A second look at American Primeval, and boy oh boy, I was itching to take a five gallon gasoline can, full, to the local Mormon Church . . . Empty parking lot 95 percent of the time
May 27, 2026
On January 24, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, penned a statement condemning the Netflix series American Primeval.
This historical fiction depicts the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, as well as broader hostilities between the US government and Mormons at Salt Lake City during the Utah War of 1857–58.
The church has criticised the series for its portrayal of the Mormon prophet Brigham Young, who it claims is “egregiously mischaracterized as a villainous, violent fanatic”. It also says the series
inaccurately portrays [the Mountain Meadows Massacre] as reflective of a whole faith group, [when] the Church has long acknowledged and condemned this horrific tragedy.
The reality of the massacre was arguably even grimmer than what American Primeval shows. Contrary to what is depicted in the series, there were no adult survivors. Official sources state up to 150 people were killed. Only 17 children under the age of six were spared, who were then discreetly adopted into Mormon families.
There are about 17 million Mormons worldwide. Of these, an estimated 157,000 are in Australia (about 0.6% of the population) compared with almost seven million in the United States (about 2% of the population).
[FREAKS: rom a Mormon in Utah to a Jew in Wisconsin – ]
- High Pressure: Young adults often feel immense family and cultural pressure to serve, leaving little room to question or opt out without facing social stigma or feelings of guilt.
- Intense Control: Strict rules regarding schedules, communication with family, and daily activities can create a demanding environment.Burnout: The intense focus on knocking on doors, facing frequent rejection, and strict numerical goals can cause deep emotional burnout or psychological distress.
- Invasion of Privacy: Door-to-door proselytizing is often viewed by the broader public as intrusive and disrespectful of personal boundaries.
Yep, all religions are anti-human, for sure: Listen to the Unitarian, I suppose, blather on:
But what about religious tolerance? My faculty mentor at seminary once told me the shortest book in the library was Examples of Religious Tolerance, and it was mostly blank. He had a point. I grew up in a country that prided itself on religious tolerance. On paper, it was mostly true. In reality it was mostly myth. Here is one example:
In the storybook version I learned in school, the Pilgrims came to America aboard the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in 1620. The Puritans soon followed, for the same reason. Ever since these religious dissidents arrived at their shining “city upon a hill,” as their governor John Winthrop called it, millions from around the world have done the same, coming to an America where they found a welcome melting pot in which everyone was free to practise their own faith.
The real story of religion in America’s past is an often awkward, frequently embarrassing and occasionally bloody tale that most high-school texts paper over or ignore entirely.
From the earliest arrival of Europeans on America’s shores, religion has often been a cudgel, used to discriminate, suppress and even kill the foreign, the “heretic” and the “unbeliever” — including the “heathen” natives already there. Moreover, while it is true that the vast majority of early-generation colonial Americans were Christian, the pitched battles between various Protestant sects and, more explosively, between Protestants and Catholics, presented an unavoidable contradiction to the widely held notion that America is a “Christian nation.”
In an overlooked bit of inconvenient history: the initial encounter between Europeans in the future United States came with the establishment of a French Huguenot colony in 1564 at Fort Caroline (near modern Jacksonville, Florida). More than half a century before the Mayflower set sail, French pilgrims had come to America in search of religious freedom.
The Spanish had other ideas. In 1565, they established a forward operating base at St. Augustine and proceeded to wipe out the Fort Caroline colony. The Spanish commander wrote to the Spanish King Philip II that he had “hanged all those we had found in [Fort Caroline] because…they were scattering the odious Lutheran doctrine in these Provinces.”
Thanks to the likes of Unitarian John Adams and Unitarian-friendly Thomas Jefferson, religious freedom eventually, over strong objection, made it into the Constitution, but unfortunately not into American behaviour. Poor Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saints, was hounded out of Western New York, tarred and feathered in Missouri and murdered in his Illinois jail cell with his brother. Of course, this isn’t just an American phenomenon. The religious “other”, in modern times at least, has always had a target on their back. Ask any Muslim in any “civilised” western country, including New Zealand.
It is my supposition that religion is not the cause of war or intolerance as it creates chaos. Obviously, it is, has been, and no doubt will continue to be corrupted from its original purpose to create order. But in a world with billions of people who are self-defined as religious, those who believe that violence is the will of their god and that the murder of those who believe differently is a holy act are a small, hate-filled minority.
