Another Day Another Atrocity. Ho-Hum.

Modern rationalist receives a lesson in atavistic terror. 

Witnesses said they were on a rickshaw returning from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair when two attackers stopped it, dragged them onto the footpath and started hacking them.
They were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared Avijit dead during an emergency surgery, its police outpost Inspector Mozzamel Haque told bdnews24.com.
DMCH casualty department’s Residential Surgeon Riaz Morshed also confirmed bdnews24.com about Avijit Roy’s death.

I was only dimly aware of Avijit Roy so I don't know too much about him, but he was an advocate of atheism according to Wikipedia. The setting of his death (dragged from a rickshaw while  returning from a Book Fair) couldn't be more picturesque like a scene from a Movie meant to bludgeon you with its symbolism. A message so ham-handed & unsubtle it would take someone with decades of training at our finest Universities to miss it.

Reading Deogolwulf brings me down.

When I read Moldbug I want to post quotes from him on facebook, but when I read Deogolwulf I want to just copy & paste his entries on here and pretend that his words are mine. So I'll do the next best thing & post quotes & links that I find insightful or wise. I'll just sit back and bask in the reflected light & pretend I was just about to say the same thing.

Here are a few epigrams:

The Marcher-Lords of Mediocrity. — Mediocrity bestows the title of excellence upon those who secure its far-flung borders.
Why shouldn’t novels have in them badly-drawn caricatures of real persons? The world is full of them.In the fostering of culture and the forming of good taste and character, liberal democratism has been so great a failure that it is believed by most to have been a great success.Religion is the rule-governed search for that which one lacks. Reason, therefore, stands as the religion of the moderns.Sub Specie Modernitatis. — All that which our forebears thought to note as degeneracy: well, they must have been mistaken, for it led to us

This one is a particular favorite of mine:

 Whenever men of the West gather to ask why it has fallen, one is sure to get another glimpse of the answer.

Here's a taste of his logic:

 I. If you vote in an election, then you must endorse the legitimacy of the process including its result, or else be guilty of bad faith. (You agree in participation of the process to be bound by the rules thereof, which include the acceptance of the legitimacy of the result.) II. You voted in the election. Therefore,
III. You must endorse the legitimacy of the result, or else be guilty of bad faith. But (you complain):
IV. The result is a disaster. Therefore,
V. You must endorse the legitimacy of a disaster about which you complain, or else be guilty of bad faith.

Hero sees his demise approach and he takes one last moment to display his contempt for death and says: "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlaþ"

More Blue Tribe Signaling via Facebook

This is the text of an argument between a libertarian friend & a leftwit. Names have been changed. The discussion, such that it was involved, Anthropogenic Global Warming specifically this article from the Telegraph.

Libertarian friend: But... but... scientists are never wrong!

Friend #1: Climate change MUST exist, because the Dems say it does. The media caters to them, and therefore subscribes to their crackpot theories. Since it's on TV, it MUST be true, right? 
I mean... just because they changed the name from 'Global Warming' to Global Climate Change' because their warming theories were disproved doesn't mean they're still wrong, does it?

Leftwit: The trollForce is strong in you Jack. No body that knows anything about science has ever said that scientists are never wrong. In fact they are more wrong than right and that is the marvelous thing about science. Leftwit: btw, does NASA fiddle with temperature data? 

Why is he asking this question? Has he not at this point read the above article? I didn't know so I thought I'd illuminate the poor boy by linking to Google. 

Leftwit: The conversation of climate change as a fact and the conversation of how much mankind is influencing it are different conversations. However if you Lol you poor misguided fools. Again with your lack of understanding the gradient scale. Just because someone says "climate change is real", your self imposed limitations make you lump everyone that says that in the same boat. 

