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List of stolen Palestinian villages ethnically cleansed before 🇮🇱 independence, date of expulsion, 1945 population, & Jewish villages on top of them
Al-Mas'udiyya (Jaffa) - 25 Dec 1947 - Pop: 986 - Now Tel Aviv
Al-Muwaylih (Jaffa) - 31 Dec 1947 - Pop: 418 - Now Neve Yarak
Al-Mas'udiyya (Jaffa) - 25 Dec 1947 - Pop: 986 - Now Tel Aviv
Al-Muwaylih (Jaffa) - 31 Dec 1947 - Pop: 418 - Now Neve Yarak
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(this list is non-exhaustive, to be clear)
Mansurat al-Khayt (Safad) - 18 Jan 1948 - Pop: 232 - Now Kfar Hanassi
Qumbaza (Haifa) - 15 Feb 1948 - Pop: 1114 - Now Kerem Maharal
Wadi Ara (Haifa) - 27 Feb 1948 - Pop: 267 - Now Ein Iron, Barkai
Mansurat al-Khayt (Safad) - 18 Jan 1948 - Pop: 232 - Now Kfar Hanassi
Qumbaza (Haifa) - 15 Feb 1948 - Pop: 1114 - Now Kerem Maharal
Wadi Ara (Haifa) - 27 Feb 1948 - Pop: 267 - Now Ein Iron, Barkai
Short thread on an academic paper I just learned about, authored by a Canadian student, Omar Al-Samadi.
1/ The title of the paper is: Killing the Archive Twice: Epistemicide, Platform Censorship, and Archival Resistance from Gaza to the World
1/ The title of the paper is: Killing the Archive Twice: Epistemicide, Platform Censorship, and Archival Resistance from Gaza to the World
2/ The paper begins with a beautiful dedication.
3/ The section "Archival Solidarity as Decolonial Praxis" includes a non-trivial section on @databases4pal.
Learn one Arabic root and you'll understand the most repeated word in the entire Quran.
The root is q-w-l (ق-و-ل).
It appears 1,722 times across the Quran. In over 40 different forms.
That's more than any other root in the Book.
Here's what makes it unreal.
The root is q-w-l (ق-و-ل).
It appears 1,722 times across the Quran. In over 40 different forms.
That's more than any other root in the Book.
Here's what makes it unreal.
The core meaning of q-w-l (ق-و-ل) is speech. Saying. Expression.
But Arabic doesn't just give you one version of "say." It gives you a different form for every person, every tense, and every situation.
From 3 letters, the Quran builds an entire language of speech.
But Arabic doesn't just give you one version of "say." It gives you a different form for every person, every tense, and every situation.
From 3 letters, the Quran builds an entire language of speech.
The past. Who said it?
qaala (قال) = he said
qaalat (قالت) = she said
qaaluu (قالوا) = they said
qaalaa (قالا) = they both said (two people)
qulta (قلت) = you said
qultum (قلتم) = you all said
qultu (قلت) = I said
qulnaa (قلنا) = we said
8 forms. One root. You already know who spoke, how many of them there were, and whether you're included. No extra words needed.
qaala (قال) = he said
qaalat (قالت) = she said
qaaluu (قالوا) = they said
qaalaa (قالا) = they both said (two people)
qulta (قلت) = you said
qultum (قلتم) = you all said
qultu (قلت) = I said
qulnaa (قلنا) = we said
8 forms. One root. You already know who spoke, how many of them there were, and whether you're included. No extra words needed.
@StaffanReveman @AlbiezGeorg (1/10) Thread 👇
Die Fakten zu Atomausstieg, Reservekraftwerken & europäischem Stromhandel kann man im Kern stehen lassen. Die Schlussfolgerungen daraus aber nicht.
Die Fakten zu Atomausstieg, Reservekraftwerken & europäischem Stromhandel kann man im Kern stehen lassen. Die Schlussfolgerungen daraus aber nicht.
@StaffanReveman @AlbiezGeorg (2/10) Viele dieser Narrative folgen bekannten Talking Points aus fossilen Lobby-Netzwerken: Erneuerbare als Problem darstellen, fossile Abhängigkeiten dagegen relativieren
@StaffanReveman @AlbiezGeorg (3/10) Erneuerbare sind nicht „unzuverlässig“. Unzuverlässig ist ein System, das Netzausbau, Speicher & flexible Reservekapazitäten jahrelang verschleppt.