Peace, justice and freedom are the highest aspirations for all religions.
Mitt Romney dropped by the Western Wall on Sunday, July 29, but one nearby landmark was conspicuously left off his Israel itinerary: the Jerusalem Center of Brigham Young University — or, as locals call it with typical directness, “Mormon University.”
The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, in his campaign and throughout his political career, has sought to downplay the significance of his Mormon faith. But though his religion could be a liability for many U.S. evangelicals and other devout Christians (just half of Americans believe Mormons are Christian), it may yet prove a blessing in winning over another high-value constituency: Among all American faith groups, Mormons receive the highest favorability rating from Jews.
Jews and Mormons and Zion. The hoas, man:
Mitt’s pals:
The Israelis have been on an accelerated murderous spree against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the first day of Eid al-Adha festivities. While traditional Eid rituals involving animal sacrifice, new clothes, and sumptuous delicacies remained a distant dream for the vast majority of genocide survivors in the besieged enclave amidst a crushing Israeli siege and unceasing violence, familiar scenes of shrouded bodies, torn limbs, and children traumatised by the latest bombings played out repeatedly throughout the day.
This is the third straight year that the Israelis have denied the residents of Gaza the opportunity to perform Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and and a pilgrimage deeply tied to the spiritual significance of Eid al-Adha.
Israel bombed a residential building in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood on the eve of Eid al-Adha, killing six people. Among the martyrs was Mohammed Odeh, the head of Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Odeh, who was killed alongside his wife and two children, had taken up the reins of Al-Qassam after the martyrdom of his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who had been assassinated with several members of his family in a similar strike on a residential building in the same neighbourhood earlier this month.
Israeli killings of Palestinians continued throughout the day of Eid.
“A 6-year-old child, Menna Abu Labda, was martyred in an IOF airstrike targeting displacement tents in Al-Mawasi,” Resistance New Network reported. “In the same area, a separate airstrike killed a mother and led to the amputation of her one-month-old infant, Muhammad Al-Khatib, while they were in their tent.”
Muhammad Al-Khatib had his left leg amputated after an Israeli strike.
Dirty Jews, Dirty Mormons: Criticism of Silence: Outside observers and progressive church members have criticized the institutional silence, pointing to the church’s desire to maintain its satellite Brigham Young University (BYU) Jerusalem Center campus as a primary reason for avoiding public condemnation of the Israeli government.
Cuntology:
While Romney rejects the term for Israel’s actions, he has frequently invoked “genocide” regarding Iran. Throughout his political career, including his 2012 presidential run, he consistently called for former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be indicted under the Genocide Convention for making threats to wipe Israel off the map.
Shoot these cunts:
All Jews who support the terrorist state of Israel, need their head chopped off:
Ben-Gvir Blocks Prison Oversight Amid Worsening Conditions for Palestinian Prisoners
Hmm, Max?
Max Blumenthal does not believe in Israel’s right to exist. As an American journalist and anti-Zionist commentator, he argues that Zionism is a “settler-colonial” and “supremacist” project. Consequently, he advocates for a single, democratic state in historic Palestine where Israelis would live as part of the Arab world, rather than maintaining a Jewish ethnostate
12 mother-fuking years ago!
TORONTO — A sold-out evening headlined by controversial Jewish anti-Israel activist Max Blumenthal went ahead as scheduled on Wednesday evening in Toronto, despite drawing heavy condemnation from Canada’s organized Jewish community.
He spoke to upwards of 500 guests at an event titled “Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza with Max Blumenthal.” It was organized by PEN Canada — a charity which advocates for free expression and other basic rights for writers — and hosted at the Toronto Reference Library in honor of Freedom to Read Week in Canada.
The talk, which featured a question and answer period, was marred by constant heckling and jeering from more than a dozen protestors who attended, most of whom from the far-right Jewish Defense League of Canada.
Blumenthal addressed the controversy surrounding his appearance, saying that pro-Israel groups attempt to make an example of him.