Again insulting language almost as if he's not interested in conversation, but displaying loyalty to his tribe. I'm reminded that Orwell thought advertising was generally more honest than propaganda. Propaganda  unlike advertising intends to build solidarity within the group while advertising is about gaining new customers. That is propaganda pretends to persuade, but actually often sets up barriers to persuasion by use of insult. It's mostly because its primary focus is keeping the tribe from exiting the reservation. Propaganda shames the subject into avoiding bad think. Exclusion & disqualification hammer the pegs into place. Thus they are perfectly suited to maintain the status quo within r selected tribes. The Leftwits rage is his first indication of his defective amygdala. His persistence in the face of an attempt at rational discourse is confirmation. Here is the Libertarian's response:

Libertarian Friend: I'll ignore the derogatory comments and address the issue at hand:
Of course climate change is a fact. I don't know anyone who disputes that. The climate is constantly changing and has been since the formation of the planet. For millions of years that change has been driven by natural forces. What we skeptics are disputing is whether or not human activity is responsible at the present time and, if so, to what degree.

We also think it's wise to ask whether we can do anything about it, whether we should, and what the consequences will be if we do or do not. These are questions that need to be discussed and answered before we make drastic changes to human existence that involve granting massive powers of control through taxation and regulation to governments and trans-governmental bodies.

There are some scientists who can point to evidence showing that human activity is directly responsible for climate change and that the consequences will be catastrophic. There are other scientists, equally as knowledgeable and credible, who believe that human activity has a miniscule impact and they have evidence to back up their conclusions.

When you add in the incorrect data, misinterpreted data, and falsified data, and the fact that our data represents at best very small fraction of 1% of the Earth's geological history, it seems wise to do more research and collect more data before we are able to draw any reasonable conclusions about what actions we should take.

If a doctor told me that I had a terminal illness and the only treatment available was going to cost me a million dollars, of course I'd be concerned. But if I found out that the doctor had used faulty equipment and had misinterpreted the test results, AND that he was going to get a sizeable kickback from the cost of my treatment, I would definitely want to get a second opinion.

In many ways, the anthropogenic climate change alarmists sound a lot like the tribal shamans of ancient times. We have angered the gods with our misbehavior, and the only way to prevent catastrophe is to appease the gods with a massive sacrifice which, coincidentally, will enrich the shaman and elevate his status within the tribe.

Forgive me for being skeptical, but when I look at all of the information the only conclusion I can come to is that it is inconclusive.

I may just be a poor misguided fool, a dumb backwoods rube from Fort Myers who moved to Tennessee, an idiot who only listens to my idiot friends, and a Christian conservative who letss my preacher tell me what to think, but that sounds like a pretty open minded point of view to me.
We also think it's wise to ask whether we can do anything about it, whether we should, and what the consequences will be if we do or do not. These are questions that need to be discussed and answered before we make drastic changes to human existence that involve granting massive powers of control through taxation and regulation to governments and trans-governmental bodies.
There are some scientists who can point to evidence showing that human activity is directly responsible for climate change and that the consequences will be catastrophic. There are other scientists, equally as knowledgeable and credible, who believe that human activity has a miniscule impact and they have evidence to back up their conclusions.
When you add in the incorrect data, misinterpreted data, and falsified data, and the fact that our data represents at best very small fraction of 1% of the Earth's geological history, it seems wise to do more research and collect more data before we are able to draw any reasonable conclusions about what actions we should take.
If a doctor told me that I had a terminal illness and the only treatment available was going to cost me a million dollars, of course I'd be concerned. But if I found out that the doctor had used faulty equipment and had misinterpreted the test results, AND that he was going to get a sizeable kickback from the cost of my treatment, I would definitely want to get a second opinion.
In many ways, the anthropogenic climate change alarmists sound a lot like the tribal shamans of ancient times. We have angered the gods with our misbehavior, and the only way to prevent catastrophe is to appease the gods with a massive sacrifice which, coincidentally, will enrich the shaman and elevate his status within the tribe.
Forgive me for being skeptical, but when I look at all of the information the only conclusion I can come to is that it is inconclusive.
I may just be a poor misguided fool, a dumb backwoods rube from Fort Myers who moved to Tennessee, an idiot who only listens to my idiot friends, and a Christian conservative who letss my preacher tell me what to think, but that sounds like a pretty open minded point of view to me.