Announcing Lighter RFQ in beta! Available on the web app on eligible RWA markets.
Enter and exit larger positions in one click with lower slippage and better pricing.
Enter and exit larger positions in one click with lower slippage and better pricing.
How it works:
- The trader initiates the RFQ
- Participating MMs receive the asset and size of the trade, but not the direction
- MMs respond by adding more liquidity to the order books
- The UI returns the new expected price and slippage
- The trader chooses whether to execute
- The trader initiates the RFQ
- Participating MMs receive the asset and size of the trade, but not the direction
- MMs respond by adding more liquidity to the order books
- The UI returns the new expected price and slippage
- The trader chooses whether to execute
This feature is intended to allow market makers to provide attractive quotes while reducing their capital costs.
Reach out to get added to the whitelist!
Reach out to get added to the whitelist!
These last 2 months, Ukraine 🇺🇦 dug 1 300 km of fortifications from Kyiv to Odesa
In the eastern part of the country, the AFU can now rely on 2 to 6 defensive lines, with kilometers of obstacle lines extending behind the front.
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In the eastern part of the country, the AFU can now rely on 2 to 6 defensive lines, with kilometers of obstacle lines extending behind the front.
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When we talked about fortifications in Ukraine from 2014 to 2024, we were talking about those large trenches in the middle of the fields.
Drone war has made those completely obsolete. I put here famous ones, try to find where they are :
Drone war has made those completely obsolete. I put here famous ones, try to find where they are :
Today's fortifications are much different. The priority is not to hide soldiers, but to prevent the ennemy from advancing.
That's why those new defensive lines are composed of 3 anti-vehicle ditches filled with anti-infantry barbed wire and multiple barbed wire lines.
That's why those new defensive lines are composed of 3 anti-vehicle ditches filled with anti-infantry barbed wire and multiple barbed wire lines.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote:
"Shavuot.
Chag Shavuot Sameach.
The core of this holiday is the reading of, and study of, the 10 Commandments—or, more accurately, in translation from the Hebrew original, the 10 Statements.
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"Shavuot.
Chag Shavuot Sameach.
The core of this holiday is the reading of, and study of, the 10 Commandments—or, more accurately, in translation from the Hebrew original, the 10 Statements.
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First Statement (Exodus 20:2):
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
This identifies the relationship between HaShem and the Jewish nation, and further, it identifies the ownership of Torah—the Jewish people.
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I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
This identifies the relationship between HaShem and the Jewish nation, and further, it identifies the ownership of Torah—the Jewish people.
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Therefore, only Jewish interpretations of its contents in the original language are fully valid. Believe it or not, no other nation was brought out of Egypt.
Second Statement (Exodus 20:3–6):
You shall have no other gods besides Me.
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Second Statement (Exodus 20:3–6):
You shall have no other gods besides Me.
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The Second part
Recently, some online pages have spread claims that all historical churches and monasteries of the Syrian coast were originally “Gnostic-esoteric institutions,” and that Byzantine crosses and inscriptions are hidden secret codes.
Recently, some online pages have spread claims that all historical churches and monasteries of the Syrian coast were originally “Gnostic-esoteric institutions,” and that Byzantine crosses and inscriptions are hidden secret codes.
These claims are not supported by archaeological or historical evidence, and they ignore the documented history of the Antiochian Orthodox tradition in the Syrian coast, expressed through its liturgy, language, and continuity.
Historically, known Gnostic (apocryphal) texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Philip were discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945, inside clay jars, not in the Syrian coastal region.
1/ 🚨 Urgent Warning
A wave of online historical distortion is spreading, attempting to appropriate the archaeological and religious heritage of the Rûm Orthodox Church along the Syrian coast by promoting fabricated narratives and digitally altered symbols.
A wave of online historical distortion is spreading, attempting to appropriate the archaeological and religious heritage of the Rûm Orthodox Church along the Syrian coast by promoting fabricated narratives and digitally altered symbols.
2/ Some social media narratives falsely claim that certain modern esoteric sects represent a continuation of ancient “Gnostic Christianity” in the region.
These claims are not supported by archaeology or historical scholarship.
These claims are not supported by archaeology or historical scholarship.
3/ Christian Gnosticism disappeared as organized movements by the 4th century AD, especially after the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD).
There is a gap of centuries before later esoteric currents appear in completely different historical contexts.
There is a gap of centuries before later esoteric currents appear in completely different historical contexts.