“One of the reasons that I’m considered maybe a little bit dangerous by the pro-Israel lobby, why there’s been such a campaign against this event and other events, is because I am a white, upper-middle class Jewish guy from Washington, DC from an influential family, and the last thing that they would like to see is someone like me being successful in presenting my views and for other upper-middle class nice Jewish boys and girls to follow in my footsteps,” said Blumenthal, the son of longtime Hillary Clinton advisor and family friend Sidney Blumenthal. As shown in a recent batch of released private emails, Clinton had received several of Max’s anti-Zionist articles by way of his father, I am a white, upper-middle class Jewish guy from Washington, DC from an influential family, Sidney.
I am a white, upper-middle class Jewish guy from Washington, DC from an influential family,
Aaron Maté is a vocal critic of the state of Israel. While he does not explicitly call for the abolishment of the state, he strongly condemns its government, military actions, and foundational policies.
DOG and FUCKING pony SHOW:
That fucking America Forever flag:\
The face of IDF?
Jew news: CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss was “incandescent” with rage over Stephen Colbert’s recent mockery of her and Tony Dokoupil, prompting the network’s leadership to direct ‘CBS Mornings’ to ignore the final episode of ‘The Late Show,’
These fucking white guys, ALWAYS do not have the right frame, the right POV, nothing is right, but they are white guys:
Are human beings inherently wicked, or does a sick society just twist us into monsters? In this episode of We’re Doomed, host Chris Jeffries sits down with Professor Guy McPherson to tear apart the outdated “nature vs. nurture” debate.
Drawing heavily from Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky’s groundbreaking book Determined, we unpack how our behavior is completely dictated by two things we have zero control over: our genetic architecture and our personal history. From the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and the Dutch Hunger Winter to the terrifying reality of the “Warrior Gene” (MAOA) and the 40-60% heritability rate of the Dark Triad (narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism), the data paints a bleak picture of the human animal.
We also take a look at modern horrors, including how short-form video platforms like TikTok are actively rotting gray matter density in the prefrontal cortex—matching the exact degradation patterns found in chronic substance addiction. We built our own cages, wrapped them in cultural conditioning, and now we’re stuck waiting indoors for Uber Eats while the species marches toward its inevitable extinction. Why not try to be decent to each other on the way down?
This Masterclass offers an opportunity to learn about indigenous cosmovisions and spirituality and how this can help humanity move from an exploitative to a more cooperative approach to life. It also offers an opportunity to expand understanding on non-extractive thinking from the perspective that extractive thinking is not Native, for instance, there wasn’t a word or concept for “want” in the old Lakota language. Extractive thinking often goes hand in hand due to the Greek-Latin lexicon.
Listen to ME interviewing this man. Language of Domination — First Contact and Tiokasin Ghosthorse’s Intuitive Language.
RE: The Truman Clip That Changes How You Hear the Word “Peace” in Palestine
Why a resurfaced Truman interview is forcing people to revisit what the peace process may have meant from the very beginning.
Yes, President Harry S. Truman was a dedicated Master Mason and one of the most active Freemasons in U.S. presidential history. He held numerous leadership positions within the fraternity, even serving as the Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.
RIGHT.
In 1952, Truman authorized Operation PBFORTUNE, an early covert plan intended to support a disgruntled general in an attempt to overthrow the Guatemalan government.
The Truman administration used overt and covert interventions in foreign elections to prevent communist parties from gaining power, such as the 1948 elections in Italy.
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Fucking loony POTUS:
Stimson read this to Truman. It would appear to give clear information about the planned bombing. But careful and informed readers will immediately see the problem: It is only the schedule of the “tested type” of atomic bomb, which is to say, the plutonium-fueled implosion design that had been detonated at Trinity. There was another atomic bomb design, the gun-type, uranium-fueled design (Little Boy) that was considered such a sure-thing that it did not require being tested. Truman had been told that there were two types of bombs being developed back in April 1945, but by the summer of 1945 all discussions of the atomic bomb treated it as a singular object (“the atomic bomb”), and the operational details focused on the first combat use of the bomb. It appears entirely possible that Truman did not understand that there would be two atomic bombs in early August, with a second plutonium bomb ready a few weeks later.
The only formal “strike order” on the atomic bomb was drafted by General Groves on July 24, and approved by Secretary Stimson and Chief of Staff George Marshall on July 25 (and not Truman). It is not clear that Truman himself ever saw it directly prior to it being issued, but if he had, it would hardly clarify the issue. The first part of the order specified that the “first special bomb” could be dropped “as soon as weather will permit visual bombing after about 3 August 1945 on one of the targets: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata and Nagasaki.” The only reference to the fact that there would be more to come was in its broad second part: “Additional bombs will be delivered on the above targets as soon as made ready by the project staff. Further instructions will be issued concerning targets other than those listed above.
