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Content warning: Essentially everything.Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.comBlogger8887125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-71585945209736445022024-03-19T03:35:00.003+01:002024-03-19T03:45:14.297+01:00Peacock strut <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.Cu3w6DjaVz5w56repnaL?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="488" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.Cu3w6DjaVz5w56repnaL?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A small faux-Grantite sect at the outskirts of the workers´ movement displaying like a peacock while pretending to be a new revolutionary communist international. </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-15892253779127100002024-03-19T03:13:00.003+01:002024-03-19T03:52:59.757+01:00Verdict <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rdneevYAwfc" width="320" youtube-src-id="rdneevYAwfc"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VO-6aOpdp5c" width="320" youtube-src-id="VO-6aOpdp5c"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Verdict: Entertainment Value Only. I have a soft spot for Bigfoot, so the first clip was fun to watch, featuring a very venerable Jeff Meldrum and (surprise) Cliff Barackman of "Finding Bigfoot" fame. The second clip contains too much BS and hoaxes, but sure, I suppose it could be entertaining after a fashion... </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-56274015658781018422024-03-19T02:31:00.003+01:002024-03-19T02:35:32.472+01:00Massacre on Marion Island<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Diomedea_exulans_3_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg/1024px-Diomedea_exulans_3_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="336" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Diomedea_exulans_3_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg/1024px-Diomedea_exulans_3_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg" width="503" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Credit: JJ Harrison</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some really bizarre information in this one. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The remote Marion Island in the Indian Ocean is scene to a "zombie apocalypse" during which aggressive and hungry mice prey on the seabirds, including large albatrosses, and eventually kill them. Or, not to put too fine spin on it, eat them alive under torture-like forms. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Homo sapiens has decided to come to the rescue, and in 2026, the plan is to kill off the mice instead. That is, to exterminate millions of them! So our response to the zombie apocalypse is mouse genocide. Not until 2028 will we know whether the pesky rodent is finally gone and our tubenose brethren saved. Oh, and in a previous hominid killing spree on the island, all cats were extirpated?! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">>>>A </span><span style="background-color: white;">“zombie apocalypse” has been playing itself out on Marion Island in the Southern Indian Ocean for more than a decade, as flesh-eating mice massacre vulnerable seabirds, having already laid waste to invertebrates and otherwise tenacious vegetation.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>In the 20 years up to 2018, the number of mice on Marion increased by about 430%. As a result, says Anderson, “the frequency of mouse attacks is increasing very significantly. It’s exponential, and it’s related to the fact that the invertebrates on which the mice used to prey have been decimated, so the mice are feeding off the seabirds and their eggs as an alternative food source” to replace their diet of weevils, moths and seeds. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>In a 2015 study, mice were found to be killing one in 10 albatross chicks. Not only has this escalated, says Anderson, but “one of our concerns is that the mice are now starting to feed on adult wandering albatrosses as well. “The loss of chicks obviously has a big impact, but once you start killing adult birds of breeding maturity, then the impact on populations increases. And this is a more recent phenomenon.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-09-27-massacre-at-marion-mouse-eradication-project-gathers-pace/" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Massacre at Marion: Mouse eradication project gathers pace</span></a></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-79321476071317532782024-03-19T02:00:00.003+01:002024-03-19T02:00:42.914+01:00Blåsippor för Israel? <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.I4.Zfc9V3Miqjd230UXf?pid=ImgGn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.I4.Zfc9V3Miqjd230UXf?pid=ImgGn" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sverigedemokraterna går tydligen framåt i opinionen i Stockholm. Deras stöd är nu 20%, en "magisk" gräns partiet aldrig har passerat tidigare i kungliga huvudstaden. Vår ofrivillige grannbloggare T.H. gissar att det beror på gängvåldet, men observera att SD tydligen började öka hösten 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*Vad* kan ha inträffat då som påverkat väljaropinionen i mer SD-vänlig riktning? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Absurd ironi med tanke på SD:s ska vi säga brokiga bakgrund... