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FERRETS
AND FERRETETTES ~
Aww,
not to worry. I wasn't gonna leave ya without giving you website
links to take my place. Not that I think I'm totally replaceable
but... these ought to help ease the strain 'n' pain during the
post-STMcC-partum depression period.
There's
an extremely intelligent, logical, witty writer whom I've been a fan
of for several years now. He is a Christian conservative thinker who
possesses exceptional skill at cutting right through the B.S. and
getting to the heart of a matter. His big hero is apparently G.K.
Chesterton (as he quotes him in many of his articles) and he is fond
of imaginative wordplay.
In
my last blog bit's comment section, reference was made to my tendency
to wink and nod at a whole lot of disparate sources in my writings.
Well, this superb writer does the same – so much so that I'm
sometimes jealous, left thinking: “Why didn't I think of that?”
He has a very creative style that incorporates a sense of humor
(something lacking in so many of the liberals he skewers with his
superior logic).
You
know the bloke is good when you see that he gets so under the skin of
libs that they try to retaliate with stupid, anti-intellectual,
lowbrow distorted photos like this...
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| SELWYN DUKE |
I
first became aware of SELWYN
DUKE
in the years when I was subscribing to The New American, as Duke
was a periodic contributor to that excellent magazine. Some time
later I discovered that he had his own website...
…and
wrote regularly for the website RenewAmerica:
Below
are a few quotes from a few Selwyn
Duke
articles to whet your appetite:
WHY
OBAMA IS UNEDUCATED
It's
not that I don't think Obama knew there are 50 states. Rather, he
doesn't have the intellectual foundation you'd expect of an educated
Western man, and this includes a lack of the rote knowledge that,
like an actor who has spoken a certain line in 500 rehearsals and
performances, is expressed the same way every time. And this, by the
way, has nothing to do with where anyone thinks Obama was born. He
simply is not truly American in mind, heart and spirit.
But to
fully grasp the nature of leftists' ignorance, an understanding of
their philosophical foundation is necessary. There is a certain
experience many conservatives know very well: You debate a liberal,
and he just seems immune to facts and reason. No matter how airtight
your point, it rolls off him like water off a duck. …
Second,
pride can get in the way, as correcting oneself involves admitting
error, often with respect to ideas we've spent an entire lifetime
defending. It can be like giving up a cherished son.
ARE
MOST MASS MURDERES REALLY WHITE?
Anyway,
the left may be upset that another one of their themes, the
white-mass-killer myth, has bitten the dust. But all is not lost. In
the area of massacres as in so many other things, they can always
celebrate diversity.
AMERICA
HAS LOST HER WILL TO LIVE
Yet
the very same people who claimed they could orchestrate the health
care of 317 million people will insist that "we can't deport"
20 million people. In fact, even though deportation should be
reflexive, it isn't even on the radar screen. To suggest it brands
you bigot or xenophobe, and the only thing really at issue is the
rate of surrender: will it be sudden with full-on amnesty or the
slower "path to legal status," the coup de grace or the
death by a thousand cuts? ...
Particular
indignation is exhibited when defending children of illegals, who,
we're told, "are here through no fault of their own." This
also is meaningless. Countless millions of children throughout the
world are poor through no fault of their own, yet we don't propose
they all be allowed green cards. And how many children have ended up
in foster care through no fault of their own after their parents were
imprisoned for committing crimes? Perhaps we should stop enforcing
laws, period – "for the children."
HOMOSEXUALS
GET DUCK DY-NASTY
And
what do we see 20 years later? Criticism of homosexuality will get
overseas Westerners punished through law and Americans punished
through social pressure.
How's that tolerance workin' for
ya'?
"Tolerance," as it has been marketed, was
always a con. Aristotle said that "[t]olerance is the last
virtue of a dying society," but it's also the vice that kills
it. And it so often is a vice because it's generally misunderstood.
For one thing, tolerance always
implies a negative, real or perceived; you wouldn't have to tolerate
a beautiful car or a delectable meal – you relish those things. But
you might have to tolerate a cold or bad weather. Thus, tolerance is
only noble in two situations: One is when dealing with something
objectively negative that cannot be eliminated, such as irremediable
pain. The other is when confronted with something you don't happen to
like and could avoid, but that is objectively good or neutral; an
example would be tolerating a food you detest in order to avoid
offending your hosts.
So while we might admire a person who
can bear a cross with a stiff upper lip, what if he abides a negative
he needn't put up with? He then is either a doormat or a
masochist.
That's us.
The doormat, that is. ...
Our
culture war is a fight to the death. The barbarians are inside the
gate, and they don't listen to reason. Show them the same tolerance
they show you – and then show them the door. In the case of A&E,
what should happen is that they be boycotted till brought to their
knees.
