Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog

Nothing new. We think we humans have advanced. Nope. Several spots around the world where humans are killing other humans for a plot of land. WWII wasn't that long ago. All big and most medium sized cities in Germany and Japan got nuked. Don't need nukes to nuke a city. Firebombing does the same. The fact is, that's the only way to win a war: total war. Surgical strikes, self-imposed limits, history has proved that being humane doesn't win wars. Might makes right. Is that right? I don't subscribe to might makes right, but is it the reality? Definitely. There's a reason why Federation (with their high ideals) starships have phasers and photon torpedoes, a bunch of allies, and a huge fleet.

The news is depressing and TBH I'd rather not be reminded of it on SBAF.

Finally, talk politics at your own risk. If you talk politics, be prepared to be more butthurt by people who disagree with you than be banned. Not enough mods, and mods have their own lives.

 

I laid out several guidelines:

1. Smartly weave the politics into a story about audio
2. Ensure you have high social credit (sufficient posts about audio - implied 20:1 ratio of audio : politics)
3. Tell of a personal story, a human interest story, and how public policy affected you (not soundbites*)

Nobody follows these guidelines. Maybe it's time to make them rules.

*One thing to talk about the dead bodies of illegal entrants scattering in Eagle Pass, TX. Another thing to say how you bumped into bodies or saw human traffickers. Heresay doesn't count.

 

NEW RULE: No politics for anyone, except my usual stories in this thread.

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Go back to the first post in the thread. 99% of the politics talk isn't anywhere as thoughtful as what I've written in the indexed articles. And even then, none of my articles are overtly political. Or I bitch at left right up and down.

 

They just want to keep you Jews alive until the rapture, then they will turn on you.

OK, bad joke. You get what I mean. You already know this anyway.

 

Oh, and while we are at it being politically incorrect (but with a twist). The stereotype with Jewish people being cheapskates, selfish, stingy. Total bullshit.

I've only experienced the stereotypical "Jewish cheapness" not from Jewish people, but get this... Germans.

My wife had a German friend who was moving back to Germany. She asked my wife if she would be willing to take the plants. Then her German friend asked my wife how much money she was going to give her for the plants. I just think it's odd that it's German "thriftiness", instead of German cheapskateassery.

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv2Is8aA6JTbrWPe_4FkR9xmpYKSWIIm1Sjhlmawr24QAJHw/viewform

A poll for my kid's scholarly journal writing class. She look a tough assignment. Has been asking neighbors and people of varying opinions. Hey, at least she passed on the Israel / Palestinian quagmire / clusterfuck.

 

She has a good instructor who spoke about all these things, phrasing questions, iffy questions, quality of data, interpreting results, trying to form unbiased questions, etc.

I listened in and learned a few things.

P.S. the “are you informed” was put in there as something interesting.