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/for-forsta-gangen-sympatiserar-over-20-av-stockholmarna-med-sd-och-minst-30-av-de-majoritetssvenska-stockholmarna-skulle-rosta-pa-sd-om-det-hade-varit-val-idag-liksom-en-av-tre-av-alla-manliga-stockho/">SD ökar i Stockholm</a> </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-91420117964307248802024-03-19T01:25:00.002+01:002024-03-19T01:37:04.824+01:00Wicked liberty <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.oBH4eTdufHo5LfaiQM9W?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="454" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.oBH4eTdufHo5LfaiQM9W?pid=ImgGn" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A "classical" Marxist critique of the book "The Dawn of Everything", attacking its pluralist and "idealist" perspective on human pre-history. The second link goes to my own review of the book.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.marxist.com/how-can-we-be-free-a-marxist-critique-of-the-dawn-of-everything.htm"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">How can we be free? A Marxist critique of "The Dawn of Everything"</span></a><br /></p><p><a href="https://ashtarbookblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-dawn-of-everything.html"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Dawn of Everything</span></a><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-18478410623015272292024-03-19T00:40:00.003+01:002024-03-19T00:40:53.692+01:00Next cousins<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.JFZyt.ettcXZxAb76NS1?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="498" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.JFZyt.ettcXZxAb76NS1?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">- So we are cousins then, my dear Sir Bustard...<br />- Humpf, I don´t think so, you cuckoo clock trash!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So a 2014 genetic study shows that bustards are more related to cuckoos and turacos than to cranes and other gruids?! HA HA HA. But sure, it does make sense in some really bizarre way. Come to think of it, the bustard does look like a truly monstrous cuckoo. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The falcons have already been outed as closer to passerines than to other raptors. Sure wonder what other surprises awaits us out there...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otidimorphae">Otidimorphae</a><br /></span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-40789649651726642892024-03-19T00:24:00.004+01:002024-03-19T00:24:55.189+01:00Dialogue with the Dead <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.ddZBPy86RZx7rQIc8SVQ?pid=ImgGn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.ddZBPy86RZx7rQIc8SVQ?pid=ImgGn" width="484" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even the dead vote for Putin. Wtf. He must be the most powerful man in the world. But sure, it would be fun if his undead doppelgänger would vote against him! And what about the mummies of Lenin and Stalin, do *they* at least root for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation? </span></span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-79781578956724479382024-03-19T00:12:00.003+01:002024-03-19T00:15:53.533+01:00Mountains of the Moon <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.gWNCm5k8j6t1PS_XtCnm?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="472" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.gWNCm5k8j6t1PS_XtCnm?pid=ImgGn" width="472" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A Giant Potto (and it really is huge) and two scary mystery birds...don´t get me wrong, but is *this* the best the fabled Mountains of the Moon at Ruwenzori can offer us in terms of cryptids? Geezus, I had expected albino killer apes, dinosaurs, or at the very least some really nasty spider, but naah!</span></p><p><a href="https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2023/12/some-cryptozoological-riddles-from.html"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some cryptozoological riddles from Ruwenzori</span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-82199679360728217742024-03-18T23:58:00.005+01:002024-03-19T03:45:41.331+01:00Communist Cell Starter Pack?! <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtaAyoYDFv378-SLfNEe224lrHPQgg7ZdrUNIw3GlXMOQhWPIN-EOeww8xHzp3VahWya12PtzNdBoCX-QVZN_Mric1cPH4t4k2NHpDB11czbGgOhIfktdOBFRueurSkvdqPlEE9hQQcabC-HdXXl2tKGI_h2W0gSohipWH4dTCvnJ28sWzQef4Ae0YBydp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="478" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtaAyoYDFv378-SLfNEe224lrHPQgg7ZdrUNIw3GlXMOQhWPIN-EOeww8xHzp3VahWya12PtzNdBoCX-QVZN_Mric1cPH4t4k2NHpDB11czbGgOhIfktdOBFRueurSkvdqPlEE9hQQcabC-HdXXl2tKGI_h2W0gSohipWH4dTCvnJ28sWzQef4Ae0YBydp=w501-h640" width="501" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Credit: Wellred Books </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can be yours for only 15 pounds!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From the Manifesto of the "International Marxist Tendency´s" latest little recruitment campaign at the fringes of the official Communist movement (emphasis added): <br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>In its day, capitalism succeeded in developing industry, agriculture, science, and technique to a level undreamed of in the past. In so doing, it was unconsciously laying the material foundations for a future classless society. But now this has reached its limits, and everything is turning into its opposite. