"Stop Making Sense" Is A Command And Americans Are Obedience-On-A-Leash

Iranian missiles hit across Israel, wounding at least 17? I wonder what that's about? AIPAC Demands Democrats “Stand With Israel” when Democrats have proven they know as much about Israel as Ted Cruz knows about Iran. And nobody's doing anything to correct that. They're just making demands and calling people antisemites. As a recent guest of the United States, the Israel security minister, calls to arrest anyone who watches Al Jazeera. Because [SMART] that's the kind of shit Americans are totally into. 

 

Politics in the City of the Damned is a great title for somewhere, though I'm not sure where, exactly. Unless you're talking about Gaza, where rescuers say Israeli forces killed 60, half near aid centers. Or, in a Quran burning conviction, a UK judge used violence against the defendant as evidence of his guilt. Actually, pretty much any city can be called dangerous, today. Roaches coming out of the walls helped get a Coral Gables restaurant closed. It's time to get "back into the Bible." 

 

"Can you imagine still going to church?" Despite a decline in churchgoing, more young adults are reaching for the Bible, which - in 2025 - is a little scary. Because it means education still sucks in this country. If All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations didn't do it. Which they should've. By now. Or your tastes suck, too.

Admit it: Life was better when the World’s most dangerous man and his enabler meant you and whoever sold you a bean burrito at Taco Bell, am I right? But, The Era of Unconditional Support for Israel Is Ending and that's all there is to it. Calm yourself with the Details Surrounding the Death of Michael Jackson. The ultimate reminder that all things must come to an end. I keep a pocket-sized replica of the Halfsharkalligatorhalfman to keep me company. 

He pretty much suits the same purpose. 

 

It's A Big Club (And I'm Not In It)

Story of my life: "Implied in the blues is a stubborn refusal to go beyond the existential problem and substitute otherworldly answers. It is not that the blues reject God; rather, they ignore God by embracing the joys and sorrows of life,...God is present — he is simply out of reach."

Speaking of things out of reach, have you noticed how long people have debated Palestine, without ever nailing anything down - beyond Trump & Co. insisting you better do what zionists (and other supposed "experts") tell you?

They do this to keep things confused, so doing things the way they (seem to have) always been done appears to be the only way forward.

America's government has made little-to-no effort whatsoever, even since Oct 7, to explain the history of zionism to America's citizens, as we're paying - literally - to uphold what most would probably think of as a caustic belief system. 

That the government does this on purpose - reducing American citizens to unwilling participants in an international crime - is chilling. And exactly what George Washington warned us against.

Whatever. I laughed out loud when I read "Ex-worker of accused sex cult OneTaste tells jurors she was expected to orgasm ‘with anybody off the street’" because the second post I did on OneTaste, all the way back in 2009, said just that:

"TMR hadn't heard too much out of One Taste, except when a friend in The City mentioned they were expanding the cult by offering orgies to homeless men. Our friend said all a stranger had to do was go to the One Taste center and say they had participated in the Yoga Tree's cult program, but wanted to go beyond those "teachings," and One Taste (a supposedly female-oriented cult) would allow men in - to fuck. The men would then be "handled" by a weird bearded guy who would decide who would pair with whom, but everyone, including the bearded guy, would be sucking up to a woman."

 

15 years later and they've learned nothing. This is why I don't write very much. What's the point? At this rate, most Americans will figure out Turkmenistan is a "Gateway to Hell" sometime around 2040. In the meantime, they'll keep blaming blacks, I'm sure. I told you: 

It's the story of my life.

 

Heading Into Another Weekend (Without Our Heads)

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There Will Never Be A "Safe Space" (For Atheists)

After being married to a woman for 20 years, who insisted we're "soulmates" - only to have her cheat on me - I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to read ‘The Soulmate Trap’: Why Utah researchers believe the notion of soulmates is ‘harmful’.

And, after being married to a woman for 20 years, who sought advice from "psychics" - only to have her cheat on me - I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to read Judge rejects plea deal for ‘psychic healer’ accused of bilking people of more than $85,000.

And, after being married to a woman for 20 years, who was learning from "cults" how to undermine everything - only to have her cheat on me - what a pleasure it is to read CULTS, SURVIVORS, AND RED FLAGS

But what really sucks, after being married to a woman for 20 years - only to have her cheat on me - is how little pleasure I get from reading all this 20 years too late.

 

Taking A "Side" In A World Spinning Round (With No Understanding Of Orbits)

TMR always feels kind of frustrated when peeking over to Instapundit, to see Glenn Reynolds, say, "punching down" to call Harvard students "enemies of civilization," instead of admitting the obvious:

Our educators aren't much when it comes to, you know, educating.

Otherwise, Harvard students (and others) would think the "correct" thoughts about Middle East wars, right-right? But, apparently, they don't. Instead, they share a singular vision:

From the outside looking in, anti-Zionists appear to think Israel was created from Nazi terror, but - for Israel to exist - it's had to terrorize the Palestinians. Now, if there's a problem with that narrative, some lie of omission or missing piece of evidence, I would think educators would make it their job to expose that, and end all disagreement. But, instead, "Teachers" call young people names.

Of course, TMR views all conflict as the inevitable result of people lacking reason. But very few are interested in fighting the enemies of reason - religion, other superstitious beliefs, and pseudoscience - that both Jews and Palestinians (and Iranians and Americans) share. Nah, history shows, in order to keep those going, they'd rather take metal tongs to each other if necessary.

Human Beings: Always using the old noggin.

 

I Feel (Your Pain)

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 ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR: Found A Job

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