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  1. Big Government vs small farmer

    This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #conservatism #economics #freedom #health #law #pragmatism
  2. Big Government vs small farmer

    This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #conservatism #economics #freedom #health #law #pragmatism
  3. Big Government vs small farmer

    This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #conservatism #economics #freedom #health #law #pragmatism
  4. Big Government vs small farmer

    This kind of problem is fixable. The more people aware of food quality and the importance of small farms, the better. We go out of our way to buy good food from quality local farmers. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #conservatism #economics #freedom #health #law #pragmatism
  5. Secretary Rubio Warns ICC Not to Challenge U.S. Sovereign Power

    The core of the issue is how the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been expanding its self-believed power and now seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law system.   The ICC is threatening to file charges against U.S. law enforcement who conduct border security operations and deport illegal aliens.

    If it is an ideological policy of the ICC they now feel empowered to prosecute and/or arrest American citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty.  Recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in full alignment with the intent.  Once the NYPD can be replaced with U.N police, things will likely gain forward momentum.

    Comrades, if you stop your 12-year-old daughter from removing her breasts, and or transitioning, you run the risk of the ICC sending Interpol officers or U.N blue helmets to arrest you.  Similarly, if you refuse to give illegal aliens access to your extra bedroom, a formal ICC complaint could be filed, and the same mechanisms target your home ownership.  WATCH:

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/hgtCQOIV-Ys?feature=oembed

    link

    #communism #conservatism #freedom #globalism #globopinko #pragmatism
  6. The Save Europe Act has officially hit the streets of Europe!

    All poster, flyer, sticker, and header designs are now available for free on our website. When you put them up, be sure to take a photo and use #SaveEuropeAct so we can repost you!

    link

    The greatest outcome of this Act would be if all of Europe rose up and led the rest of THE WEST—USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc—to retake Western civilization and all together make it better than ever before! There is strength in optimism and optimism in strength! ABN

    #abn #conservatism #evil #freedom #history #invasion #pathocracy #philosophy #ponerology #pragmatism #totalitarianism
  7. The Save Europe Act has officially hit the streets of Europe!

    All poster, flyer, sticker, and header designs are now available for free on our website. When you put them up, be sure to take a photo and use #SaveEuropeAct so we can repost you!

    link

    The greatest outcome of this Act would be if all of Europe rose up and led the rest of THE WEST—USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc—to retake Western civilization and all together make it better than ever before! There is strength in optimism and optimism in strength! ABN

    #abn #conservatism #evil #freedom #history #invasion #pathocracy #philosophy #ponerology #pragmatism #totalitarianism
  8. 🚀 Behold the "Best Simple System for Now," where complex buzzwords go to die! Dan North graces us with the revelation that #perfectionism and #pragmatism are not mutually exclusive—who knew? 🙄 In just 26 minutes, this masterpiece of redundancy assures us that we can have our cake and eat it too, if only we follow the sacred tenets of #XML streaming and #JSON library worship. 🍰💻
    dannorth.net/blog/best-simple- #BestSimpleSystem #HackerNews #ngated

  9. 🚀 Behold the "Best Simple System for Now," where complex buzzwords go to die! Dan North graces us with the revelation that #perfectionism and #pragmatism are not mutually exclusive—who knew? 🙄 In just 26 minutes, this masterpiece of redundancy assures us that we can have our cake and eat it too, if only we follow the sacred tenets of #XML streaming and #JSON library worship. 🍰💻
    dannorth.net/blog/best-simple- #BestSimpleSystem #HackerNews #ngated

  10. America is now paying foreign aid to 177 countries. And Congress just shipped another $50 billion — Peter St Onge

    It’s an odd way to run an empire when Washington’s cutting checks to basically the entire planet while Americans buy groceries with credit cards.

    #conservatism #corruption #economics #pragmatism
  11. America is now paying foreign aid to 177 countries. And Congress just shipped another $50 billion — Peter St Onge

    It’s an odd way to run an empire when Washington’s cutting checks to basically the entire planet while Americans buy groceries with credit cards.

    #conservatism #corruption #economics #pragmatism
  12. Trump reprimands Israel’s bombing of Lebanon at G7

    …’You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they’re not all Hezbollah.’ 

    Israel has killed at least 3,783 people and wounded 11,699 others in Lebanon between March 2 and June 14, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The agency does not distinguish between civilians and military combatants.

    Trump also aired his anger with Bibi over the Israeli PM’s decision to bomb Beirut just two hours before the memorandum of understanding was to be signed by the US and Iran on Sunday. 

    ‘Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon,’ Trump said. ‘I’m not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon, and with Hezbollah.’

    Trump also noted that he has told Israeli officials that Syria should ‘take care’ of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. 

    The President also doubled down on his recent claim that Israel would have been destroyed by Iran. 

    ‘Without the US, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel because no other President was willing to do what I did.’

    link

    ……….