To
their knees.
THE
OBAMA PURCHASE
Returning
to Vanity
Fair
writer Purdum, the reality about Obama he's struggling to reconcile
is explained well by the first part of his magazine's name. After
all, he also wrote, "'I think that I'm a better speechwriter
than my speechwriters,' Obama told his 2008 campaign political
director, Patrick Gaspard.... 'I know more about policies on any
particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right
now that I'm going to think I'm a better political director than my
political director.'" As per his subtitle, Purdum sloughs this
attitude off by claiming Obama "didn't need feedback." The
correct explanation is a bit different.
Obama
is a self-centered, arrogant, and quite probably megalomaniacal and
narcissistic - and possibly sociopathic – jerk.
Truth:
everyone needs feedback. A good leader knows this and is wise enough
to both surround himself with competent people and to separate good
counsel from bad. He exhibits what Confucius spoke of when saying,
"Wisdom is, when you know something, knowing that you know it;
and when you do not know something, knowing that you do not know it."
And Obama? He's not dumb, as some suggest, though his intelligence is
overrated. It's that he doesn't know much that is true -- and, more
significantly, he doesn't know what he doesn't know.
This
is when even intelligent people can do profoundly stupid things. For
example, Adolf Hitler, a master manipulator who could mesmerize
masses, thought he knew better than his generals and was best suited
to choose battlefields, strategies, and tactics on the Soviet front.
Evil people, you see, tend to be ridden with that intellect-occluding
thing called pride; they consequently make bad decisions and
eventually sink their own ship. And if at the helm of a nation, it
can be a mighty big ship they sink.
Speaking
of pride, G.K. Chesterton once said, "[A] great man knows he is
not God, and the greater he is the better he knows it." This is
brought to mind by an
interview Obama
gave to Chicago Sun-Times
religion reporter Cathleen Falsani in 2004. When asked if he prayed
often, Obama offered this curious response: "It's not formal, me
getting on my knees. I have an ongoing conversation with God.
Throughout the day I'm constantly asking myself questions...."
So
a "conversation with God" = "asking [himself]
questions"? Literally interpreted, this means Obama considers
himself God. Of course, allowing for loose talk, there's no saying
the president is like an Egyptian pharaoh and actually believes he is
a deity. But was his comment akin to a Freudian slip? Did it reflect
not only how he is at the center of his own world, but how he
naturally assumes he should be the center of the world?
I
can almost hear all y'all thinking: Damn! I wish Stephen had turned
his blog over to Selwyn years ago.
No,
you're not going to get all the straight poop on the New World Order
conspiracy with Selwyn Duke like you did with me. (Duke probably
believes in the non-Michael Jackson “Moon Walks”; probably
believes that Timothy McVeigh was the major player in the Oklahoma
City bombing; probably believes the “official” Uncle Scam version
of 9/11; probably believes that the Sandy Hook “shooting” and
Boston Marathon “bombing” were real events like the Lamestream
Media reported them.) No, I don't ALWAYS
agree with Duke's assessment of a story - and if I did, one of us
would be unnecessary. For example, Duke believes that George W(ish I
had a brain) Bush's war in Iraq was based on faulty intelligence
reports about Weapons of Mass Destruction. While I say, “Bush
lied, liberties died!”
So,
no, Selwyn Duke isn't going to always relate to you the same sorts of
truths that I would have related to you but, nevertheless, the guy is
a brilliant thinker and writer. And I am very glad to be basically
the same sort of “Conservative” that Selwyn Duke is, because I
would not want to have to debate him if I were “Left” of him.
It
was probably in the year 2000 that I first began to notice the
“Chemtrails” in the skies over (Phuckin') Phoenix, Airheadzona. I
had a job that kept me outdoors for the first three hours of my
shift, and countless times I saw the Chemtrail skies being created.
These
were definitely NOT normal jet contrails that would quickly evaporate
and disappear. No, these were Chemtrails. It would start out with
just one airplane, or sometimes two or three planes, flying back and
forth across the sky emitting a white trail behind them. Sometimes
they would line the sky all in one direction, and other times they
would fly in opposite directions, leaving a big white criss-cross
pattern across the sky.
As
I watched, these white lines would begin to spread out across the sky
in a milky-like haze or film, and in 90 minutes to two hours the sky
overhead would have a massive, artificial cloud cover that went for
miles and miles above me.
Naturally
I began to investigate this and found that it was a common and
sometimes daily occurrence in many places across the United States
(and later, beyond). To this day the Chemtrail project is still
shrouded in mystery and there are multiple theories explaining the
purpose for it.
