I came to Vanderbilt with the dream of escaping the rampant bigotry and institutional repression I experienced in the Deep South.

That dream has soured. //

Shouldn't he have come to Vanderbilt to, I don't know, get a degree? This idea that college is supposed to do anything but provide tangible life skills is absurd.

Regardless, do you want to know where Petocz is from? He's from a wealthy suburb in Northeast Florida. //

Petocz is cosplaying. He's dressing up as a revolutionary fighting against injustice when he's really just a spoiled brat who thinks he can harass and bully his way through life.

Traditional Swiss fondue is so easy to make. My husband grew up in Switzerland and it's there where I truly began to appreciate fondue. There are many variations of fondue in Switzerland, but this is the most common version using Gruyère and Emmental cheeses. //

Ingredients
2 ½ cups shredded Gruyère cheese

2 ½ cups shredded Emmental cheese

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 clove garlic, halved

1 ½ cups dry white wine

Combine Gruyère cheese, Emmental cheese, and cornstarch in a bowl. Mix until the cheese is evenly coated. Set aside.

Rub the cut side of the garlic all over the inside of a fondue pot or heavy saucepan. Add wine and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then gradually add cheese and cornstarch mixture. Stir with a spatula, gently stirring in a figure-of-eight motion, until all of the cheese is added and the fondue is smooth and homogenous.

Remember Nicholas Roske, the guy who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh? Apparently, the Justice Department doesn’t, which is why they seem to have forgotten that they are supposed to be prosecuting him. //

So, if this is such a “slam dunk” case, why is the DOJ slow-walking it? Are there political considerations in play, or are they just too busy trying to prosecute former President Donald Trump and pro-life protesters? //

Cynical Optimist
2 hours ago edited
The same reason that Peter Navarro is in prison for defying a subpoena while Hunter Biden has not even been charged. The same reason that peaceful Pro lifers have been convicted while those who firebombed Federal buildings in Portland Oregon have not even been charged. The same reason hundreds of those who protested Biden's election have spent and will spend years in prison while those who protested Trump's election not only were never charged but were paid money from a lawsuit.

The folks who want to trans children aren’t going to like this one. Another study has revealed the dangers of subjecting children to “gender-affirming care,” especially when it comes to the use of puberty blockers.

This study is one of several disproving the leftist narrative about how best to treat children suffering from gender dysphoria. It reveals that using these treatments can cause significant harm to these individuals -- especially after they grow into adulthood.

Libertarians aren't anarchists, we're minarchists. It's the general libertarian belief that there should be hard and fast rules for society, but not a lot of them. The vast majority of the rules that are created should be applied to the government which can easily spiral out of control the more room it's given. The government is like a child, and it has to be watched, monitored, and given strict boundaries, or else it will [wreak] destruction upon you, your home, and itself. //

I'm a big fan of basic rules. God gave us 10 that are conducive to a happy, healthy life and our American system is broadly based on these rules. A few more could be added here and there, but if I'm being honest, at the end of the day it's not the laws that matter.

It's the people's willingness to follow them.

In order for society to function we have to agree to have a functioning society. This means following, not just the laws, but the unwritten rules that usually come with tradition and societal expectations. If even a fraction of the population suddenly disagrees with these rules, society starts to collapse. //

America — and the Western world in general — seems to have gotten to a point where it's perfectly fine with shrugging off propriety and common decency. It puts endless laws on the books, empowers its own government, and is even now willing to ban entire platforms off the internet, but it has very little concern about enforcing many of the basic rules already on the books, especially if the person not following them is of a certain identity.

People in America aren't following basic rules anymore because they aren't being enforced. Even when someone defends people against someone willing to violate these rules, the defender gets in trouble. //

We're encouraged to be passive while aggressors roam around us.

Then we wonder why everything is so trashy and our society is degrading.

We've shrugged off the rules in order to avoid being labeled as one thing or another, but as we pat ourselves on the back for being "tolerant" and "inclusive," we crumble.

The DOJ’s position on this matter once again shows their blatant two-tiered view of justice—Peter Navarro sits in a Miami prison cell for defying a subpoena, but Hunter Biden is walking around a free man and enjoying the White House Easter Egg roll despite blowing off his own order to appear. Meanwhile, the Department is counseling its own lawyers to defy the House.

Boys date from the neck on down; men marry from the neck on up. True beauty is not based solely on physical attributes. A heart for God and a mind seeking knowledge, one sharpened by experience, are far more important. Remember that a long-term relationship is always a case of stepping out in faith. //

Neither love nor beauty have an expiration date, nor are they solely possessions of the young. Seek the One True Love first, regardless of your age.

what the former high school grappler said in interviews afterward was equally impressive.

"I haven't really been turning down interviews because I do want to get this out there for the young men. There's a lot of talk nowadays of toxic masculinity, and I'm really trying to, you know, push this narrative that you should stand up for the people, innocent people, people in your local neighborhood. And, you know, that's kind of what I take from it," he said. //

anon-76r6
2 hours ago
"All glory to God". Awesome

After an Israeli air strike in Syria on Monday killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a hardline Iranian political coalition has seemingly admitted that Iran played a significant role in Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7. //

Martyr Zahedi's strategic role in forming and strengthening the resistance front, as well as designing and implementing the Al-Aqsa storm, are great honors that will make the silent efforts of this great commander immortal in the history of the anti-occupation regime. //

A Wall Street Journal exclusive in October reported that senior IRGC officers helped plan the attacks and gave the final green light during a meeting in Beirut the Monday before they were carried out. National security sources in the United States have told RedState on condition of anonymity that the U.S. has found evidence that Iran led a great deal of the intelligence preparation for the attacks, including communications protocols, SIGINT support, and cyber attacks. The Iranian government has officially denied any involvement. //

The three men were in Syria to discuss operational logistics and coordination, the source said, without elaborating. Zahedi was a top figure in the Guards' Quds Force, which funnels Iranian support to allies around the region, including to Lebanon's Hezbollah.