@princess_Lep.
@HabsburgTheresa.
@denouncedroyal.
Hello my three pretty Habsburg girls.
Here is Erich Habsburg Seitenlinie.
Wannabe Emperor of Europe.
Wanna participate?
My first three wives?
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ok here is some interesting conversation i had with ChatGPT today about military aircraft
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I recorded the video on my MacBook with QuickTime, compressed it according to her advice and uploaded it to her.
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Here is the original:
youtu.be/gwHS4B7APEg?si….
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Next the resulting conversation:
@HabsburgTheresa.
@denouncedroyal.
Hello my three pretty Habsburg girls.
Here is Erich Habsburg Seitenlinie.
Wannabe Emperor of Europe.
Wanna participate?
My first three wives?
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ok here is some interesting conversation i had with ChatGPT today about military aircraft
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I recorded the video on my MacBook with QuickTime, compressed it according to her advice and uploaded it to her.
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Here is the original:
youtu.be/gwHS4B7APEg?si….
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Next the resulting conversation:
Yes, the upload worked. I can access the video now.
It appears to be a German-language documentary/video about the Sukhoi Su-35 (“Su-35 Flanker-E”), with cockpit footage, maneuver demonstrations, weapons graphics, and technical segments.
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The uploaded file is:
about 12 minutes 50 seconds long
640×416 resolution
roughly 300 MB after upload/compression
Tell me what you want me to analyze, for example:
how realistic/authentic the footage is
technical claims about the aircraft
propaganda or presentation style
maneuverability and aerodynamics
comparison with Western jets like F-35 Lightning II or Eurofighter Typhoon
translation/summarization of German narration
whether certain scenes are CGI or real
tactical implications in the Ukraine war, etc.
It appears to be a German-language documentary/video about the Sukhoi Su-35 (“Su-35 Flanker-E”), with cockpit footage, maneuver demonstrations, weapons graphics, and technical segments.
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The uploaded file is:
about 12 minutes 50 seconds long
640×416 resolution
roughly 300 MB after upload/compression
Tell me what you want me to analyze, for example:
how realistic/authentic the footage is
technical claims about the aircraft
propaganda or presentation style
maneuverability and aerodynamics
comparison with Western jets like F-35 Lightning II or Eurofighter Typhoon
translation/summarization of German narration
whether certain scenes are CGI or real
tactical implications in the Ukraine war, etc.
@princess_Lep @HabsburgTheresa @denouncedroyal All of your suggestions except the propanda style and the translation/summarization of the narration
The Rangers were a secret guerrilla group formed by Colonel William P. Gale, a former Douglas MacArthur officer who later aligned w/ Wesley Swift (KKK). A tactical guide co-authored by Charles Willoughby urged them to "assassinate, sabotage, and overthrow the People's Democracy."
Colonel William P. Gale, who worked for Howard Hughes and partnered w/ KKK evangelist Wesley Swift, organized a secret guerilla group in 1962. Its tactical guide, co-authored by Willoughby, instructed the Rangers to "assassinate, sabotage, and overthrow the 'People's Democracy.'"
The Rangers was formed in spring 1962 and trained in combat and recruited former servicemen to overthrow Castro, according to a 1965 California report. That same June 1962, Lee Harvey Oswald returned from the Soviet Union and resettled in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Russian blogger “Philologist in Ambush” (Svyatoslav Golikov) warns Ukraine is no longer just flooding the front with drones.
It is building an adaptive, networked strike system that is increasingly outpacing Russian EW and logistics defenses.
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[Ukrainian “Hornet” UAV strike]
It is building an adaptive, networked strike system that is increasingly outpacing Russian EW and logistics defenses.
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[Ukrainian “Hornet” UAV strike]
“At the root of the sharply increased activity of Ukrainian UAVs, I see a progressive increase in the volume of deliveries of small strike drones to the troops.
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“However, the issue is not just about the increase in activity itself, but also about the effectiveness of this increased activity. For example, you can dramatically intensify offensive actions, but not achieve any significant progress and at the same time suffer heavy losses.
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How To Last Longer In Bed.
Go From A 5-Minute Man To Lasting As Long As You Want.
(15 Massive Hacks That Actually Work)
1. Have Sex More Often
Go From A 5-Minute Man To Lasting As Long As You Want.