    More data for the extremely important question — Who rules whom? Israel or USA, in what order and to what degree? Israel and Jewish Supremacists inside USA appear to have strong control of our Deep State. Trump appears to have meaningful control of much of our foreign policy and appears to be wrestling with the Deep State, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. It looks like he is building a peaceful Middle East economic confederacy which includes Israel as an equal partner to the other states in the region. This may result in ending the Israeli fantasy of becoming the region’s hegemon. The ongoing battle for Greater Israel is a supremacy battle which unquestionably is being waged inside USA as well as in the ME. Right now, our totally cucked Congress is actually trying being bribed & blackmailed to to marry USA’s military to Israel’s military, while also repeatedly deliberately failing to pass basic voter ID laws, which are overwhelmingly supported by the public. How will this all shake out? Your guess is as good as mine. ABN

    #abn #gameTheory #geopolitics #KOBK #politics #pragmatism #terrorism #war
  13. Trump reprimands Israel’s bombing of Lebanon at G7

    …’You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody. There are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they’re not all Hezbollah.’ 

    Israel has killed at least 3,783 people and wounded 11,699 others in Lebanon between March 2 and June 14, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The agency does not distinguish between civilians and military combatants.

    Trump also aired his anger with Bibi over the Israeli PM’s decision to bomb Beirut just two hours before the memorandum of understanding was to be signed by the US and Iran on Sunday. 

    ‘Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon,’ Trump said. ‘I’m not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon, and with Hezbollah.’

    Trump also noted that he has told Israeli officials that Syria should ‘take care’ of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. 

    The President also doubled down on his recent claim that Israel would have been destroyed by Iran. 

    ‘Without the US, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel because no other President was willing to do what I did.’

    link

    ……….

    More data for the extremely important question — Who rules whom? Israel or USA, in what order and to what degree? Israel and Jewish Supremacists inside USA appear to have strong control of our Deep State. Trump appears to have meaningful control of much of our foreign policy and appears to be wrestling with the Deep State, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. It looks like he is building a peaceful Middle East economic confederacy which includes Israel as an equal partner to the other states in the region. This may result in ending the Israeli fantasy of becoming the region’s hegemon. The ongoing battle for Greater Israel is a supremacy battle which unquestionably is being waged inside USA as well as in the ME. Right now, our totally cucked Congress is actually trying being bribed & blackmailed to to marry USA’s military to Israel’s military, while also repeatedly deliberately failing to pass basic voter ID laws, which are overwhelmingly supported by the public. How will this all shake out? Your guess is as good as mine. ABN

    #abn #gameTheory #geopolitics #KOBK #politics #pragmatism #terrorism #war
  14. Beyond the War Budget? Trump Is Bringing Back the American System

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljx7FT5eDr4

    _________

    In this effort, USA has the ironic advantage of coming from behind in many areas. This both forces and allows us to build with the newest and best. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #BigMoney #conservatism #economics #gameTheory #KOBK #pragmatism
  15. Beyond the War Budget? Trump Is Bringing Back the American System

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljx7FT5eDr4

    _________

    In this effort, USA has the ironic advantage of coming from behind in many areas. This both forces and allows us to build with the newest and best. ABN

    #abn #BigGovt #BigMoney #conservatism #economics #gameTheory #KOBK #pragmatism
  16. The entire Western world is ruled by a self-centered elite numbering but a few thousand

    The entire Western world is ruled by a self-centered elite numbering but a few thousand. No one who is not either onboard with them or accepts being a servile toady to them (most politicians) ever gets anywhere near real political power, or honest social influence.

    Historically, elites have always manufactured social and political ‘reality’. In today’s world many of their traditional tricks are not working as well as they did only ten years ago.

    What’s changed today is social media, especially X, does allow the honest voices of ordinary people to be heard.

    Moreover, it is obvious to anyone paying attention that more voices and more information about anything actually results in better and truer information. 

    Crowds crowd-sourcing themselves have proved to be much more savvy than a few thousand elites, who all bow to a small handful of super-elites.

    It is simply a fact that more information seen by more people who add yet more information yields better information. Bad info is quickly sifted out.

    Elites fear open-ended information more than anything because it reveals how selfish, wrong, small-minded and crazy they are. 

    That said, not all elites are always bad.

    The best of them understand what is happening with human information and information-sharing and what is feasible.

    It seems clear to me right now that more than one battle is going on among them. ABN

    #abn #anthropology #censorship #CommunicationErrors #elite #freedom #information #mindControl #philosophy #pragmatism #psycholinguistics #terrorism #thought
  17. The entire Western world is ruled by a self-centered elite numbering but a few thousand

    The entire Western world is ruled by a self-centered elite numbering but a few thousand. No one who is not either onboard with them or accepts being a servile toady to them (most politicians) ever gets anywhere near real political power, or honest social influence.

    Historically, elites have always manufactured social and political ‘reality’. In today’s world many of their traditional tricks are not working as well as they did only ten years ago.

    What’s changed today is social media, especially X, does allow the honest voices of ordinary people to be heard.

    Moreover, it is obvious to anyone paying attention that more voices and more information about anything actually results in better and truer information. 

    Crowds crowd-sourcing themselves have proved to be much more savvy than a few thousand elites, who all bow to a small handful of super-elites.

    It is simply a fact that more information seen by more people who add yet more information yields better information. Bad info is quickly sifted out.

