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- former US Marine, retired police; in other words, professional babysitter. "Ah's jes' th' ign'nt sonuva po' ol' shahcroppah, yas ah is. . ."
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20081129
Reflections Of A Damned Fool
Reality ain't.
I'd rather be Schrodinger's Cat than Pavlov's Dog.
The cosmos is a virtual particle.
The universe was created 15 billion years ago.
The universe was created 6000 years ago.
The universe was created 1 minute ago.
The universe is being created now.
All of these statements are true.
Life is a cannibalistic phenomenon.
Life is a manifestation of turbulence.
Every life is a prayer.
Look into a mirror and see an angel.
Look into a mirror and see a demon.
Look into a mirror and see a monster.
Look into a mirror and see yourself.
Humanity is still primitive.
There are always unknowns.
There is no difference between the microbe and the human.
Solitude is not loneliness.
All wars are civil wars.
Basically, the only important events that have ever occurred on earth since its formation are the beginning of life itself, photosynthesis and sexual dimorphism. Given the opportunity, the next important event will be the spreading of life from this world to others.
Anything else that has happened--anything--is less than nothing before these things.
Man is the only suicidal animal.
Man is a transitional species.
All times and all places are the same.
Death does not exist.
All lives are the same.
With each increase in social bonding comes an increase in aggression. It is the most social of species who fight and kill each other. Humanity may be at the apex of this phenomenon. Any species succeeding ours may, if accompanied by an increase in social bonding, automatically self-destruct before it has a chance to multiply.
Organized religion is idolatry.
The earth is a living being.
Life on earth consists of microbes. . .nothing else.
All relationships are tangential; they all last only a moment.
Organism and environment are symbiotic phenomena.
The only original sin is ignorance.
The only crime is to harm another.
Education ends only at death. . .maybe. . .
Fear only for others, not for yourself.
Freedom is more important than safety.
Once is chance.
Twice is coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
Four times is a goddamned fact.
Risk begins at conception.
There is only one sex.
There is only one race.
There is only one life.
Reality is a provisional hypothesis.
Intelligence is not a survival trait.
Intelligence is an experiment.
Organized religion turns God into a pervert.
Everyone is afraid, day and night.
Mankind has not begun to learn.
People still believe in magick. They respond to scraps of cloth and pieces of paper as if they stood for something important. And they worship those pieces of cloth and scraps of paper.
Most people fear to look within themselves.
Nothing exists but vibration.
Nothing exists but turbulence.
Fairy tales rule humanity.
Obedience is not freedom.
Righteousness is a defect.
People are no different than 50,000 years ago. It's just that the toys are a bit prettier.
The true teacher is the student.
Christianity is not Christian.
Accept and embrace your darkness.
Accept and embrace your light.
Accept and embrace yourself.
Love based on fear is not love.
Science is the purest manifestation of faith.
All life has the same value.
Joshua Ben Joseph was only one of a long line of teachers. A very, very long line.
All religions sin and become idolatrous when they turn their originators and lawgivers into gods, without recognizing the fact that each and every individual is in fact a god.
All lives are one life, and one life is all life.
Fanatics and psychotics rule the world, and this is called 'sanity'.
The neuron's reached activation potential, and it's ready to spark.
Imitation is neither becoming nor being.
There is no difference between solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, or Einstein-Bose condensates.
Only humans experience delusion, and actively seek it.
All people are prejudiced. Education and experience help, but cannot totally remove prejudice;. Only death does.
The only monsters that exist are human.
All opposites are reconciled in The Certs Principle, aka The Shimmer Effect.
Magick, religion, science, philosophy and mythology are all the same.
The lifespan of the cosmos, the human, the microbe and the virtual particle are all the same.
I detest tolerance as a goal, for tolerance is only one step on the way to acceptance. To stop at tolerance is to stop before the job is done.
Morality is nothing more than herd behavior.
To say that a human acts in a 'bestial' manner is a lie and an insult. Beasts never act 'bestial'. To be 'bestial' is instead the most human of all behaviors.
Christianity died stillborn with Paul of Tarsus.
Out of any given group of humans, 90% are sheep or cattle, 9% are vultures or shepherds, and 1% are wolves.
Any social group or population is virtually identical to an individual person, with all accompanying and conflicting desires, thoughts and emotions, drives and responses.