My friend's obvious error is in thinking that his opponent has any regard for reason or logic this is simple tribal signaling. He is asserting dominance through soft disingenuousness. Goalpost shifting follows:

Leftwit: In the quest to shift mankinds dependency from fossil by promoting and endorsing the use of renewable energy sources....who is being hurt and who is being helped. The only people being negatively impacted by this drive to "clean up our act" so to speak, are those that currently profit off of the existing system.
Why the hell is it acceptable for the American public to heft some of the burden to line the pockets of those currently in charge, and not accept able for the American public to heft some of the burden on a new system that can, will, and is already making life better.
This idea that you, as an individual, will have your rights trampled on or taken away if the world accepts the idea of man driven climate change, is absolutely absurd.
If you really sat done and did a pros and cons list of at least the 3 main possible realities here (no change to renewables, some change to renewables, full change to renewables), you will see an increasing number of pros with the increase in change to renewables

Unable to persist in denigrating Libertarian Friend's intellegence he simply changes the subject by making bald assertions without engaging Libertarian Friend's argument. A conservative friend retorts:

Conservative Friend: Even google gave up on renewables. By the time you figure the energy we need, the energy and resources to make the solar panels, wind turbines and so on, and what what we will actually get from said renewables, they found it impractical. In fact their conclusions were that the best way forward was nuclear power. I still like solar, hydro and wind. I actually plan on implementing the use of all 3 in time once I get my land in the mountains. The point is that in the bigger picture, it's not practical, at least for now and on a large scale. There are several articles about it out there. This doesn't mean give up on it. It just means were not there yet, unless we go to nuclear.

His new argument going nowhere he retreats until provoked by me to see if he adheres to the r/K selection theory, specifically to the notion that leftism often results from narcissism/malfunctioning amygdala:

Kyussopeth: " btw, does NASA fiddle with temperature data? " the lulz, top keks bro, here I'll do the work for you try a web site called google before saying something stupid in the future. https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&site=&source=hp... / It all makes sense once you get through the leftist rabbit thinking. Gun Control means "Help I'm afraid of blacks! Won't someone disarm them!" Global Warming/Climate Change means "I got mine so the rest of you negroes can starve." Comprehensive Immigration Reform means "Blacks are too scary lets bring in Mexicans to keep white southerners out of power." Trolling means "Silence that man for pointing out that progressivism is built on a series of convenient lies." Progressivism is a symptom of a low functioning amygdala.

My intention was to provoke a response that exemplified the malfunctioning amygdala theory the results were pyrotechnic unfocused rage & a complete abandonment of logic.

Leftwit:  this fool here is a real troll. Too this fool doesn't know what an amygdala does
And he was born in Fort Myers and lives in Montana. Omg that's rich. From dumb to dumber. I wonder if he's got any religious rhetoric to throw out to help complete the picture of an imbecile
I can see now what is happening to you ####. You are surrounded by idiots and they are influencing you unknowinglyI don't expect you to understand at all ****, you've already proven your limitations.
Stupid people congregate
**** here is one of those fools that judges his friends and colleagues by a different scale than those that aren't. Pretty sure the Bible mentions how dumb that is a couple of times.
Exactly my point ####. These aren't rebuttals and if you weren't so heavily influenced by morons you'd see that. I'm just trolling the low hanging fruit. (ed- yeah he's the one trolling now he can't be the weak victim his amygdala demands he reassert his place in the group)
Assumptions? So show me were you call out Montana man (ed- i. e. me) for his attack, weak as it may be.
So just because YOU want to now have a reasonable debate, I'm supposed to stop everything and conform to your desire? Who said I was trying to debate (ed- No shit you weren't debating)? With every comment you prove how authoritarian you are ####. You freedom hating backwoods baffoon. (ed- I'm the victim protect me! protect me!)

 Leftwit: I'm going to leave you fools to wallow in your stupidity. Just know that I don't blame you for not understanding me and being dumb. You only know what you know and it's clear you're not really interested in expanding. Go take a few science classes, maybe demonstrate your ability to juggle large and complex datasets, and maybe you will be worth listening to. Until then, enjoy the peanut gallery.

