The wider western world has absorbed a few too many idiotic ideas from France, thanks to Foucault, Derrida and others of that ilk. I suggest that Thierry Breton put a sock in it and go back to napping on the public dime. The adult world doesn't need his halfwit supervision.
Apropos everything and nothing: we are celebrating (!) 2.9%* inflation today.
*without food and energy
Which leaves cellphones, Ozempic at WalMart, back-to-school assorted Cheetos, and Taylor Swift merch in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inflation basket.
This is just a speculation of mine based on reading newspapers since 1965 and online publications since, well, whenever they started: More Muslims have been killed by Muslims than by all groups of non-Muslims combined. So, I think any discussion of Islamophobia should include, if not start with, the beheadings, “honor” killings, and the ISIS-approved “let’s film people being burned alive in a cage” activity that unfortunately happens to Muslims by Muslims in the Muslim world.
I wish everyone would remember that if freedom of speech (and thought) were only there for things we might agree with, there would be no need. The entire point is that in your life, you will hear things you don't want to hear. That is exactly when you should stand up for speech. It will be your turn one day whether you know it or not. Think about all the people who were martyred or killed or banished for saying things like, "The earth isn't the center of the universe." How would we ever grow in maturity or knowledge without "heretical" ideas?
McMaster is spot on about how to win wars but so wrong about the war in Ukraine.
Since 1950, US war fighting policy has been all about spending money abroad, consolidating power at home, and abandoning our allies once popular US support evaporates (recall Afghanistan and Vietnam).
Putin knows this and is using it against the West in Ukraine. And, in spite of Western propaganda, he has been perfectly transparent with his war objectives:
1. to permanently prevent NATO membership for Ukraine and NATO occupation of Crimea in particular,
2. to protect self-identified Russians in eastern Ukraine, and
3. to prevent further Western meddling in Ukrainian politics.
One need only look at a map to discover that Putin has achieved his first to objectives:
1. Russia has totally fortified its occupation of Crimea, and
2. it has taken all the eastern lands occupied by the 10 million Russian-speaking Ukrainians who identify as Russians — something those people & Russian nationalists in Russia have been clamoring for since the USSR’s collapse.
3. All that remains is for the United States to hold to its habit of abandoning allies. American popular support for the war is disappearing along with all those little Ukrainian flags. And Ukraine has lost its war fighting capacity as its soldiers have been killed or captured or fled the country. When the flow of US dollars & arms finally ends, the Zelensky government and Ukraine’s war effort will collapse.
Putin believes it’s only a matter of time. And he’s probably right.
“There hasn’t been much good news out of Ukraine lately. This summer, Russia had been making steady advances in the east and has hit civilian sites, including a children’s hospital, in major cities. “
Did I miss the protests here in America??!? Oh wait, that’s only when Jews are involved?
Simple...violent crime is dropping because criminals are not arrested. If they are, they are let go with no convictions. All gaslighting....as well as these polls trying to tell us that Kamala, et.al., are surging in popularity...The journalism"professionals" will kill the country as we know it by their lack of integrity and ethics. Shameful
Yes. I live in Los Angeles. Go on NextDoor. Get a crime app. Nobody bothers reporting crime because police don’t have resources to respond to anything but the most heinous.
I am a Senior Editor at Wikipedia. That and 3 bucks will get you.a cup of coffee. Wikipedia has been weaponized by the left when it comes to current events. It is a first (and last source) of information for younger people.
In particular, articles about people or issues on the right are often long, hostile, and over-cited to an absurd point. Attempts to add balance and judgement are fought viciously on the associated Talk Pages. Wiki guidelines for Biographies of Living Persons (BLP) are rentlessly violated.
I have sense that underworked academics and/or a cardre of the underpaid but highlly motivated graduates are "paid" in some fashion for their work.
The days of knowledgeable "amateurs" working collaboratively toward a balanced consensus on current topics and people are over.
Not particularly related but significant is that Wikipedia is dying a slow death by "link-rot". I think the founders underestimated this problem in the early days.