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>The capitalist system long ago exhausted its historic potential. <b>Unable to carry society further, it has now reached the point of no return. The present crisis is not a normal cyclical crisis of capitalism. It is an existential crisis,</b> expressed not only in the stagnation of the productive forces, but also in a general crisis of culture, morality, politics and religion.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>The yawning abyss that separates rich and poor – between obscene wealth in the hands of a few parasites, and poverty, destitution and despair for the great majority of the human race – has never been greater. <b>These are revolting symptoms of the sickness of a society that is rotten ripe for overthrow. Its eventual downfall is inevitable and cannot be avoided.</b> The world is heading towards an uncertain future characterised by a never-ending cycle of wars, economic collapse and increasing misery. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>All the attempts of the bourgeoisie to restore the economic equilibrium only serve to destroy the social and political equilibrium. <b>The bourgeoisie finds itself trapped in a crisis for which it has no solution. That is the key to understanding the present situation.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The above is true, after a fashion. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">>>>Lenin explained long ago, however, that <b>there is no such thing as a final crisis of capitalism. Unless it is overthrown, the capitalist system will always recover from even the deepest crisis</b>, albeit at a terrible cost for humanity.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This, emphatically, is *not* true. Not unless you have a very wide definition of "capitalism". So nah, Messrs Trotskyistes, you won´t get a second shot at it. And think of it, you´ll probably never get a first shot at it, either!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: auto auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div><p></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-70851822343665772262024-03-18T17:15:00.005+01:002024-03-19T03:45:53.768+01:00BREAKING NOW: TED GRANT TURNING IN HIS GRAVE!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Haeckel_Bryozoa.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Bryozoa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="565" height="585" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Haeckel_Bryozoa.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Bryozoa.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wtf. Has the IMT decided to give up on entryism and become, gulp, another small sect at the outskirts of the organized labor movement? Ted Grant must be turning in his tomb! </span></p><p><a href="https://communist.red/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Communist, Towards the Revolutionary Communist Party</span></a></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-71469188801079618102024-03-18T17:02:00.000+01:002024-03-18T17:02:10.687+01:00The ghost of Roe v. Wade <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Haeckel_Arachnida.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Arachnida.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="570" height="584" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Haeckel_Arachnida.jpg/800px-Haeckel_Arachnida.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Donald Trump has problems with the Roe v. Wade vs. SCOTUS situation. He´s right, of course. While it´s true that the GOP won the midterms House elections, they probably underperformed due to the abortion issue. Note the irony that when Pence recently refused to endorse Trump, the former VP tried to sound more *conservative* than the Donald, attacking him for being soft on the abortion issue! </span></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/17/trump-gop-must-endorse-three-exceptions-for-abortion-to-get-elected/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Trump: GOP must endorse three exceptions for abortion to get elected</span></a></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-59397342249974855932024-03-18T11:59:00.002+01:002024-03-18T11:59:24.393+01:00Personlig assistans<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.pIA06EG5A1DowI6tsYuK?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="469" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.pIA06EG5A1DowI6tsYuK?pid=ImgGn" width="469" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lite ironiskt ändå att det var Carl Bildts regering som införde LSS. Bengt Westerberg (socialliberal) var pådrivande. Men okej, jag håller med (sic) AB i själva sakfrågan... </span></p><p><a href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/BWAAxQ/fler-och-fler-blir-av-med-personliga-assistansen"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fler blir av med den personliga assistansen</span></a><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-24748245250973134632024-03-18T03:20:00.000+01:002024-03-18T03:20:06.238+01:00Over the target <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/41JMkz9kau0" width="320" youtube-src-id="41JMkz9kau0"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Catholic traditionalism must be right because everyone is united against it". Well, everyone is united against Jehovah´s Witnesses, Scientology and the People´s Temple as well, so perhaps they are right, too? </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-87399251762272207942024-03-18T01:04:00.002+01:002024-03-18T01:04:28.314+01:00Furugårdare <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.MhIeX0n.n6MOW.PP8tWp?