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Fucking JEWS, Bari and Larry and cunt son:
CBS News Radio shuttered on Friday after nearly a century of broadcasting, with its final newscast coming to close with the voice of Edward R. Murrow and his famous sign off, “Good night, and good luck.”
Then came the final words around 11:31 p.m. ET, “CBS News special report. I’m Christopher Cruise.”
The network announced in March that CBS News Radio would be shuttering due to budget cuts under new owners Paramount Skydance.
Also heard on the final newscast were other current anchors, including Steve Kathan, the anchor of CBS News Roundup, who noted that “America’s longest running newscast signs off for the last time.”
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Earlier in the evening, there were retrospectives of the radio network’s storied history, including Murrow’s famous broadcasts from London during the blitz of World War II. Among those offering his memories was Marvin Kalb, 95, who said, “Every time that I could do a piece for the roundup, I felt honored. It wasn’t just a job. It was a calling.” Dan Rather, 94, said that “radio was a kind of magic carpet. They would take you there. They would take you to the war.”
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The network had served around 700 radio stations, including those owned by Audacy, which purchased CBS’s radio stations in 2017. A number of those stations have already switched to ABC News for their regular newscasts.
The radio network dates to the birth of CBS in 1927. Brooke A. Byers, the granddaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley, wrote in The Guardian on Friday that the closure “represents another crack in the crown jewel that we once relied upon to be educated citizens.”
Earlier in the day, the Writers Guild of America, East issued a statement criticizing the closure as “a single reckless and shortsighted decision” on the part of Paramount CEO David Ellison and Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News.
“This closure erodes a vital news source for listeners of more than 700-affiliated stations across the country and twenty-six WGAE members with decades of experience and dedication to journalism will be out of work,” the union said.
In announcing the closure in March, JEW Weiss and JEW Tom Cibrowski, the president of CBS News, wrote that a shift “in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.”
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Fucking Charlie Kirk the cunt racist:
Fired for Criticizing Charlie Kirk, They’re Now Getting Big Payouts
Ball State University is the latest institution to agree to pay workers who lost their jobs over their posts about the conservative activist.
Ball State University in Indiana has agreed to pay $225,000 to a former administrator who was fired for her Facebook post accusing Charlie Kirk of spreading fear, the latest legal settlement awarded to a worker dismissed for criticizing the conservative activist after he was assassinated.
“As a public university, Ball State cannot fire an employee for protected speech made as a private citizen,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which sued on the administrator’s behalf, said in a statement this week announcing the settlement.
Employers in several states have also settled with or reinstated workers.
On race, Kirk was blunt and dismissive. He denied the existence of systemic racism, called white privilege a “racist idea,” and vilified critical race theory as dangerous indoctrination. In one speech, he called George Floyd a “scumbag,” showing open contempt for a man whose death triggered a national reckoning on race and policing (WHYY). These rhetorical choices were not accidental—they functioned as a political strategy to delegitimize Black pain and deny the realities of structural racism in America.
Inside TPUSA, the culture reflected the same hostility. A New Yorker investigation described the workplace as “difficult … and rife with tension, some of it racial.” One African American staffer reported being the only person of color when hired in 2014, only to be fired on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The organization’s then–national field director, Crystal Clanton, was exposed for texting, “I hate black people. … End of story.” TPUSA claimed it acted after the texts surfaced, but the damage was undeniable—the rot reached the top (New Yorker).
Kirk’s movement also courted or tolerated figures openly tied to the far right. Political Research Associates documented cases where TPUSA chapters hosted or aligned with Nick Fuentes and his white nationalist followers. Kirk’s allies relied on antisemitic tropes, praising authoritarianism in Israel while denouncing “liberal Jews” in the United States (PRA). TPUSA severed ties when public exposure threatened its reputation, but the repeated associations revealed how far Kirk was willing to go in pursuit of influence.
The mainstream press tracked this trajectory. The Guardian reported that Kirk’s rhetoric increasingly mirrored white supremacist and authoritarian themes, while campus watchdog groups chronicled repeated incidents of racist, homophobic, and transphobic speech at TPUSA events (Guardian; AAUP). This was not about “a few bad apples.” It was a culture, nurtured by leadership, that normalized bigotry and dressed it up as “truth-telling.”