Some
things we now know for sure are that the Chemtrail phenomenon is very
real; it is very secret, and widespread; and the trails consist
largely (but not necessarily exclusively) of very fine particles of
aluminum and barium. There is no question but that “The Wizards
Behind The Curtain” are spraying us like we're insects without any
right to know or right to protest.
The
ultimate purpose for the Chemtrails is still a debated topic but the
most commonly held belief is that they are being used in weather
control experiments (likely in conjunction with H.A.A.R.P.), but
other theories have to do with population control (i.e., sickness and
death), mind control, high-tech WMD-like activities such as
earthquake initiators, etc.
It's
a very interesting topic worthy of further study.
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| CHEMTRAIL IN A BOTTLE? |
AEROSOL CRIMES (AKA
'CHEMTRAILS')
Clifford
Carnicom, 2005
I've
not yet had the time to fully vet the following two websites, so if
there are flagrant errors to be found there, or if they are in
actuality disinformation agents, that's news to me as of this
posting. However, I have visited numerous pages at both sites and
what I have thus far seen has very much impressed me. See what YOU
think of 'em:
BariumBlues.com
Carnicom.com
If
you have never noticed any Chemtrails in your area, you really ought
to try keeping your chin up, my depressed little friend!
Some
days ago I somehow clicked my way to a new (to me) blog. Below are
some excerpts from the first few paragraphs of the (at that time)
most current blog bit:
A
BRIEF GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION,
BIODIVERSITY
AND THE HERD INSTINCT
You
see it’s all to do with evolution and although humans are a smug
bunch … the truth is we are not as unique as some would have you
think. You see just think how many critters have four limbs and a
head at the front end, and dispose of food at the other, the list is
huge. Even birds have four limbs; it’s just that two have
turned into wings giving them a rather clever method to get about.
Evolution
of course is a long process it takes time. . . . Man now sees
himself as Top Dog in this process which is very silly as we are not
dogs, and shows the foolishness of us humans. You see mankind
is a relative newcomer to planet Earth and some critters have been
about for ages and there are more of them too. …
Now
as time passes evolution would normally predict that biodiversity
will increase, but us humans are always keen to eat new species so
most of the meal sized things are sort of becoming extinct.
One of the odder aspects of man is that we are critters of habit and
could be classed as one of the worlds herd animals like Cows or
Wildebeest, an old survival instinct from the days when we were
shoals of fish and huge prehistoric scary things ate us. This
is why we tend to take revenge on big beasts now and get our own back
by eating them. …
I
couldn't help having some fun with this, so I left a comment:
Stephen
T. McCarthy 3 October 2014 19:06
>>...
“This is why we tend to take revenge on big beasts now and get our
own back by eating them”
Just
think how bad it would be for us if those big beasts ever invented
guns and bombs. Then they'd go back to eating US again.
Many
billions of years from now, we human beings may be in big trouble.
Unless of course, by then, we've developed our own wings and can
just fly away from the big beasts with their guns and bombs.
Yes,
I know we could do that NOW, on airplanes, but that just gets back
to the herd instinct again - you know, buying tickets, obtaining
boarding passes, standing in line as we creep down the aisle looking
for our seat number. It's just too slow a process when life hangs in
the balance. We need our own wings so we can fly away individually
at a moment's notice.
That's
why I'm concentrating and meditating and imagining wings sprouting
from my arms. (But just in case that's a fruitless, evolutionary
dream, I'm also designing bigger guns and bigger bombs with which to
defeat the big beasts 40 billion years from now. I was a Boy Scout
and I heartily believe in the motto, "Be Prepared".)
~
D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
The
blogger replied:
Dont
give up on growing those wings, it has been said that birds are the
direct descendants of dinosaurs . So if a 15 ton huge scaly dinosaur
can grow wings and fly off then it should be easy for mankind.
Please remember you probably will not grow wings yourself, but your
kids might...
Bigger
Guns and Bigger Bombs. . .mmmmm I take it you are an America you are
little rascals with those guns and bombs and stuff, but hey we like
you in Britain lets face it we have to be friends because no one
else likes either of us much. I think the world is safe in our
hands, mankind needs some positive thinkers . . Well Done and thanks
for the comment, it is good to get feedback.
I
responded:
That's
a pretty tall order for my kids to grow wings, since I never had
kids and never will have any. So, first, my kids are going to need
to invent themselves and THEN grow their wings. But, hey, given
enough billions of years, ANYTHING is possible, right? My kids will
probably also be flying when pigs fly. Chasing their bacon like
World War I flying aces in an aerial dogfight.
No,
I am not an American. In fact, I don't like most Americans. What I
am is a 'Constitutionalist', which is a nearly extinct entity –
unlike the T-rex which is still very much alive and doing quite
well. And by T-rex, I do NOT mean the Rock 'N' Roll band but the
Godzilla-like beasts that live in the White House using names like
Obama and Bush and feeding on others. I only wish the
'Constitutionalists' were thriving and the T-rex was extinct. But
given enough billions of years, someday maybe the
'Constitutionalists' will rule the roost... also when pigs fly.