(15 Massive Hacks That Actually Work)
1. Have Sex More Often
1. Have Sex More Often
The first time after a long gap, you will finish quickly. Your body is sensitive. Your arousal is high. The second time, you will last longer. The third time, longer still. Frequency builds stamina. Do not wait days or weeks between sessions. If you know you will be intimate tonight, masturbate earlier in the day. This reduces the buildup and gives you more control. More sex equals better control. It is that simple.
The first time after a long gap, you will finish quickly. Your body is sensitive. Your arousal is high. The second time, you will last longer. The third time, longer still. Frequency builds stamina. Do not wait days or weeks between sessions. If you know you will be intimate tonight, masturbate earlier in the day. This reduces the buildup and gives you more control. More sex equals better control. It is that simple.
2. Master the Start-Stop Method
Bring yourself close to climax, then stop all stimulation. Wait 30 seconds for the urgency to pass. Then resume. Repeat this three to five times before allowing release. Practice this alone first during masturbation. Then practice with a partner. This trains your nervous system to tolerate higher levels of arousal without triggering climax. Consistency matters more than intensity.
Bring yourself close to climax, then stop all stimulation. Wait 30 seconds for the urgency to pass. Then resume. Repeat this three to five times before allowing release. Practice this alone first during masturbation. Then practice with a partner. This trains your nervous system to tolerate higher levels of arousal without triggering climax. Consistency matters more than intensity.
I am still trying to see the military relevance of the MV-75 Cheyenne II.
Especially when 3rd rate powers like Iran have Qaem-118” (Ghaem-118) / “Misagh-358” jet engine powered, loitering, surface to air munitions.
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Especially when 3rd rate powers like Iran have Qaem-118” (Ghaem-118) / “Misagh-358” jet engine powered, loitering, surface to air munitions.
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The MV-75 Cheyenne II can't outrun a jet powered munition.
These things. ⬇️
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These things. ⬇️
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None of the standard US Suppression of Enemy air Defense (SEAD) radar sensor detection practices work on a “Misagh-358.”
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🚨1/ A bacterium living in your gut right now is degrading polyethylene plastic.
Not surface erosion. True mineralization — converting one of the most chemically inert and universally contaminating (e.g. microplastic) materials humanity has ever made back into CO₂ and biomass.
Same process as digesting an apple!
This is peer-reviewed. Published 2025. And it's only the beginning.
Not surface erosion. True mineralization — converting one of the most chemically inert and universally contaminating (e.g. microplastic) materials humanity has ever made back into CO₂ and biomass.
Same process as digesting an apple!
This is peer-reviewed. Published 2025. And it's only the beginning.
2/ Bacillus subtilis — the ancient soil-and-gut commensal we met in the Roundup piece — doesn't stop at glyphosate.
The published literature now documents it degrading:
→ Polyethylene plastic
→ Pyrethroid insecticides
→ Herbicides beyond glyphosate
→ Industrial phenol
→ Mycotoxins → Polyurethane films
One species. No genetic modification. No human design.
[All study citations here: sayerji.substack.com/p/the-bacteriu…]
The published literature now documents it degrading:
→ Polyethylene plastic
→ Pyrethroid insecticides
→ Herbicides beyond glyphosate
→ Industrial phenol
→ Mycotoxins → Polyurethane films
One species. No genetic modification. No human design.
[All study citations here: sayerji.substack.com/p/the-bacteriu…]
3/ Here's the part that is exceptionally fascinating.
B. subtilis doesn't detoxify individually.
It detoxifies socially.
When exposed to pyrethroids, colonies secrete a signaling peptide. When enough cells register the threat collectively — a quorum — they switch on the detoxification genes together.
The microbe confers before it acts.
B. subtilis doesn't detoxify individually.
It detoxifies socially.
When exposed to pyrethroids, colonies secrete a signaling peptide. When enough cells register the threat collectively — a quorum — they switch on the detoxification genes together.
The microbe confers before it acts.
The first time the English Defence League was registered on Companies House, it was by Roberta Moore.
Moore is a former Israeli soldier.
The company was initially named: "Jewish Defense League UK Limited."
Here's what else we've discovered:🧵
Moore is a former Israeli soldier.
The company was initially named: "Jewish Defense League UK Limited."
Here's what else we've discovered:🧵
The JDL was officially classified as a terrorist organisation by the FBI.
It was founded by Meir Kahane — an Israeli politician who openly advocated for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
The EDL was first registered under the JDL's name.
It was founded by Meir Kahane — an Israeli politician who openly advocated for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
The EDL was first registered under the JDL's name.