The evidence remains overwhelming: Kirk and TPUSA did not need to wear hoods or wave Confederate flags to advance the logic of white supremacy. By denying systemic racism, vilifying movements for justice, and legitimizing extremists, Kirk and his organization reinforced the architecture of racial dominance in America. That was the through line of his political project. He positioned himself as a defender of liberty, but the liberty he envisioned was conditional—anchored in whiteness, Christianity, and exclusion. His legacy is not simply conservatism. It is a record of advancing ideas and practices that aligned with white supremacy, even if he never wore the label himself.
The deepest irony of Kirk’s legacy came in the manner of his death. In 2023, he declared that “it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” framing gun deaths as a tragic but acceptable price for liberty (Wikipedia). Two years later, he was killed by gunfire at one of his own public events (AP News). His own words came back in the most devastating way, embodying the very cost he had justified. For critics, this was not just irony but a brutal illustration of how the normalization of preventable violence eventually consumes even its defenders. For supporters, his death was framed as tragic but consistent with the risks of freedom. Yet the broader truth remains: when a society accepts death as the “price” of a constitutional right, it abandons any serious effort to build policies that protect life alongside liberty. Kirk’s fate exposed the hollowness of his argument. He did not just preach the acceptance of gun deaths as a cost of freedom—he became that cost.
Kirk’s death by gunfire was not just a personal tragedy; it was a symbolic collision of the two pillars of his politics: a defense of white supremacy and an unflinching devotion to unfettered gun rights. He spent his career denying systemic racism while building a movement that normalized bigotry and courted extremists. At the same time, he insisted that preventable deaths were an acceptable cost of preserving the Second Amendment. In the end, the violence he rationalized and the racial fear he amplified converged in his own fate. That is the legacy he leaves behind—a stark reminder that when a nation tolerates racism and violence as the “price of liberty,” both become self-perpetuating forces that consume even their champions.
In my in box, man.
Hail to the rapist, criminal, war profiteer, pedophile in chief!
An eclectic mix of entertainers is poised to join a massive bash on the National Mall marking America’s 250th birthday, which is being billed as a “once-in-a-generation celebration.”
Country music star Martina McBride, rappers Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” singers C+C Music Factory and rocker Bret Michaels are among the artists slated to perform at the Great American State Fair, organizers announced Wednesday.
The 16-day, World Fair-esque event, part of this year’s America 250 celebrations, will kick off June 25 in Washington.
“The Great American State Fair will bring together people from all 56 states and territories to celebrate the traditions, innovation, music, military heritage, freedom and entrepreneurial spirit that define our nation,” Freedom 250 CEO Keith Krach said in a statement announcing the lineup.
“The performers, innovators, military heroes, and everyday Americans showcased here represent the very best of who we are, and the boundless opportunity ahead,” Krach said, calling the gathering in the nation’s capital “a moment for America to come together.”
Dart, 23, set the stage for Trump’s speech with a chant before welcoming the president onto the stage.
“Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasure to be here. I got to start this off with a ‘Go Big Blue,’” said Dart, who then led the chant for a few moments before proceeding to introduce Trump.
“What an honor, what a privilege it is to be here. And without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I’m pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump.”
Trump and Dart then shook hands on the stage before the 23-year-old departed.
Carter began the firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump on X and captioning the tweet, “Thought this s— was AI, what we doing man.” He has since deleted the tweet.
Bettis played from 1993-2005, and he said politics were not an issue during his time in the NFL. He did note the political climate has changed drastically in the 20 years since his retirement.
“It’s time to have an uncomfortable conversation about what the hell is going on in New York,” Acho started. “Jaxson Dart, the quarterback, supporting President Donald Trump?!?
“He’s allowed to do that, he’s a citizen. If Jaxson Dart is allowed to support Donald Trump, then his teammate is allowed to have his grievances with him doing that,” he said.
“Here is my issue,” he continued. “Jaxson Dart, you know how several of your brothers, your teammates, your friends, your ride or dies, how they might feel about this individual. I don’t think there is a lot of wisdom or disarmament in very publicly supporting an individual who many of your teammates felt offended by.”
More faggotry on parade.