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="429" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.MhIeX0n.n6MOW.PP8tWp?pid=ImgGn" width="429" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hur fanatiserad är egentligen vår ofrivillige grannbloggare? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Borde inte T.H. tycka att det är positivt att en person med nazistiskt förflutet ändrar åsikt, blir anti-rasist och rentav föräras den israeliska-judiska titeln "Rättfärdig bland folken"? Så varför skriver T.H. att det "tyvärr" var många anti-rasister i Erik Myrgrens generation som hade ett högerextremt förflutet? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Är rasism, nazism och högerextremism något som sitter i blodet (eller i generna?) som ett slags arvsynd man aldrig riktigt kan frigöra sig ifrån? Tala om black-and-white thinking! Kanske är det därför t.ex. Gustaf Aulén alltid figurerar i T.H:s mentala universum som "nazist"? Se annat jag skrivit på denna blogg! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Den andra länken handlar om SD:s förakt mot den etablerade högern. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2024/03/16/idag-invigdes-en-vag-i-horby-uppkallad-efter-den-antifascistiska-prasten-erik-myrgren-som-ironiskt-nog-var-medlem-i-furugards-nazistparti-pa-30-talet-och-horby-styrs-ironiskt-nog-av-sd/">Anti-fascistisk präst var gammelnazist i sin ungdom</a><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/sds-forakt-for-den-gamla-hogern-avspeglar-sds-ursprung-i-den-s-k-nationella-rorelsen/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">SD:s förakt för den gamla högern</span></a><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-17674413162765674682024-03-17T20:05:00.000+01:002024-03-17T20:05:16.489+01:00Rigged <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Haeckel_Copepoda.jpg/440px-Haeckel_Copepoda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="440" height="618" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Haeckel_Copepoda.jpg/440px-Haeckel_Copepoda.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Western media describes the ongoing Russian presidential elections as "rigged". Of course they´re rigged, comrade. Or should I call you citizen?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">However, Putin would probably win even free and fair election. Or lose. To a Communist. In a free and fair election. In Russia. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Nobody supports Navalny, who is dead anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yepp, that´s the line up, guys. Or should I call *you* citizens?</span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-76877808841909074562024-03-17T19:52:00.002+01:002024-03-17T19:52:44.320+01:00Crazy wisdom <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w8obzpAj2_A" width="320" youtube-src-id="w8obzpAj2_A"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">An interesting look at the Qalandariyya and some other fringe Sufi groups within medieval and early modern Islam. We are talking "crazy saints" or "holy fools" of a kind that seem to exist within (almost) all religions. Compare the pagan Cynic philosophers, the Eastern Orthodox fools in Christ, the Pashupatas and other antinomian Shaiva sects within Hinduism, and certain siddhas within Buddhism. Among others? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Qalandariyya and similar groups deliberately broke social and religious conventions to provoke hostility and ostracism. It´s really a form of ascesis. They didn´t follow sharia, since they were "dead to the world", but they were also indifferent to heavenly rewards, instead preferring a kind of mystical unity with God in the here and now (compare certain "pantheist" forms of Hinduism and Buddhism). Since all of the world is imbued with God´s presence, why insist on leaving it? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">While the origins of this kind of Sufism were apparently Persian, I don´t think it´s a co-incidence that it became so strong in India. However, it also existed in the Middle East. We are clearly dealing with a specific spiritual personality type, otherwise the phenomenon wouldn´t be global.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Which of course raises the question: where are the antinomians today? </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-3444108973921167302024-03-17T18:20:00.000+01:002024-03-17T18:20:04.984+01:00Changes <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hHcsPlGeVDY" width="320" youtube-src-id="hHcsPlGeVDY"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FeubaC2ImYo" width="320" youtube-src-id="FeubaC2ImYo"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTyvDW8frGo" width="320" youtube-src-id="QTyvDW8frGo"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some relatively well informed speculations about the recent turmoil in the Jehovah´s Witnesses. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The JW´s apparently lost a court case in Norway due to their shunning policies (in particular shunning of minors). The JW organization lost its status as a "charitable" institution, and also lost the ability to apply for grant money from the Norwegian state authorities. Similar court cases might be pending in other nations. A leader of the Watchtower Society in Brooklyn who vowed to fight back has been mysteriously dropped from the Governing Body (in itself an unprecedented event) with no explanation. Meanwhile, the rest of the leadership have changed some longstanding JW policies, although it´s not clear at this point how far-reaching the changes really are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Shunning policies have been somewhat relaxed, presumably to make it easier to convince ex-members to come back into the fold (since the Jehovah´s Witnesses are losing members). Also, it will be a bit more difficult to excommunicate members, especially legal minors. Certain theological doctrines have been changed, too, arguing that *some* seemingly unrepentant sinners might actually be saved at the last moment (during the Great Tribulation preceding the apocalypse). Once again, the real point is to win back ex-members. Jehovah´s Witnesses are also allowed to grow beards (if male) or wear trousers (if female). Presumably to look less "cultish" to outsiders.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As an outsider, I don´t think the changes go far enough, and as the third clip points out, some of them are actually *very* weird. If interpreted literally, the new instructions for Elders seem to suggest that proven child abusers shouldn´t be expelled ASAP. Child abuse is also compared to apostasy and "scheming to end a marriage", as if these were similar offenses?!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It will be interesting to see how the New Light will affect the membership. If the leadership got everything wrong for generations, how can they be trusted at all? Logically, the Jehovah´s Witnesses should lose even more members due to these changes. Even a small change might have this effect in an organization where the leaders are seen as infallible quasi-prophets and Bible exegetes. However, a certain percentage of the membership are probably too old or too brainwashed to make their move and leave.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another interesting question is whether Norway or other nation-states will accept the changes at face value. And why where the Witnesses taking money from the Norwegian government in the first place? I assumed the Watchtower Society regarded all nation-states to be Satanic? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It seems they changed some doctrines long ago... </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-90259326653467308282024-03-16T03:24:00.008+01:002024-03-16T03:30:37.414+01:00Backing away from Zionism?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.YLIbVhAiCFG0COWd_IDA?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="485" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.YLIbVhAiCFG0COWd_IDA?pid=ImgGn" width="485" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The
Alliance for Workers´ Liberty (AWL) used to be the hardest Zionists on the
left. And the only ones? While for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine
conflict, they did strongly defend Israel´s right to exist. Arms in hand, if
necessary, as when the AWL (then called Socialist Organiser) defended the Jewish state against Saddam Hussein´s rockets during the Gulf War. Also, the AWL in general
tried to promote themselves as hard-nosed realists rather than utopians or purveyors
of abstract sloganeering. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Look at
them now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The AWL
sounds like confused neophyte peaceniks. The brutality of the Gaza War is
apparently too much for them. In effect, they are backing away from Zionism and
hard-nosed realism in favor of…well, abstract sloganeering. At this stage, a
two-state solution is political theology, not Realpolitik. You might as well demand
a workers´ government...on the Moon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or perhaps
not *so* abstract. After all, the hostages could be released tomorrow…if Israel
releases all Hamas prisoners, backs down and permits the world community to rebuild Gaza (with no blockade). In other words, if Israel surrenders and gives Hamas
all they want. This makes AWL´s slogans “Ceasefire, end siege, free hostages,
reconstruct Gaza” potentially or objectively pro-Hamas. Indeed, they don´t
condition their reconstruction demand on Hamas being removed from power! Instead,
AWL has published a declaration by an Israeli who is refusing to serve in the
military… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It´s not
clear at all how a Hamas-led administration, restored to power and bolstered by
international aid, will feel more motivated to recognize Israel´s right to
exist in return for a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza? Or even bow
to the Palestinian Authority? Add to that the reactions from Iran, Hizbollah and the Houthi. Or every tinpot anti-Semite in your backyard. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The whole thing again devolves into political theology.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The AWL
wants Israel to reward the 10/7 terrorist attack and pogrom in return for something
that has never happened before: Palestinian acceptance of a two-state solution.
