Thanks to @PB_Curry for bringing this quote to my attention again.
It's rather interesting that all of the histories I've found on this subject were written by those with a theological bent... steventuell.net/?p=1861
It's almost like -you know, if there truly is a God - that God would strive to be a unifying force for the good of all...
and, as such, would want us to be led on earth by those who act to unify rather than divide.
That we should choose our leaders on earth as those who try to model themselves in that image - leaders who act to unify through the exercise of free will...
not those who proclaim a desire to unify, but only seek to enact unity through coercion.
No man will be our saviour - ESPECIALLY any one who believes himself to BE the saviour.
We will never find our own saviour among men - but we should choose those who most faithfully follow the path to salvation illuminated by unity and forgiveness to lead us.
p.s., it's too bad we don't learn about THAT Pythagorean Theorem in school...
Now, who else wants an "E Pluribus Fvcking Unum" shirt? 😂
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the use of feigned “grassroots” action to weaponize disasters or other instances of collective human suffering via amplification of inauthentic, polarizing messages fraudulently attributed to political opponents.
Disastroturfing is primarily initiated and sponsored by politically motivated entities, primarily aimed at deepening political divisions and enhancing partisanship -
the misrepresented ideology drives the 'otherization' of the target group by a mechanism that ultimately may instill fear in the targeted audience: 'others' may seem to pose an existential threat to one's own safety and security, should similar events arise domestically...
It's kind of weird that I haven't heard smart people like @AWeissmann_ et al focusing on how Trump defaulted on $640M in debt to Deutsche bank, THEN submitted fraudulent statements to secure future loans.
of course, maybe I just haven't heard it discussed...
but that - but with Deutsche execs having vowing to never lend to him again - that seems a more significant motivation to falsify statements than simply lower interest rates.
Just lost my thread about I-95 in Philly, so I'll just share these images while I decide if I should write it up again.
Something smelled off, especially because of Higgins' advice to "Know your bridges" two days prior...so I poked around and found even more stink...
familiar?
Yup. The I-95 crash was about two blocks from THAT crematorium and adult bookstore-adjacent Four Seasons Total Landscapingwhere Rudy Giuliani held his press conference in 2020.
That being said, I'm not questioning the driver.
I'm wondering what TK Transport was doing transporting 8500 gallons of fuel on the interstate when they apparently have no active licensing or insurance with the government....
When I heard female gunman at a private school, this is what that made me think I'd find.
Not to justify, whatsoever... but would be an interesting track for any interested journalists to pursue - racketeering to protect leaders sexually abusing children. casetext.com/case/davis-v-c…