TFS 12 ~ The Second Coming of McNamara

On February 18, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Contrary to popular belief killing the leaders of sovereign nations is not a recipe for stability. Especially if you kill them as they are en route towards peace negotiations.

Perhaps people allied with nations that lure people in with promises of work only to keep as defacto slaves for building skyscrapers shouldn’t moralize too much.

Today we examine a man who disagrees.

Maybe, I’m being a bit too snarky but then again my cited sources are a former counter-terrorism specialist who worked for the CIA and the budget director from the Raegan administration so I’m a crazy hippy. Prone to snark and feels over reals.

I guess I just can’t help but spread all kinds of crazy ideas like avoiding foreign entanglements.

Go back to bed.

Everything is ok.

Mr. McNamara is back.

Mac McNamara speaks:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/01/22/trump-says-he-doesnt-consider-brain-injuries-sustained-by-us-troops-after-iran-missile-barrage-serious/

https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/more-lies-on-iran-the-white-house-just-cant-help-itself-as-new-facts-emerge/?highlight=embassy+attack+iran

https://www.unz.com/article/the-donalds-assassination-of-general-soleimani-as-stupid-as-it-gets/

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TFS 11 – Warm Water Hypothermia, WWE Politics, and Moar

On February 17, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Disclaimer: not related to the actual WWE, if you’re here for wrestling, and not for a half assed discussion of an old Jim Breuer bit you’re gonna be bored

I begin with a whinge about my first world problems then continue kvetching steadily about everything from hypothermia to the shit show that is today’s videogame industry.

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Dodging A Cosmic Bullet

On February 17, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Rocks are flying through space right fucking now.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1237963/Asteroid-alert-NASA-tracks-rock-wipe-out-continent-hit-Earth-approach-asteroid-news

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TFS 10 – Real Multiculturalism, Sleepy Aliens, and Manufacturing Consent

On February 16, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

Today we consider the scientist approved notion that Cthulhu may in fact be real and cyborg. (See links) I also play one of the 1.5 jigs I know to spice up the conversation I’ve wanted to have about real multiculturalism. The third major topic is Chomsky and Herman’s “Manufacturing Consent.”

Le Links to Le Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-new-theory-on-why-we-haven-t-found-aliens-yet?utm_source=pocket-newtab

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TFS 9 – Capitalism Fetishism, Oldy Time Squirrel Pet Craze, and more on Language

On February 15, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Psychology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

While it’s likely just a rhetorical flourish there seem to be a great number of folks convinced that capitalism is some sort of Panacea. This overly rosy picture is inaccurate since it fails to take into account the vast difference that access to natural resources, geographic security, and technology make in living standards. I then go to list some historical oddities and revisit the concept that language affects how we function and what we become.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pet-squirrel-craze https://theconversation.com/language-alters-our-experience-of-time-76761

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TFS 8 – Feng Shui, O and A Origins, and talking Talking Heads

On February 13, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogLeave a comment

As I swing in right after a major organizational effort I introudce Mr. Money Moustache’s concept of hedonic adaptation somewhat (eh..) accurately. I then go on to discuss the participation trophy trope and how puzzlingly popular it remains among right wing blowhards. I then launch into a wholesale investigation of blowhards (ok I’m giving myself too much credit but I get a good peek into the world of hot air) and blowhardiness in general.

Who the fuck cares what Joe Rogan is reading?

Mr. Money Moustache’s Badass Site: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/?s=hedonic+adaptation

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Historical Oddities Tuesday: Meiji Era a Case Study in the Dangers of Neo-traditionalism

On February 12, 2020 By Alex V. WeirIn Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedLeave a comment

While researching the Shindo Renmei, which was for all intents and purposes a Shinto terrorist group in Brazil, during WWII – I stumbled across the following article:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242494954_The_Failed_Prophecy_of_Shinto_Nationalism_and_the_Rise_of_Japanese_Brazilian_Catholicism

Which describes the transition from Shintoism to Catholicism of the migrants. What I extrapolated from this for the purposes of this unfortunately necessarily surface level video is that when cultures feel under threat they can have allergic reactions with catastrophic consequences.

I then tie this observation to some troubling trends in the present.

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