Roberta Moore was photographed alongside Moshe Feiglin — the Israeli politician who said "every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy."
When asked if the EDL was exploiting the Zionist movement, Moore replied:
"If anything, we are exploiting them."
When asked if the EDL was exploiting the Zionist movement, Moore replied:
"If anything, we are exploiting them."
The AI winner will control the commanding heights of the 21st Century economy.
That's why Communist China is trying to block American AI.
Read @SamLyman33's critical new @bitcoinpolicy report to learn how the CCP funds & runs extensive influence ops to tank American AI.
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That's why Communist China is trying to block American AI.
Read @SamLyman33's critical new @bitcoinpolicy report to learn how the CCP funds & runs extensive influence ops to tank American AI.
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2/Foreign billionaires like Kristian Parker and Hansjörg Wyss push big money into Neville Roy Singham’s network to amplify messaging against AI and data centers.
Anti-data-center messaging is being pushed at all levels of politics to undermine American innovation.
Anti-data-center messaging is being pushed at all levels of politics to undermine American innovation.
3/ These campaigns have been amplified by lawmakers like Bernie Sanders, who hosted a panel last month with Chinese government affiliates calling for a federal moratorium on new U.S. AI data centers.
Instead of prioritizing the United States' interests, he shared the stage with CCP-linked panelists and promoted anti-American talking points.
Instead of prioritizing the United States' interests, he shared the stage with CCP-linked panelists and promoted anti-American talking points.
Comment les outils américains masquent les qualités thermiques des villes anciennes européennes ?
Avec les températures estivales, on va reparler d’îlot de chaleur.
Mais on passe souvent à côté du sujet essentiel quand on parle de confort en ville : l'ombre.
UN FIL 1/12
Avec les températures estivales, on va reparler d’îlot de chaleur.
Mais on passe souvent à côté du sujet essentiel quand on parle de confort en ville : l'ombre.
UN FIL 1/12
Plus je travaille sur le sujet du rafraîchissement, plus je me rends compte des biais introduits par les outils de mesure de la surchauffe urbaine.
Parmi les outils utilisés pour cartographier l’îlot de chaleur urbain, on trouve la méthode LCZ (ou Zone Climatique Locale).
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Parmi les outils utilisés pour cartographier l’îlot de chaleur urbain, on trouve la méthode LCZ (ou Zone Climatique Locale).
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Elle a été mise au point par le chercheur Timothy Oke spécialisé dans le climat urbain sur la base des typologies urbaines qu’on trouve en Amérique du Nord.
Elle est largement utilisée dans le monde entier aujourd'hui.
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Elle est largement utilisée dans le monde entier aujourd'hui.
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Introducing Deferred Context Engine in Droid.
AI agents are getting access to more tools: MCP servers, internal tools, skills, plugins, workflows. But loading every schema and instruction into every prompt makes agents slower, noisier, and more expensive.
Deferred Context Engine in Droid solves this.
Droid starts with a compact index of available capabilities, then loads the full tool schema or skill instructions only when the task actually needs them.
Droid starts with a compact index of available capabilities, then loads the full tool schema or skill instructions only when the task actually needs them.
If you are a mathematician, then you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.
AI has now solved a major open problem -- one of the best known Erdos problems called the unit distance problem, one of Erdos's favourite questions and one that many mathematicians had tried.
openai.com/index/model-di…
openai.com/index/model-di…
The relationship between this and the maths result I previously tweeted about reminds me of this passage from Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Jeremy Fisher (except that I'd replace "worse" by "more disturbing").
We are sending people to Washington to fight over a fake budget within a rigged game.
Neither Berners nor MAGAs are working out.
We need to step back and face two brutal realities before we waste another ounce of our time, energy, or hope on politics. (1/6)
Neither Berners nor MAGAs are working out.
We need to step back and face two brutal realities before we waste another ounce of our time, energy, or hope on politics. (1/6)
Until at least 30% of us wake up and reconcile these two facts, we can’t even begin to talk about real solutions.
The first thing we have to realize is that the federal money system is a complete lie. Most people still look at the government like a household budget. (2/6)
The first thing we have to realize is that the federal money system is a complete lie. Most people still look at the government like a household budget. (2/6)
They think Washington has to collect taxes or borrow money first before it can spend a dime. As long as we believe that myth, we accept artificial scarcity. We swallow lines like "we can't afford things at home" or "we're running out of money." (3/6)