the saviour of the nation. The same is true of South Korea.

Taking comfort in lies seems to be a unique human trait. So is parroting those lies.

Nick Fuentes is not a troll. He is far worse than that.

A recurring thought.............Nick Fuentes is not trolling and he knows how to build a base. He genuinely believes what he says and will not budge. Jews to him are detestable as they represent the establishment in his warped worldview. Dave Smith tried to push him to modify his rhetoric and he point blanc told him that it will never happen.

In short Fuentes is extremely dangerous. He is the right wing mirror image of ANTIFA and is as anti-Liberal as you can get. His growth on the political front will not portend well for society. Tough times ahead.

Reflections XXXII - Saturday Surmising

 

The most common mistake in science is to confuse a scientific model with the real itself. This is the main pitfall of digitized thinking.

Alternative histories are fun to play around with but can only be taken so far as no progressions are linear, unforeseen events are ever present and pathways of alternatives are constantly emerging.

Europe is struggling right now to age with dignity. Its moral soul is being picked apart by both internal and external forces.

An assured way to kill a society is to dominate the politics with an overriding sense of guilt. It is such a poison that is killing the west.

Most people don’t know the facts what they subscribe to is cultivated version of the facts.

One rarely gains anything from a formal debate. This is understandable as it prejudices rhetorical victory over meaningful understanding of truth.

Nations decline when they fail to appreciate the many downsides of Empire. Limitations exit for a reason.

Materialism is ultimately grounded in the very concept of lack of meaning which explains why its unfulfilling Physicality which defines much of science is bounded.