~
D-FensDogg
Then
another blogger joined the fun. I believe he was addressing the
writer of the blog bit but I couldn't keep myself from offering an A
to his Q:
Esbboston
4 October 2014 23:42
Q:
If you are wrong about 22 things and 2 wrongs make right, does that
mean you are stiLL 11ish right?
Stephen
T. McCarthy 5 October 2014 02:32
I
believe it would make you "eleventy" percent right.
However, I confess that mathematics has never been my strong suit.
~
D-FensDogg
Esbboston
5 October 2014 11:31
People
have reaLLy sped up evolution by starting to fly. In airplanes.
People committing suicide by leaping to their death hasn't helped, a
wrong type of flying. Perhaps a study of knife use in humans causing
fingernails to be longer, sharper and grow faster needs to be
performed.
Stephen
T. McCarthy 5 October 2014 15:38
Oh,
that's a very astute observation!
By
some strange coincidence, my buddy Bryan [of the blog 'A Beer For
The Shower'] and I were recently discussing evolution in an Email
exchange (which truly is a strange coincidence because usually we
only discuss beer and Film Noir).
So,
Bryan writes:
"...we
share approximately 55% of our DNA with bananas. ... I had a banana
for breakfast this morning, too... I'm starting to feel bad that
maybe I ate a long lost relative..."
And
that's when I had one of those "Ah-Ha!" moments.
Suddenly
it all makes sense: Bananas were the first life form. Over millions
or billions of years (don't bore me with details) bananas evolved
into monkeys, and monkeys eventually became bigger and stronger...
yes, they became apes. (Surely you've noticed the fascination and
tender love that primates have for bananas... and not just as
phallic symbols either - it's more meaningful than that.)
Then,
of course, apes evolved (or devolved?) into human beings. And over
many years, human beings evolved into banana cream pies.
Now,
I know you're going to ask, "Then why are there still human
beings?" And I answer, "For the same reason there are
still apes, monkeys, and bananas. I don't know why... but it's for
the same reason, I'm sure."
So
my theory is that banana cream pies will eventually lose their
non-essential appendages like crust and whipped cream, and revert
back to bananas again. It's like a circular evolutionary thang.
Hey,
it's a certainty that if a bunch of bananas randomly hit typewriter
keys for a lot of years they would eventually duplicate all the
works of Shakespeare, so ANYTHING is possible!
~
D-FensDogg
You
see, Ferrets and Ferretettes, once you know the truth about the
Evolution nonsense - knowing you could debate anyone on the topic
and win – you can begin to have lotsa fun with those anti-science
propagandists.
And
when you know what is contained in this book...
...then
you will know the truth about Evolution.
And
I'm happy to say that all 977 pages of 'THE
EVOLUTION HANDBOOK'
can be accessed for free at...
http://evolutionfacts.com/
“NOW HERE'S
SOMETHING WE HOPE
YOU'LL REALLY LIKE!”...
A
few weeks ago I received an Email from my dear friend The Flying
Aardvark (not to be confused with a plucky flying squirrel). A couple
years ago The Flyin' Aard's aging Mom moved into the Aard's apartment
because independent living was not so easy for the elderly woman
anymore. And the Aard is such a lovely woman she welcomed her Mom to
live with her.
Well,
Flyin' Aard told me the following in that recent E:
I
am sorry I have been off the grid for a while. We had some
problems at home (they painted the bedroom ceilings in my apartment
and I had to stay at a hotel, plus our ancient stove finally went
nuclear and wouldn’t shut off so we had to cut off all the circuit
breakers to prevent a fire in the apartment until they could send
someone).
We
have a new stove now -- but it sticks way out in the middle of the
floor. In order to open the silverware drawer, you have to
lower the oven door, but first you have to open the refrigerator door
because otherwise there is no space to open the oven door. It’s
kind of comical (and fairly annoying).
I
replied:
That
is one of the FUNNIEST things I've heard of in a LO-OOO-NG
TIME! It seems like something you'd see in an old episode of
'The Carol Burnett Show' or sumpin'. Maybe 'I Love Lucy'. OH, THAT IS
HILARIOUS!!!
Thanks
so much for telling me your "kitchen layout" story. I gotta
remember that. Here it is 3 weeks later and I'm STILL
literally laughing out loud every time I mentally picture that. You
couldn't make up something like THAT!
~
Stephen T. McCarthy
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ad hominem attacks and disrespectful epithets will not be tolerated
(read: "posted"). After all, this isn’t
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so I don’t have to
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