The deepest root and the very core of science is faith.
I virulently hate the words 'sir' and 'mister' whenever they are applied to me. Those words are symbols of dominance and submission.
I am no one's ruler or master, and have never had the desire to be so. 'Hey you', 'asshole', 'fool' or 'idiot' is more than sufficient in my case.
Life is a fluid in motion.
Perhaps the only form of life I have no respect for is the human 'adult'. The body gets older, and that's about all that happens. I have usually observed no accompanying mental or emotional maturity.
I've spent over 30 years babysitting; and i'm not talking about toddlers or infants, let alone raising my own family.
Although I've been to the other side of the world, and lived over half a century, I have yet to meet ten truly adult humans.
Hope is a demon and the twin of despair.
Hope is ultimately enslaving and therefore evil.
All scientific statements are provisional.
All religious dogma is delusional.
NOTHING BELONGS TO YOU. NOTHING.
A god who demands fear is unworthy of worship.
A god who demands control is likewise unworthy.
I have created worlds, angels, monsters and demons. . .and I have destroyed them all.
It is a pitiful and self-deprecating thing to define oneself in terms of occupation or expertise. A person is so infinitely much more. . .
Zealotry destroys understanding by its very nature.
An honest scientist always keeps in mind the phrase 'as far as is known'. A true scientist realizes that any finding or pronouncement is temporary, as it may be amended or replaced at some time in the future.
Science that becomes dogma is no longer science; it becomes religion and thereby idolatrous.
Given time, enemies become each other.
All things are analogues of each other.
Organized religion is always provincial.
Whenever you point at someone, notice where your other fingers are pointing.
Truth is a rainbow, not a single color.
Over the years, i've found that I tend to bring out the best and the worst in people. I especially tend to bring out extreme reactions, especially among the ignorant. Sometimes it's balanced the other way.
The best and truest friend you will ever have is your worst enemy.
Never look at a problem from both sides: look at it from every side.
Many concepts are social fictions, valid only within a social context. They fail when reality appears.
I have spent my life suffering from, and for, the fears and fantasies of humans. In return I have tried not to cause suffering to others due to my own fears and fantasies.
Some music encapsulates the history of the cosmos. Some music lays out the entire life of the individual, from conception to death.
I have never received anything from a human which did not ultimately result in pain.
Everywhere I look, I see miracles.
Everywhere I look, I see illusions.
And the two are the same.
There are three enemies I've always had: ignorance, fear, and hypocrisy. Everyone is ignorant. Fear is the response to the recognition of one's own ignorance. Hypocrisy is the attempt to hide one's ignorance and fear. All other evils follow as a result of the interplay between ignorance, fear. and hypocrisy.
Nothing exists but music and silence. And they are the same.
Pain is nothing. Pain can be controlled and dealt with. It's the weakness that's the bitch.
I am an anomaly and a threat to some because--among other things--I am power without power, ability without ability, status without status. I don't fit into neat little boxes or pigeonholes, which is irritating to people who believe in an 'orderly' world.
Sorry. . .the fact is that the universe doesn't bow to anyone's whims, yours or mine.
Me, I got used to it a long time ago. . .
I'd rather be Schrodinger's Cat than Pavlov's Dog.
The cosmos is a virtual particle.
The universe was created 15 billion years ago.
The universe was created 6000 years ago.
The universe was created 1 minute ago.
The universe is being created now.
All of these statements are true.
Life is a cannibalistic phenomenon.
Life is a manifestation of turbulence.
Every life is a prayer.
Look into a mirror and see an angel.
Look into a mirror and see a demon.
Look into a mirror and see a monster.
Look into a mirror and see yourself.
Humanity is still primitive.
There are always unknowns.
There is no difference between the microbe and the human.
Solitude is not loneliness.
All wars are civil wars.
Basically, the only important events that have ever occurred on earth since its formation are the beginning of life itself, photosynthesis and sexual dimorphism. Given the opportunity, the next important event will be the spreading of life from this world to others.
Anything else that has happened--anything--is less than nothing before these things.
Man is the only suicidal animal.
Man is a transitional species.
All times and all places are the same.
Death does not exist.
All lives are the same.