That is, Palestinian acceptance of a large Zionist entity. Max Shachtman is
turning in his grave. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2024-03-06/refusing-name-hope">Refusing in the name of hope</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2024-03-06/let-gaza-live-peace-two-states">Let Gaza live! Peace! Two states!</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2024-03-06/ceasefire-end-siege-free-hostages-reconstruct-gaza">Ceasefire, end siege, free hostages, reconstruct Gaza</a><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-61126760520130749422024-03-16T01:24:00.001+01:002024-03-16T01:24:19.193+01:00Interview with an atheist <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.CPAUDIj7dzlfCYun5Gwi?pid=ImgGn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="448" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.CPAUDIj7dzlfCYun5Gwi?pid=ImgGn" width="448" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A Swedish TV network just showed the near-classical "Interview with the Vampire" featuring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It struck me that the life of the vampires are a pretty good metaphor for atheism-materialism. An everlasting life with no possibility for redemption and no other meaning than feeding and hedonism, exercised by preying on others.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But doesn´t everyone die in a atheist-materialist universe? Well, does the intellectually unfulfilled atheist really *want* to die? The popularity of transhumanism suggests otherwise. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And then there´s this...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://ashtarbookblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/enchanted-fruitbat.html">Enchanted Fruitbat </a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Are you absolutely sure you *will* die? </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-15290812654756088782024-03-15T23:06:00.004+01:002024-03-15T23:06:36.222+01:00No epiphany <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.coQpLiJy8xHKgrR3a5aU?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="459" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.coQpLiJy8xHKgrR3a5aU?pid=ImgGn" width="459" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Tell us something new, dude!"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The least surprising news item this year?</span></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/15/pence-i-will-not-be-endorsing-donald-trump/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mike Pence won´t be endorsing Trump</span></a><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-80277526264803991572024-03-15T18:33:00.003+01:002024-03-16T02:02:40.035+01:00The myth of the smallpox goddess<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.vO5MoRGCK6rowioYb7uH?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="470" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG1.vO5MoRGCK6rowioYb7uH?w=1024&h=1024&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />The closest thing to Shitala´s "Tantric" form <br />I could prompt the prude Bing AI to generate</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Religion,
Devotion and Medicine in North India. The Healing Power of Sitala” is a 2015
book by Fabrizio M Ferrari, a scholar of religion based in the UK. I bought the
book on a clearance sale (no academic pricing!), read a few chapters and
skimmed the rest. Polemical exchanges between Ferrari and the more mainline
scholars he is critiquing could be interesting and, perhaps, entertaining. I
noticed that the work is used as a text book in religious studies departments
in Sweden. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All across
northern India, people worship a goddess known as Shitala or Sheetala (as I would
render her name given the limitations of my Latin alphabet computer). However,
during his extensive field trips around India, Ferrari noticed something
peculiar. The “scholarly” view of Shitala is that she is a wrathful and terrifying
deity, a “smallpox goddess” who demands worship and punishes those who refuses
with the dreaded disease. Since smallpox is eradicated, presumably she now
attacks people with other infections! However, this is *not* how most people in
India actually see Shitala. Quite the contrary, the Cold Mother is always worshipped
as a benign protectress, principally of women and children, from disease (including
smallpox before 1979) and other kinds of misfortune. In some parts of India,
she isn´t associated with disease-related topics at all, but is rather
worshipped as a fertility goddess. Both poor villagers (whose worship of the deity
can be pretty wild) and the urban gentry look upon Shitala as a mild-mannered
mother goddess, not as a psychotic ghoul spreading deadly illness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Something´s
clearly up, and this book is the result of Ferrari´s reflections on the Shitala
problematique. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The original
form of Shitala was strikingly “Tantric” and wild. The goddess was depicted as
a white-skinned and “sky-clad” (nude) young woman with big breasts and disheveled
hair (the similarity with a male Shaiva ascetic is striking). She was riding on
an ass (a wild donkey), considered an unclean and borderline evil animal in India.