Wikipedia is reliable on many topics. Most science, most biographies of historical people born pre-20th century, most traditional Encloypedia type articles (people, places, events, summaries). It breaksdown at increasing rate in some fields from 1970 on (IMHO).
I have a special interest in Russian history from 1860 to 1960. I can see BS in that field a mile away. Those Wikipedia articles hold up well.
A liitle secret most people don't realize is the the real action in Wiki takes place in the Talk page associated with each article
A short and polite talk page is a sign of a reliable article. A long contentions Talk page means to exercise caution.
I have not checked lately, but unless it has been censored the Talk page about The article on Circumcision is a howl. There will be multiple older pages numbered 1 2 3 etc. Start with the lowest numbered one as it wll be the oldest comments
I'm a mom of 3 girls: 8, 5, 1. No devices, no phones, no iPads, no social media. We let them watch cartoons on TV when they have TV time. We plan to avoid social media until high school & will get them non-smart phones (no data phones) in middle school. We do no activities, just free play all the time. I allow them independence as much as possible. Biking & walking around the neighborhood.
Anybody watch those JD Vance interviews on ABC, CNN, and CBS? Each is about 15min.
Masterclass. I can't believe how bad the interviewers are. The mask has been off for years, but I'm still so amazed to see it in full view. The comments on YouTube (like on theFP) give me hope.
I'm calling BS on the Axios article about violent crime in major cities dropping dramatically. This is a function of law enforcement not trying to enforce laws when they know liberal DA's won't prosecute. Also, like in my small town they just game the numbers to make it appear crime is falling. Ask anyone on the street in major metropolitan areas if they think things are getting better and safer or if they are getting worse and more dangerous.
The Honestly advice episode with Suzy and Caitlyn was great. Better than I expected.
The wider western world has absorbed a few too many idiotic ideas from France, thanks to Foucault, Derrida and others of that ilk. I suggest that Thierry Breton put a sock in it and go back to napping on the public dime. The adult world doesn't need his halfwit supervision.
Catherine Herridge’s piece on Homeland Security is very good, very sad, and Kamala Harris must answer for this, Biden cannot as in he’s not able
Apropos everything and nothing: we are celebrating (!) 2.9%* inflation today.
*without food and energy
Which leaves cellphones, Ozempic at WalMart, back-to-school assorted Cheetos, and Taylor Swift merch in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inflation basket.
Wait . . . JD Vance just complained about "hacks paid by Big Tech super-donors?" Did he have all the mirrors in his house removed?
This is just a speculation of mine based on reading newspapers since 1965 and online publications since, well, whenever they started: More Muslims have been killed by Muslims than by all groups of non-Muslims combined. So, I think any discussion of Islamophobia should include, if not start with, the beheadings, “honor” killings, and the ISIS-approved “let’s film people being burned alive in a cage” activity that unfortunately happens to Muslims by Muslims in the Muslim world.
There was an emboldened, terrifying, yet somehow creative spate of abused Egyptian women who cemented their abusive husbands into their balconies.
I wish everyone would remember that if freedom of speech (and thought) were only there for things we might agree with, there would be no need. The entire point is that in your life, you will hear things you don't want to hear. That is exactly when you should stand up for speech. It will be your turn one day whether you know it or not. Think about all the people who were martyred or killed or banished for saying things like, "The earth isn't the center of the universe." How would we ever grow in maturity or knowledge without "heretical" ideas?
Heresy is the operating principle of the scientific method
As it should be
How crime numbers are down for anyone interested in truth:
https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/?utm_campaign=nypdaily&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20240814&lctg=607d8f8470302947037fce70&utm_term=NYP%20-%20Morning%20Report
Yeah. That’s was pretty fishy and surprised that TFP accepted that at face value
McMaster is spot on about how to win wars but so wrong about the war in Ukraine.
Since 1950, US war fighting policy has been all about spending money abroad, consolidating power at home, and abandoning our allies once popular US support evaporates (recall Afghanistan and Vietnam).
Putin knows this and is using it against the West in Ukraine. And, in spite of Western propaganda, he has been perfectly transparent with his war objectives:
1. to permanently prevent NATO membership for Ukraine and NATO occupation of Crimea in particular,
2. to protect self-identified Russians in eastern Ukraine, and
3. to prevent further Western meddling in Ukrainian politics.