With each increase in social bonding comes an increase in aggression. It is the most social of species who fight and kill each other. Humanity may be at the apex of this phenomenon. Any species succeeding ours may, if accompanied by an increase in social bonding, automatically self-destruct before it has a chance to multiply.
Organized religion is idolatry.
The earth is a living being.
Life on earth consists of microbes. . .nothing else.
All relationships are tangential; they all last only a moment.
Organism and environment are symbiotic phenomena.
The only original sin is ignorance.
The only crime is to harm another.
Education ends only at death. . .maybe. . .
Fear only for others, not for yourself.
Freedom is more important than safety.
Once is chance.
Twice is coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
Four times is a goddamned fact.
Risk begins at conception.
There is only one sex.
There is only one race.
There is only one life.
Reality is a provisional hypothesis.
Intelligence is not a survival trait.
Intelligence is an experiment.
Organized religion turns God into a pervert.
Everyone is afraid, day and night.
Mankind has not begun to learn.
People still believe in magick. They respond to scraps of cloth and pieces of paper as if they stood for something important. And they worship those pieces of cloth and scraps of paper.
Most people fear to look within themselves.
Nothing exists but vibration.
Nothing exists but turbulence.
Fairy tales rule humanity.
Obedience is not freedom.
Righteousness is a defect.
People are no different than 50,000 years ago. It's just that the toys are a bit prettier.
The true teacher is the student.
Christianity is not Christian.
Accept and embrace your darkness.
Accept and embrace your light.
Accept and embrace yourself.
Love based on fear is not love.
Science is the purest manifestation of faith.
All life has the same value.
Joshua Ben Joseph was only one of a long line of teachers. A very, very long line.
All religions sin and become idolatrous when they turn their originators and lawgivers into gods, without recognizing the fact that each and every individual is in fact a god.
All lives are one life, and one life is all life.
Fanatics and psychotics rule the world, and this is called 'sanity'.
The neuron's reached activation potential, and it's ready to spark.
Imitation is neither becoming nor being.
There is no difference between solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, or Einstein-Bose condensates.
Only humans experience delusion, and actively seek it.
All people are prejudiced. Education and experience help, but cannot totally remove prejudice;. Only death does.
The only monsters that exist are human.
All opposites are reconciled in The Certs Principle, aka The Shimmer Effect.
Magick, religion, science, philosophy and mythology are all the same.
The lifespan of the cosmos, the human, the microbe and the virtual particle are all the same.
I detest tolerance as a goal, for tolerance is only one step on the way to acceptance. To stop at tolerance is to stop before the job is done.
Morality is nothing more than herd behavior.
To say that a human acts in a 'bestial' manner is a lie and an insult. Beasts never act 'bestial'. To be 'bestial' is instead the most human of all behaviors.
Christianity died stillborn with Paul of Tarsus.
Out of any given group of humans, 90% are sheep or cattle, 9% are vultures or shepherds, and 1% are wolves.
Any social group or population is virtually identical to an individual person, with all accompanying and conflicting desires, thoughts and emotions, drives and responses.
The deepest root and the very core of science is faith.
I virulently hate the words 'sir' and 'mister' whenever they are applied to me. Those words are symbols of dominance and submission.
I am no one's ruler or master, and have never had the desire to be so. 'Hey you', 'asshole', 'fool' or 'idiot' is more than sufficient in my case.
Life is a fluid in motion.
Perhaps the only form of life I have no respect for is the human 'adult'. The body gets older, and that's about all that happens. I have usually observed no accompanying mental or emotional maturity.
I've spent over 30 years babysitting; and i'm not talking about toddlers or infants, let alone raising my own family.
Although I've been to the other side of the world, and lived over half a century, I have yet to meet ten truly adult humans.
Hope is a demon and the twin of despair.
Hope is ultimately enslaving and therefore evil.
All scientific statements are provisional.
All religious dogma is delusional.
NOTHING BELONGS TO YOU. NOTHING.
A god who demands fear is unworthy of worship.
A god who demands control is likewise unworthy.
I have created worlds, angels, monsters and demons. . .and I have destroyed them all.
It is a pitiful and self-deprecating thing to define oneself in terms of occupation or expertise. A person is so infinitely much more. . .
Zealotry destroys understanding by its very nature.
An honest scientist always keeps in mind the phrase 'as far as is known'. A true scientist realizes that any finding or pronouncement is temporary, as it may be amended or replaced at some time in the future.