How well does he conform to the r/K selection model? Is he a narcissist? I'll leave it with Anonymous Conservative's assessment:

Narcissists operate by different rules – to the point that they are, on one level, baffled by your humanity, and on another, amused by its illogical nature – but it is more than that. They are damaged, in a way that they become panicked if they do not do certain things – regardless of whether those things are logical. So they are driven to hurt others by an envy which will destroy them if they do not yield to its whim. Then they see normal people, not so driven, and tell themselves that they are not damaged, but rather the other people are stupid to not try to advance their own position by screwing others.

Conservatives shouldn't be allowed to vote

I cannot summarize the evil being done here, but a new report by John Hawkins at Right Wing News (read it all) shows the gullibility & ignorance of the American conservative movement. The money siphoned off by crooks & liars leaves one amazed at the dishonesty of it all. The main point however is not that the people are so ignorant, but that the entire electioneering process is a giant scam.

Even if the money raised went 100% to candidates what real power do they have? Elected officials, in Washington especially, are not at the controls. The true power of the US government is the unelected and entrenched Federal bureaucracy, they have all the power. Any ambition that libertarians or Tea Partiers have of reigning in this Leviathan is rendered a fantasy until the Federal bureaucracy's power is diminished. What the Hell are conservatives fighting for? To put people into office who will be sure to refuse to seal the southern border against further invasion?

The conservatives have conserved nothing. The libertarian movement is less than useless. Why continue with this farce the left may have been able to be stopped in 1932 or 1936, but our ancestors put them in charge permanently when the New Deal took the levers of power away from elected representatives permanently. No one outside the US Government has a vote that counts. Let us kill the farcical illusion that our "Rights" have any meaning. Conservatives who continue to support the system in any way are culpable for their own persecution. It is the continued participation in our fraudulent electoral system that grants cover to the technocracy. So long as their is a token, easily defeated opposition the pretense can continue that we are a nation of laws, that the constitution of the US still binds us together, and that we, as individuals, are still sovereign.

Accept it now, every soldier who dies, dies defending a lie. Every vote cast is an affirmation of tyranny. Every dollar sent to a PAC is confirmation of one's complicity in the crimes committed by these frauds. Every dollar paid in taxes murders another freedom. The Conservative movement, lead by traitors has betrayed the American people.

This is what is in store for us all thanks to libertarians, liberals, conservatives, neo-cons, classical liberals, anarcho-capitalists and the rest of the soft progressives: a rising tide of barbarism.

In a small town two miles away, the thefts now sound like something out of Edward Gibbon’s bleaker chapters — or maybe George Miller’s Road Warrior, or the Hughes brothers’ more recent The Book of Eli. Hundreds of bronze commemorative plaques were ripped off my town’s public buildings (and with them all record of our ancestors’ public-spiritedness). I guess that is our version of Trotskyization.
The Catholic church was just looted (again) of its bronze and silver icons. Manhole covers are missing (some of the town’s own maintenance staff were arrested for this theft, no less!). The Little League clubhouse was ransacked of its equipment.
In short, all the stuff of civilization — municipal buildings, education, religion, transportation, recreation — seems under assault in the last year by the contemporary forces of barbarism.

This is what the conservative movement has brought hours of outrage on your radio & nothing to show for it. Nothing except degradation, humiliation & decay.