POINT 1: So here it's worth flagging how grotesque it is that the whole aid process in Gaza always involves gunmen jumping onto trucks...apparently Hamas gunmen. It shows how the whole problem with the Gaza war in general...which is that because Israel refuses to control areas in Gaza...Israel continues to basically outsource control to others...and the "others" end up being Hamas usually. This creates a ridiculous cycle where Israel is fighting a six month war "against Hamas" but Hamas seems to always seemlessly control most of Gaza today (like 80%?) and has gunmen who systematically take control of aid convoys.

So the PRESENCE of gunmen on aid trucks is a systematic problem. It has not been addressed. And it seems there is a kind of "wink wink" between aid organizations, Hamas and the IDF about this "process"...but it is also a process that can easily turn deadly because of the war. //

Dieter Schultz Lugger66
an hour ago edited
I think that part of the problem in situations like this, i.e. where one side is assumed to control the field of activity and therefore whatever happens is the "controlling authority's" responsibility, is that when that authority is not allowed to, really, control the environment then they will always be held responsible for what happens, regardless of why it happened.

As lots of people here have said, it's a war zone but, it isn't a war zone that Israel is being allowed to control. It really is, when you look at it objectively, a no-win situation for Israel; the US and other nations aren't allowing them to control their zone of operations but they are being held responsible for everything that happens in that zone.

It really is a zugzwang situation for Israel, they are being put into a situation without any good moves being made available to them.

It really sucks for them.

“My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent. I'm raising two boys. I want 'em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide. I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well. We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.”

It's very important to minimize the collateral damage, and protecting civilization [sic] lives as well, and I would hope that Hamas decides to, not starting to hide behind civilians--creating those circumstances that makes it even more difficult as well. //

He then nailed the elephant in the room, which many on the Left like to leave out of the discussion. He said, "We also can't forget about the hostages, too. They've been in custody now since Oct. 7. So, it's an awful situation." //

You don't have to agree with every leader's views. But we have an opportunity to stand with Israel. That's what I've decided to do. //

Senator John Fetterman
@SenFettermanPA
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In this war against Hamas—no conditions for Israel.
3:15 PM · Apr 4, 2024

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In fact, maybe the only thing that DEI has accomplished is giving racist white people cover to be openly racist. //

Real DEI is only going to come from black leadership. I don't know how to do it because I'm not a black leader, but I do know how to tell if it's working. //

bk
an hour ago
CTG: DEI is just CYA for white corporations and isn't doing sh*t, but let's measure success on how much racist Fox News is whining. Wait what?

DR. PHIL: There are some things that are just fundamental human decency, and when I ask you if what happened on October 7th is something you condemn, and you say, "Well, you have to look at that by looking at hundreds of years of conflict," no you don't. No, you don't. That's either right or it's wrong, and it was wrong, and I don't need a hundred years of conflict to know it was wrong. //

That Dr. Phil was having none of it and let her have it is extremely satisfying. You don't need a history of the Middle East to condemn burning infants in their cribs, and these American activists have no idea what they are talking about. They are cosplaying for clout, nothing more.

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In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae). Attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th-century English philosopher and theologian, it is frequently cited as Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, which translates as "Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity" ,[1][2] although Occam never used these exact words. Popularly, the principle is sometimes paraphrased as "The simplest explanation is usually the best one." [3]

This philosophical razor advocates that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction and both theories have equal explanatory power one should prefer the hypothesis that requires the fewest assumptions[4] and that this is not meant to be a way of choosing between hypotheses that make different predictions. Similarly, in science, Occam's razor is used as an abductive heuristic in the development of theoretical models rather than as a rigorous arbiter between candidate models.[5][6]

Newton's flaming laser sword (also known as Alder's razor) is a philosophical razor devised by Alder and discussed in an essay in the May/June 2004 issue of Philosophy Now.[6] The principle, which addresses the differing views of scientists and philosophers on epistemology and knowledge, was summarized by Alder as follows:[6][jargon]

In its weakest form it says that we should not dispute propositions unless they can be shown by precise logic and/or mathematics to have observable consequences. In its strongest form it demands a list of observable consequences and a formal demonstration that they are indeed consequences of the proposition claimed.

The razor is humorously named after Isaac Newton, as it is inspired by Newtonian thought and is called a "flaming laser sword", because it is "much sharper and more dangerous than Occam's Razor".[6]

Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states:[1]

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

It is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. It is probably named after Robert J. Hanlon, who submitted the statement to Murphy's Law Book Two (1980).[1] Similar statements have been recorded since at least the 18th century. //

Another variation appears in The Wheels of Chance (1896) by H.G. Wells:

There is very little deliberate wickedness in the world. The stupidity of our selfishness gives much the same results indeed, but in the ethical laboratory it shows a different nature. //

Douglas W. Hubbard quoted Hanlon's razor and added

a clumsier but more accurate corollary ...: "Never attribute to malice or stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system."