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If people believed ....
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Christianity isn’t American. It never was. But some folks sure act like Jesus signed the Constitution.
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Meme #2,246, it's imprudent to extrapolate from a single data point.
And MAGA's hands are hardly clean here, including hammer attack on Speaker Pelosi's spouse, and setting fire to Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s residence.
Regarding the accused Charlie Kirk murderer Yahoo news reports:
Thus meme #2,246 misrepresents. Yahoo characterizes the accused not as "The Left", but as "unaffiliated".
"... wants to kill us!"? Again extrapolating from one data point?
I don't recall any such rhetoric from the left.
Instead, Democrats have advocated lowing per capita healthcare costs, while simultaneously improving healthcare outcomes. Why call that "free Healthcare"?
Not much room for quibble there.
RFK Jr.: ‘I Was a Heroin Addict for 14 Years’
RFK Jr. Says He Backs Vaccines, Targets Chronic Diseases in Senate HearingLast Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 11:20 AM EST / 8 months ago / By Kristina Peterson
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said treatment for addiction and substance abuse would be a priority if he is confirmed.
“I was a heroin addict for 14 years. I’ve been 42 years in recovery,” said Kennedy, noting he goes to 12-step meetings daily.
Might RFKj express contempt for vaccination because of his own history?
RFKj does seem to be anti-science. His training is as a lawyer, not an infectious disease / vaccine specialist.
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He told us we'd be tired or winning ....
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Confederates stood on American soil and fired bullets into the flesh of American soldiers. They, and anyone who supports them are disgusting traitors.
He has the right to exercise the right of free speech, and they have the right to punish him for exercising a Constitutionally enumerated right?
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There is a grand lesson here:
My daughter came home from school and said,
“Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:
“Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.”
She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.
The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.
Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
“Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.”
And not one hand went up.
The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!”
And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
“Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?”
My daughter said the room went dead silent.
That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.
And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.
Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.
The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.
Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.
It is estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 people were executed for witchcraft in Europe and the American colonies between 1400 and 1775, with a large majority of these executions occurring in Europe, particularly in the Holy Roman Empire. The total number is not exact due to gaps in historical records, but modern scholars place the figure at this range, dispelling the myth of millions of victims. While "witches" were sometimes burned at the stake, it was often hanging or other forms of execution that were used, especially in English-speaking countries.
There is a grand lesson here:
My daughter came home from school and said,
“Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:
“Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.”
She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.
The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.
Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
“Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.”
And not one hand went up.
The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!”
And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
“Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?”
My daughter said the room went dead silent.
That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.
And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.
Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.
The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.
Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.
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It is estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 people were executed for witchcraft in Europe and the American colonies between 1400 and 1775, with a large majority of these executions occurring in Europe, particularly in the Holy Roman Empire. The total number is not exact due to gaps in historical records, but modern scholars place the figure at this range, dispelling the myth of millions of victims. While "witches" were sometimes burned at the stake, it was often hanging or other forms of execution that were used, especially in English-speaking countries.
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In a remarkable feat of DIY engineering and sustainability, a man known online as “Glubux” has powered his entire home for over eight years using a custom-built battery bank made from more than 1,000 recycled lithium-ion laptop batteries. Sourced from discarded electronics, the cells were individually tested, rebalanced, and assembled into modular packs that are recharged via solar panels. The setup powers everything from lighting to kitchen appliances — with no reliance on the main electrical grid.
This system includes solar charge controllers, safety fuses, power inverters, and an off-site battery shed to reduce fire risk. It showcases not only the hidden potential in e-waste but also the ability of independent thinkers to create sustainable off-grid power solutions. His ongoing documentation of the project online has inspired thousands of hobbyists and engineers to explore battery recycling and self-sufficient living as practical, affordable options in the face of rising energy costs and electronic waste.
Good.
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We as a society benefit monumentally from standardization. Can't we thank the Industrial Revolution for that?
The graphic in #2,259 shows individual cells all the same size. But what % of laptops on the market today use that same standard?
It would have been prohibitively more difficult to accomplish this same UPS construction using each of the many different standards of Li ion cells in use today.
Industry is not likely to voluntarily and unanimously implement such universal standard.
But Congress could do so in a finger-snap. Neither President Trump nor Speaker Johnson are likely to do this.
Which means if it happens at all it will either have to be U.S. private sector (unlikely), or the E.U.