An Obvious Hoax

Nobody needed an investigation to prove that  Jews don’t write the plural of “family” with an apostrophe.

No New Wars

I heard a snippet from the Trump speech at the Libertarian convention (which speech his supporters are stanning for in embarrassing and needy ways), and he said, “I’m proud to be the only president in 70 years who started no new wars.” This is very cryptic because Biden started no wars either.

I’m beginning to understand the neediness of Trump supporters because if this is the kind of stuff they are being given, the desperation is the only normal response.

The raptures about the extraordinary political skilfulness of the Trump speech are cringe. All he did was try to bribe potential voters in exactly the same way that the Dems do by offering reparations. If this is skilful, you deserve all you get, honestly.

Before the Biden supporters perk up, folks, your candidate spoke to black students at a college recently and told them they are in danger of being murdered by whites just because they are black. You’ve got nothing to celebrate here. What Biden did in that speech is immensely worse.

Not Wrong

https://x.com/CallaWalsh/status/1758549634052497617?t=vC3LAoj9_enlMuuzV6iRpw&s=19

People are piling on this person but she’s not wrong. In socialism, nobody would lock these products because there would be nothing to lock.

I briefly looked at her other posts, and this silly little thing despises Ukraine and adores Hamas terrorists. These creatures are very predictable.

Self-care Woes

Went on Facebook, saw the following:

Did a facepalm, left Facebook.

I’m starting to break out in hives whenever people say “self-care.”

Ignorant Academics

Here is an excerpt from last week’s article that came out in Ukraine. I translated it with GT because it illustrates really well the abyss of ignorance in which Western academics have chosen to exist:

Last fall, after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, I received a phone call from a university colleague from Canada. The professor asked me a somewhat unexpected question:

— Ihor, how many pro-Hamas demonstrations have taken place in Ukraine recently?

— ???

— Well, if not for Hamas, how many pro-Palestinian or anti-Israeli demonstrations were there?

- Practically none... Why do you ask such strange questions?

- The questions are not strange. At our university, and at other Canadian universities, the majority of faculty and students support the Palestinians and, by extension, Hamas…

https://uamoderna.com/blogy/teror-teroryzm-i-palestynska-problema/

It takes a very special kind of moron to look for pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Ukraine where everybody knows how involved Russia has been in managing Hamas and Hezbollah since their inception.

Drowning in Lies

Even after these allegations were exhaustively researched and exactly zero bodies were found in these “mass graves”, the lies get repeated again and again. The public’s confirmation bias kicks in, and people start believing in these utterly imaginary mass murders of indigenous children simply because they heard about them so much.

There are so many of these extraordinary lies that a normal person can’t keep track. Our shared public space is being poisoned with falsehood. And the only reason this happens is because we allow it. We never punish the liars. Instead, we keep consuming the lies they peddle.

Night Owls

People who didn’t have much privacy and were too severely controlled in childhood often end up being habitual night owls. Nighttime feels comfortable because it’s the only time they weren’t policed.

Psychological Insight into Maturity

People said they wanted psychological insights. OK, I’m happy to oblige.

If you are over the age of 30, you shouldn’t be having emotions when somebody criticizes a lifestyle that happens to be yours. If a football player says that women should be into childbearing above anything else or a random woman online criticizes men who carry water bottles, it’s perfectly normal to joke, shitpoast, quote for clicks, etc. But if it actually upsets or angers you (and you know deep inside whether it does), that’s a sign that you are having a problem with reaching maturity.

Real adulthood is when getting upset that somebody doesn’t approve of your lifestyle sounds exotic. The locus of approval or disapproval moves inside. A mature individual has a system of values in place, and that system is impervious to strangers.

If you observe this issue in yourself, the solution isn’t to panic or feel bad about it. Trace which issue specifically knocks you back into a defensive, child-like role. The examples I gave, for example, speak to femininity/masculinity. Judging by the extreme reaction of many people to these recent scandals, this is a complicated issue for many. That’s fine, it happens. If you feel that this is a touchy subject for you, start asking yourself, “Why do I feel that I’m not in full control of this? Why do I find it threatening? What would it feel like to be confident enough in my choices that this kind of thing wouldn’t be threatening?”

When you are 24, and somebody says, “all women / all men should…”, it’s completely normal and healthy to get sore. If you are 34 and you still get sore over it, that’s not great. And if you are 44, you should really be over it big time. Beyond that age, I’m not even saying.

Cod Liver Salad

For people who are here for the food, here’s a recipe of my favorite cod liver salad:

  • Cod liver
  • Very finely chopped red onion
  • Very finely chopped radish
  • Boiled egg
  • Some mayo or your favorite aioli

Mix it up and spread on cucumber slices like a sandwich.

Keto-friendly, very delicious.