West Fucking Mother Point? PUNKS and Incels and Cunts. Lies:
“West Point cadets are already, by definition, smart, tough and patriotic,” the judge added. “They are not snowflakes who will somehow be harmed by learning about controversial issues or competing viewpoints. They will not somehow be weakened in their future defense of our country if their classroom discussions are robust and open.”
The Military Academy at West Point cannot require civilian faculty members to obtain approval before using their West Point affiliation to speak to outside audiences about their areas of expertise, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The academy also cannot prevent a professor, Tim Bakken, from expressing his opinions to students in the classroom on subjects he teaches, Judge Cathy Seibel of U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., said in the ruling.
Professor Bakken, who has taught at West Point since 2000, had sued the academy, saying that its policies had violated the First Amendment. He has spoken and written frequently and at times critically about the U.S. military, including West Point, his lawsuit notes.
Judge Seibel issued a preliminary injunction blocking both the approval requirement and the restrictions on Professor Bakken’s speech.
She said that the government had offered no real justification for limiting his ability to express opinions in the classroom. She said the rule was “nonsensical if the mission is to prepare the nation’s future military officers.”
“For genuine strength and leadership to result,” Judge Seibel wrote, “cadets must be exposed to a variety of viewpoints and trained to think critically about them.”
“West Point cadets are already, by definition, smart, tough and patriotic,” the judge added. “They are not snowflakes who will somehow be harmed by learning about controversial issues or competing viewpoints. They will not somehow be weakened in their future defense of our country if their classroom discussions are robust and open.”
The judge noted in her decision that the policies at West Point followed an executive order, “Restoring America’s Fighting Force,” signed by President Trump a week after he took office. It was aimed at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs within the military and also barred the military from promoting certain “un-American, divisive, discriminatory, radical, extremist and irrational theories,” the ruling noted.
Professor Bakken, 68, who obtained his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, is the longest-serving law professor in the military academy’s history, his suit says. He is also the author of a 2020 book, “The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris and Failure in the U.S. Military.”
The requirement that faculty members obtain prior approval when using their West Point affiliation to speak to outside audiences lists examples like journal publications, media interviews, social media posts and podcasts, according to a copy of the policy attached to the lawsuit.
As for restrictions in classrooms, Professor Bakken said in court papers that before the directive, he routinely shared his views on topics he taught in class. He no longer does so, he says. In court papers, he cited questions he received from cadets during the fall 2025 semester seeking his opinion on whether the death penalty is effective or about the value of the movement for deinstitutionalization of mentally ill people.
Yet another fucking book on CAPITALISM.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty is a landmark book that argues rising inequality is an inherent feature of capitalism, driven by the rate of return on capital (r) consistently exceeding the rate of economic growth (g) (r > g). This dynamic concentrates wealth in the hands of capital owners, undermining meritocracy and leading to unsustainable inequality, a trend exacerbated by slowing growth. Piketty proposes a progressive global wealth tax to address this.
Happy fucking 250 years of hell: Colorado waterparks forced to make changes due to severe drought.
“It’s not the first time, you know, we’ve encountered a hot, dry summer,” Flowers said Sunday. “We have a really great filtration system in the water park, so we fill up our pools and attractions at the beginning of the year, and then we’re actually able to really treat and clean that water and safely reuse it throughout the attractions all summer long.”
Water parks across the West are having to conserve water amid a drought.
In America, you are more likely to have a chronic disease than not.
Three-quarters of adults in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and more than half grapple with two or more diagnoses. Many of the patients I treat in my primary care clinic in Chicago live with combinations of conditions like diabetes, cancer and dementia or asthma, high blood pressure and obesity. Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and treating it costs billions of dollars a year.
Yet, most of our health is determined outside of clinics and hospitals. I can prescribe medication and make dietary recommendations until I’m blue in the face, but it won’t matter if my patients can’t afford the pills or access the healthy food. I can send an asthma patient home with multiple inhalers, but that only does so much when the air outside is toxic. Social and environmental determinants of health, like air quality, insurance coverage and food access, often have a much greater impact on my patients’ chronic disease outcomes than my medical care.
Climate change is another determinant of health. Anyone who has experienced oppressive heat, breathed wildfire smoke or noticed their allergies worsening every year can appreciate this. People with chronic disease are among the most vulnerable to the climate’s health impacts. This is why the recent repeal of what is known as the “endangerment finding“ is a step in the wrong direction when it comes to improving chronic disease outcomes in the U.S. and globally.