Later versions of Shitala were more civilized, with the goddess wearing a red
sari and a golden tiara. Ferrari believes that while most deities and spirits
associated with asses/donkeys are indeed inauspicious, Shitala is one of the few
exceptions. Her riding the ass is symbolically a victory *over* evil and inauspiciousness,
not an identification with it. Her other attributes include a pitcher filled
with water (symbolizing her power to “cool” diseases), a broom (to get rid of impurities)
and a winnower (perhaps suggesting an origin among poor peasants). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Beginning
in the 17<sup>th</sup> century, Bengali poets composed a number of Shitalamangalkavyas,
stories in which Shitala played a decidedly sinister role. Excerpts known as Shitalapalas
were staged in theatrical form and became popular. The “official” view of the
goddess as capricious and brutal comes from these poems and theater plays.
Indeed, Shitala is associated with a number of unsavory characters in these
stories, including blood demons and what not! These stories have been taken at
face value by many Westerners as descriptions of actual religious beliefs, when
they are really literary fiction. Ferrari believe that the Shitalamangalkavyas give
voice to the class prejudices of the privileged poets who wrote them. The point
of these narratives is to describe the village folk and their religion as
stupid and superstitious. It´s a form of very primitive bhakti based on fear:
the peasants worship Shitala only after she has afflicted them with smallpox (which
she then cures). However, even the underprivileged themselves find these tales entertaining,
often due to the inclusion of ghouls, vampires and what not. The author makes a
comparison to modern zombie flicks! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When India
was a British dependency, the colonial power drew all the wrong conclusions from
worship of Shitala during outbreaks of smallpox. This was especially the case
after the British banned variolation in favor of smallpox vaccines. Variolation
(a crude form of smallpox “vaccination”) continued to be carried out despite
the ban. The colonial authorities often banned outbreaks of smallpox on variolation.
The practice was combined with puja (worship service) to none other than
Shitala. Since the British authorities interpreted Shitala as a dangerous “smallpox
goddess”, they concluded that the Hindus were in thrall to a dangerous
superstition and rejected modern vaccines out of fear of offending her. This
attitude was taken over by the secular health authorities after Indian
independence, and inculcated into foreign doctors and WHO officials who
participated in India´s vaccination campaigns. Scholars also believe in this
negative version, and still today – generations after smallpox have been eradicated
– the Cold Lady is still depicted as a personification of smallpox in learned
literature. Rampant Orientalism?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Maybe. However,
I noticed when reading/skimming this volume that even Ferrari mentions a couple
of examples when Shitala *is* considered dangerous. At village level, she is often
seen as one of “seven sisters”, a collection of goddesses who apparently are
dangerous and capricious unless properly worshipped. He describes a Tantric temple,
in which the auspicious Shitala is surrounded by decidedly wilder deities (and
the inevitable mortuary iconography). Finally, he seems to suggest that the
south Indian, specifically Tamil, goddess Mariyamman is a smallpox goddess for
real, inflicting diseases on people who refuse to pay her homage. Mariyamman is
known in northern India thanks to Tamil migrant workers and is often identified
with…guess who…Shitala. So perhaps there is more to explore here?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">An
interesting chapter deal with the folk worship of Shitala. The author visited a
temple where the most popular Shitala festival started with a virtual stampede
during which the crowd jostled for the best places inside the temple grounds. A
long string of goat sacrifices followed (the animals were beheaded) and the
blood offered to the goddess. Hijras played a prominent role during the ritual.