Science that becomes dogma is no longer science; it becomes religion and thereby idolatrous.
Given time, enemies become each other.
All things are analogues of each other.
Organized religion is always provincial.
Whenever you point at someone, notice where your other fingers are pointing.
Truth is a rainbow, not a single color.
Over the years, i've found that I tend to bring out the best and the worst in people. I especially tend to bring out extreme reactions, especially among the ignorant. Sometimes it's balanced the other way.
The best and truest friend you will ever have is your worst enemy.
Never look at a problem from both sides: look at it from every side.
Many concepts are social fictions, valid only within a social context. They fail when reality appears.
I have spent my life suffering from, and for, the fears and fantasies of humans. In return I have tried not to cause suffering to others due to my own fears and fantasies.
Some music encapsulates the history of the cosmos. Some music lays out the entire life of the individual, from conception to death.
I have never received anything from a human which did not ultimately result in pain.
Everywhere I look, I see miracles.
Everywhere I look, I see illusions.
And the two are the same.
There are three enemies I've always had: ignorance, fear, and hypocrisy. Everyone is ignorant. Fear is the response to the recognition of one's own ignorance. Hypocrisy is the attempt to hide one's ignorance and fear. All other evils follow as a result of the interplay between ignorance, fear. and hypocrisy.
Nothing exists but music and silence. And they are the same.
Pain is nothing. Pain can be controlled and dealt with. It's the weakness that's the bitch.
I am an anomaly and a threat to some because--among other things--I am power without power, ability without ability, status without status. I don't fit into neat little boxes or pigeonholes, which is irritating to people who believe in an 'orderly' world.
Sorry. . .the fact is that the universe doesn't bow to anyone's whims, yours or mine.
Me, I got used to it a long time ago. . .
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20081108
The Possible Link Between Schizophrenia and Cats
Earlier this year, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggested a link between infection with Toxoplasma Gondii, a parasite commonly carried by cats, and schizophrenia.
http://ping.fm/lbhqk
http://ping.fm/lbhqk
U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 14-Year High
In a sign that American workers may face even more difficult times for many months to come, the nation’s unemployment rate last month jumped to the highest level in 14 years as job losses mounted.
http://ping.fm/BRYXQ
http://ping.fm/BRYXQ
20081106
Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News
In a striking rebuke to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday rejected the CIA’s view that it—and not journalists—has the right to determine which Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are newsworthy.
http://ping.fm/qo1CF
http://ping.fm/qo1CF
20081105
Michael Crichton, Author of Thrillers, Dies at 66
Michael Crichton, whose technological thrillers like “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park” dominated best-seller lists for decades and were translated into Hollywood megahits, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 66 and lived in Santa Monica, Calif.
http://ping.fm/bHUuz
http://ping.fm/bHUuz
20081104
It's No Joke: Fed Hires Failed Bank Executive
The Federal Reserve Bank is drawing jeers for hiring a former top executive from the now-defunct investment bank Bear Stearns to help it gauge the health of other banks.
http://ping.fm/lytX0
http://ping.fm/lytX0
IRAQ: Calls to ensure detainees? rights
Local and international NGOs have expressed concern over a clause in a proposed US-Iraq security agreement that would allow the transfer of all detainees in US military custody to Iraqi authorities.
http://ping.fm/IYWw1
http://ping.fm/IYWw1
Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in September that the Bush administration will leave the proliferation “situation…in far better shape than we found it.” If only this were true. Instead, Bush officials leave office like financiers fleeing busted Wall Street banks, with precious assets squandered on risky ventures, once-solid institutions crumbling, surpluses turned into gaping deficits, and a string of problems mismanaged into crises that threaten to bring down a decades-old global regime.
http://ping.fm/htQi8
http://ping.fm/htQi8
Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers
An internal review by the American military has found that a local Afghan police chief and another district leader helped Taliban militants carry out an attack on July 13 in which nine United States soldiers were killed and a remote American outpost in eastern Afghanistan was nearly overrun.
http://ping.fm/tyC6E
http://ping.fm/tyC6E
20081103
Rejoin The World
As president, George W. Bush’s cowboy diplomacy wrenched the United States out of the international community. We must rejoin the world.
http://ping.fm/ySk8E
http://ping.fm/ySk8E
20081102
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