The endangerment finding was a determination made by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 that six greenhouse gases threatened public health and welfare by worsening climate change. In a move that defied decades of established scientific consensus, the present-day EPA rescinded this finding. It basically said that the Environmental Protection Agency has no business protecting human health from what the World Health Organization has called “the single biggest threat facing humanity.”
Our digital gods, turnkeys, and Gestapo mindset.
An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR databases, law enforcement agencies have moved beyond specific investigations to use these surveillance networks for virtually any whim.
Our findings suggest that the absence of a warrant requirement has fostered a culture of unrestricted access to sensitive location data, allowing agencies to leverage that data beyond the scope of specific criminal investigations.
As a refresher: Law enforcement agencies lease or purchase camera systems from Flock Safety and then mount them by the side of the road and at intersections to document every vehicle that passes, including the plate, make, model, color and distinguishing characteristics, along with the date, time and location of where it was seen.
Law enforcement’s talking points—often scripted by the company itself—trumpet their role in solving high-stakes crimes. But the data reveals a different story. What they’re not saying is that ALPRs are also frequently used for extremely low-level investigations, such as verifying whether a student lives within a particular school zone. In some cases, police have even used this tech to conduct employment background checks and investigations into loud music complaints. Recently, a motorcyclist was even targeted for simply holding a cell phone while riding.
The reach of this ALPR surveillance is amplified by the nature of the indiscriminate sharing these technologies encourage. Most agencies choose to share broadly, often as part of a nationwide pool, making it common for a single city’s system to be searched hundreds of thousands of times each month. By analyzing these “network audit logs,” privacy advocates and journalists have uncovered evidence of the technology being used to surveil protesters, abortion-seekers, immigrants, and even ethnic Roma populations.
While these high-profile abuses are shocking, the more mundane uses are also problematic, signaling a massive, unchecked mission creep that has turned an alleged “crime-fighting” tool into a universal tracker of everyone’s movements.
The sickness oozes.
An enormous American flag is draped over the Hoover Dam as Lake Mead endures severe drought.
And it all comes down to the dawgs of war, the fucking Jew Warriors:
U.S. military contractors need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems used heavily in the Iran war, according to an analysis released Wednesday, adding to concerns that American forces would have limited firepower in any future conflict with China.
The weapons systems are Tomahawk cruise missiles, which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy territory, and Patriot and THAAD interceptors that defend against incoming missiles and drones.
“The United States has enough munitions for any plausible scenario in the Iran war, but the depleted inventories have created a window of vulnerability for a potential Western Pacific conflict,” the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in its new report, provided to The Associated Press. “The time needed to rebuild those inventories has thus become a major concern.”
Ahh, if you bulldoze the land into a cobweb of roads, the extractors and takers will come:
Brazil’s government announced Wednesday that it will invest $75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation and worsen climate change.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration simultaneously announced an environmental protection plan to safeguard the forest from potential impacts from the highway, which connects the northern states of Amazonas and Rondonia with the rest of Brazil.
“From an environmental standpoint, it will be the most modern road in the world,” Lula said during a ceremony in Amazonas state, accompanied by Environment Minister João Paulo Capobianco.
“Any foreigner who comes here to weigh in on the climate issue, we will show what we’ve done here,” Lula said.
The BR-319 highway was inaugurated in 1976 but remains largely unpaved. It cuts through the Amazon rainforest and reaches Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city, with more than 2 million residents. The road runs alongside the Madeira River — one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries that has suffered from droughts that disrupt cargo transport.
Scientific research has shown that opening new roads in the rainforest drives deforestation, spurring the spread of illegal side roads. A 2014 study published in the journal Biological Conservation found that 95% of forest clearing occurs within 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) of roads. For every 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) of official road, there are roughly 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) of unofficial roads.
Marina Silva, a former environment minister in Lula’s administration, said during a Senate hearing last year that deforestation in the BR-319 area surged immediately after roadworks were announced. She resigned in April to run for Congress.
Marcio Astrini, executive director of Climate Observatory, said the government is bypassing due process in implementing the measures to safeguard environmental protections. A plan to prevent deforestation along the highway, he said, should have been discussed, approved and implemented before paving began — not at the same time as is happening now.
Paul Haeder, Author 