Hijras are self-castrated biologically male transgenders, usually regarded as a
third gender, but considered “male” for the duration of the sacrificial ritual
(only males can offer goats to Shitala). The best and most expensive goat is
usually offered by the local hijra community. During the festival, young women
can be possessed by the goddess, act as if mad, and angrily denounce males
(sometimes including family members or husbands). While many males naturally fear
or dislike such behavior, others are sexually aroused by it (the male onlookers
didn´t realize that Ferrari speaks Bengali and hence understood their lewd
remarks). Worship of Mariyamman is even wilder. It can include piercing rituals,
including piercing of cheeks and tongues with arrows and spears?! Apparently,
these festivals are often sensationalized in the Indian media. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The last
chapter of “Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India” deal with the gentrification
of Shitala. Usually regarded as a “folk” or “village” goddess, her worship is spreading
upward on the social ladder. This leads to inevitable changes. The middle
class, animal rights activists and Vaishnavas frown on the animal sacrifices
described earlier. Shitala has therefore gotten new looks. She has become more
similar to Lakshmi, rides a dignified white ass that looks almost like a horse,
and is associated with Hanuman (although somewhat contradictorily also with
Bhairava). Another strategy is to make Shitala more similar to Durga, since the
festival of this goddess is popular all over India. In this form, she is no
longer associated with disease at all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Concluding
remark: yes, religions change, our perceptions of the gods and goddesses
change, as well, suggesting either that they don´t exist or that their myths
and legends can´t be taken as literal truth. But you knew that already. So here
I end. </span></p><p><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-22225298115580200402024-03-15T15:50:00.000+01:002024-03-15T15:50:05.009+01:00Avenging Napoleon <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.q.kiL8jmhi5NpwtuXoGk?pid=ImgGn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="451" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.q.kiL8jmhi5NpwtuXoGk?pid=ImgGn" width="451" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">French president Macron strongly implies - again - that NATO "boots on the ground" in Ukraine is an option. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/03/15/we-will-use-all-the-means-at-our-disposal-to-defeat-russia-says-france/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Russia cannot be allowed to win "existential" war in Ukraine, thunders France´s Macron</span></a><br /></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-41225856722621809992024-03-15T12:07:00.002+01:002024-03-15T12:07:21.243+01:00Termination shock <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MZiEcx0F_CM" width="320" youtube-src-id="MZiEcx0F_CM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This is the world atheists want, and pantheists have to worship as G-d. Duh!</span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-26436810027776527312024-03-15T11:36:00.003+01:002024-03-15T11:36:26.775+01:00Tonton Macoute <p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://img.semafor.com/d3c3ad2ac9464019ff6afdfbb656de2dafccc614-1280x1280.png?w=750&q=75&auto=format" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="473" src="https://img.semafor.com/d3c3ad2ac9464019ff6afdfbb656de2dafccc614-1280x1280.png?w=750&q=75&auto=format" width="473" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Credit: Semafor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Why even the lubberals are against Woke AI. The above happened when the on-line mag Semafor told the AI tool Firefly to generate a pic of German Nazi soldiers...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Babbler in the Abyss is playin´with ya, boah! </span></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305624375162138302.post-44331447796906636212024-03-15T11:18:00.000+01:002024-03-15T11:18:15.641+01:00När kolonialmakten blir Woke <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.8YUr3SkHLHH5u4eGJLPp?pid=ImgGn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="460" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.8YUr3SkHLHH5u4eGJLPp?pid=ImgGn" width="460" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Det behövs säkert insatser på detta område, men lägg märke till den pikanta motsägelsen. I samma ögonblick som det blivit "inne" att attackera svensk kolonialism i Sameland, så kommer den svenska staten på ett nytt sätt att blanda sig i samernas angelägenheter. Och karusellen snurrar vidare... </span></p><p><a href="https://www.friatider.se/majoritet-samiska-kvinnor-utsatta-sexuellt-vald"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Majoritet samiska kvinnor utsatta för sexuellt våld</span></a></p>Tidlösa http://www.blogger.com/profile/17612443854055594590noreply@blogger.com0