 I know it is popular to suggest that as we reach our sixties, everything seems “worse,” and, like Horace’s laudatores temporis acti, we damn the present in comparison to the past. Sorry, it just isn’t so. In 1961, 1971, and 1981, city street lights were not systematically de-wired. And the fact that plaques and bells of a century’s pedigree were just now looted attests that they all survived the Great Depression, the punks of the 1950s, and the crime-ridden 1970s.A couple now in their early 90s lives about three miles away from me on their small farm. I have known them for 50 years; he went to high school with my mother, and she was my Cub Scout leader. They now live alone and have recently been robbed nine, yes, nine, times. He told me he is thinking of putting a sign out at the entrance to his driveway: “Go away! Nothing left! You’ve already taken everything we have.” Would their robbers appreciate someone else doing that to their own grandparents? Do the vandals have locks on their own doors against other vandals?
There is indeed something of the Dark Ages about all this. In the vast rural expanse between the Sierras and the Coast Ranges, and from Sacramento to Bakersfield, our rural homes are like stray sheep outside the herd, without whatever protection is offered by the density of a town. When we leave for a trip or just go into town, the predators swarm.
Last summer several cars drove into my driveway, the surprised occupants ready with all sorts of innocent-sounding inquiries: “We just are looking for a rental.” “Do you have scrap for sale?” “We’re having car trouble.” And so on.

All this serves as a sort of red/green traffic light: If someone comes out from the house, the driver poses the question and then abruptly leaves; but if no one appears, he strikes quickly.

The millions sent to PAC's would have been better served hiring strippers and doing blow. Look at the top of this list.

     Even the PAC's that are at the top of this list are worthless. What kind of politicians are they giving money to? The kind who will do nothing to stop America from being colonized. Here's the Club for Growth's mission:

Some of the Club’s top policy goals include:

• Reducing income tax rates and repealing the death tax

• Replacing the current tax code with a fair/flat tax

• The full repeal of ObamaCare and the end of abusive lawsuits through medical malpractice/tort reform

• Reducing the size and scope of the federal government

• Cutting government spending and passing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution

• Regulatory reform and deregulation

• School choice

 No mention of any kind about the national issue, not even token mention of the shibboleth of illegal immigration just stereotypical Wall Street boiler plate.This is the conservative movement charlatans, liars, cretins, & traitors.

At some point things might get so bad even conservatives will do something.

Won't someone think of the children.

From Newsweek (it's still a thing apparently) Female Genital Mutilation is on the rise here in the good ole USA. Diversity is our strength after all.

Changing deep-seated cultural customs and behaviors will be tough where pressure from society and family members to continue tradition is intense. Without being circumcised, many parents believe their daughter won’t be a good wife and, more importantly, a good person.

America's deep-seated customs are hard to change. Americans should be ashamed for creating a society that embraces these sorts of horrifying acts. While we're at it how about we outlaw & arrest doctors for other forms of genital mutilation, such as the mutilation of the mentally ill by unscrupulous doctors.

Multiculturalism enriching America one parking lot at a time

From AP the wife of the Atheism+ Killer Craig Hicks apologizes for the triple homicide & said she believed the shooting "had nothing to do with religion...but was in fact related to the long-standing parking disputes." It's a amazing we live in country where one is free to hate Christianity for all sorts of reasons. One hopes the Muslims & the Anti-theists will learn to get along & target the real enemy the hetero-fascist white male oppressor.

There is this reassuring quote from family attorney Rob Maitland said that the shootings stemmed from "the mundane issue of this man being frustrated day in and day out with not being able to park where he wanted to park. And these victims were at the wrong time and the wrong place."

Lucky for us it isn't about  cultural, ethnic & religious differences or else someone might think that opening the flood gates of immigration might just possibly have, in an indirect & attenuated way, a minor & not too noticeable, catastrophic effect on American society.

“Unfortunately these victims were there at the wrong time at the wrong place," Maitland said. So what does that make Craig Hicks? Johnny on the spot?

Just a reminder:

This is who your countrymen voted for twice.

Nothing could be more reactionary than noticing this:

In 1988, the typical American adult was 40 years old, white and married, with a high school diploma. If he was a man, he probably worked full time. If she was a woman, she probably didn’t.
Twenty-five years later, Americans are older, more diverse and more educated. We are less likely to be married and more likely to live alone. Work is divided more evenly between the sexes. One thing that hasn’t changed? The income of the median U.S. household is still just under $52,000.

It's from an article here titled "The American Middle Class Hasn't Gotten a Raise in 15 years"

What is likely to be the American Ruling Class's way of solving this problem? Moar Immigration! Moar Free Trade! Moar Gay Marriage! Moar War!