One need only look at a map to discover that Putin has achieved his first to objectives:
1. Russia has totally fortified its occupation of Crimea, and
2. it has taken all the eastern lands occupied by the 10 million Russian-speaking Ukrainians who identify as Russians — something those people & Russian nationalists in Russia have been clamoring for since the USSR’s collapse.
3. All that remains is for the United States to hold to its habit of abandoning allies. American popular support for the war is disappearing along with all those little Ukrainian flags. And Ukraine has lost its war fighting capacity as its soldiers have been killed or captured or fled the country. When the flow of US dollars & arms finally ends, the Zelensky government and Ukraine’s war effort will collapse.
Putin believes it’s only a matter of time. And he’s probably right.
“There hasn’t been much good news out of Ukraine lately. This summer, Russia had been making steady advances in the east and has hit civilian sites, including a children’s hospital, in major cities. “
Did I miss the protests here in America??!? Oh wait, that’s only when Jews are involved?
Funny thing about The Front Page: it is never TFP's front page.
Simple...violent crime is dropping because criminals are not arrested. If they are, they are let go with no convictions. All gaslighting....as well as these polls trying to tell us that Kamala, et.al., are surging in popularity...The journalism"professionals" will kill the country as we know it by their lack of integrity and ethics. Shameful
Yes. I live in Los Angeles. Go on NextDoor. Get a crime app. Nobody bothers reporting crime because police don’t have resources to respond to anything but the most heinous.
I am a Senior Editor at Wikipedia. That and 3 bucks will get you.a cup of coffee. Wikipedia has been weaponized by the left when it comes to current events. It is a first (and last source) of information for younger people.
In particular, articles about people or issues on the right are often long, hostile, and over-cited to an absurd point. Attempts to add balance and judgement are fought viciously on the associated Talk Pages. Wiki guidelines for Biographies of Living Persons (BLP) are rentlessly violated.
I have sense that underworked academics and/or a cardre of the underpaid but highlly motivated graduates are "paid" in some fashion for their work.
The days of knowledgeable "amateurs" working collaboratively toward a balanced consensus on current topics and people are over.
Not particularly related but significant is that Wikipedia is dying a slow death by "link-rot". I think the founders underestimated this problem in the early days.
YMMV
Wikipedia is a joke. I would not trust anything that I read there.
Wikipedia is reliable on many topics. Most science, most biographies of historical people born pre-20th century, most traditional Encloypedia type articles (people, places, events, summaries). It breaksdown at increasing rate in some fields from 1970 on (IMHO).
I have a special interest in Russian history from 1860 to 1960. I can see BS in that field a mile away. Those Wikipedia articles hold up well.
A liitle secret most people don't realize is the the real action in Wiki takes place in the Talk page associated with each article
A short and polite talk page is a sign of a reliable article. A long contentions Talk page means to exercise caution.
I have not checked lately, but unless it has been censored the Talk page about The article on Circumcision is a howl. There will be multiple older pages numbered 1 2 3 etc. Start with the lowest numbered one as it wll be the oldest comments
Very good. We need more of this.
I'm a mom of 3 girls: 8, 5, 1. No devices, no phones, no iPads, no social media. We let them watch cartoons on TV when they have TV time. We plan to avoid social media until high school & will get them non-smart phones (no data phones) in middle school. We do no activities, just free play all the time. I allow them independence as much as possible. Biking & walking around the neighborhood.
https://www.waituntil8th.org/
Anybody watch those JD Vance interviews on ABC, CNN, and CBS? Each is about 15min.
Masterclass. I can't believe how bad the interviewers are. The mask has been off for years, but I'm still so amazed to see it in full view. The comments on YouTube (like on theFP) give me hope.
I'm calling BS on the Axios article about violent crime in major cities dropping dramatically. This is a function of law enforcement not trying to enforce laws when they know liberal DA's won't prosecute. Also, like in my small town they just game the numbers to make it appear crime is falling. Ask anyone on the street in major metropolitan areas if they think things are getting better and safer or if they are getting worse and more dangerous.