    Elites fear open-ended information more than anything because it reveals how selfish, wrong, small-minded and crazy they are. 

    That said, not all elites are always bad.

    The best of them understand what is happening with human information and information-sharing and what is feasible.

    It seems clear to me right now that more than one battle is going on among them. ABN

    #abn #anthropology #censorship #CommunicationErrors #elite #freedom #information #mindControl #philosophy #pragmatism #psycholinguistics #terrorism #thought
  18. Import the third world become the third world

    __________

    Eva is among a group of popular influencers who claim not to understand why the invasion is happening or who is behind it. Tucker, Promethean and others speak in the same way. These are all good people who feel forced to evade censorship and a loss of followers, probably reasoning that a 90% complete voice that is heard by many is better than a 100% complete voice that is heard by only a few. I agree with their analysis. I am a 100% voice by choice. Throughout history empires (and we are living in the Western empire today) have always forced dissidents to use euphemisms or claim ignorance to avoid dangerous consequences. The more thing change the more they stay the same. It is important to understand that not all speakers can speak the whole truth in all situations. Similarly not all politicians (I mean the rare good ones) can do everything they want to do because the consequences will be counterproductive. I believe RFK is in this sort of a bind right now. Going forward, this feature of world history is unlikely to change. ABN

    #abn #censorship #invasion #mindControl #pragmatism #psycholinguistics #totalitarianism #unrestrictedWar
  19. Gabbard releases evidence of over 120 USA-funded biolabs in 30 countries

    Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

    In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

    https://odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4163-pr-10-26

    #conservatism #espionage #poison #pragmatism #science #weaponry
  20. Gabbard releases evidence of over 120 USA-funded biolabs in 30 countries

    Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

    In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

    https://odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4163-pr-10-26

    #conservatism #espionage #poison #pragmatism #science #weaponry
  21. »the world is not to be learned and thrown aside«
    Dewey, Art as Experience, Ch 13

    #Art #pragmatism #relationality

  22. »the world is not to be learned and thrown aside«
    Dewey, Art as Experience, Ch 13

    #Art #pragmatism #relationality

  23. Job openings jump 731,000 – the second-highest on record — Peter St Onge

    While job creation is running 2x population growth.

    link

    #AI #conservatism #economics #history #pragmatism
  24. Job openings jump 731,000 – the second-highest on record — Peter St Onge

    While job creation is running 2x population growth.

    link

    #AI #conservatism #economics #history #pragmatism
  25. Promethean Action PAC Discovers MAGAnomics

    In 2015, even before President Trump came down the golden escalator, CTH was outlining a ‘new era and dimension’ in American economics that could be possible if a presidential candidate focused on specific Main Street policy. {Go Deep}

    Throughout the next four years we watched carefully how Donald Trump was organizing that Main Street revival {Go Deep} and what specifically was creating the economic growth {Go Deep}.

    One of the points emphasized in 2016 about Trump’s unique MAGAnomic policy, was how both Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed on the problem.  The difference between them was the solution.

    Think of it like economic football.

    Both Trump and Sanders identify the rigged game.  Bernie Sanders wanted to change the referees so that government controls the game. Donald Trump’s approach was different.  Trump wanted to change the rules of the game, not step in and try to play referee to a rigged game where the rules were flawed.

    One of the examples of economic “rule changing” is trade tariffs.  You don’t need govt to regulate the corporations directly (ie. raise corporate income taxes). Instead, you can change trade policy to make the better corporate decision a return of production back to the USA (a fundamental rules change).

    Both approaches involve a different govt policy, but Trump’s approach changes behavior.  That’s MAGAnomics.

    One of the reasons Trump’s approaches are much more effective, is that his rule changes extend beyond the American corporate game.  Trump’s approach changes the behavior of foreign governments and foreign corporations, a win/win/win.

    An example is the Japanese government investing in America to offset reciprocity tariffs; while Toyota, a corporation, invests in specific auto manufacturing expansion to avoid baseline tariffs.

    You don’t get that kind of result through Bernie’s approach changing the American referee in an all-American game and raising corporate income taxes. And don’t forget, the corporation can just move offshore and avoid income taxes entirely.  Apple used to have their company incorporated in Ireland.  Trump’s rule changes brought them back.

    The Promethean Action PAC is now highlighting the fundamentals of Trump’s MAGAnomics and how the policy is distinctly different from all U.S. economic policy before it.

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTMY0U5QeZs?feature=oembed

    link

    This short piece provides an excellent explanation of what MAGAnomics means to this administration and how that explains some of what the Promethean group is saying in its videos, which are models of video conciseness and appropriate brevity. Reposted this piece in full with the author’s permission. ABN

    #Americana #conservatism #economics #history #pragmatism
  26. Promethean Action PAC Discovers MAGAnomics

    In 2015, even before President Trump came down the golden escalator, CTH was outlining a ‘new era and dimension’ in American economics that could be possible if a presidential candidate focused on specific Main Street policy. {Go Deep}

    Throughout the next four years we watched carefully how Donald Trump was organizing that Main Street revival {Go Deep} and what specifically was creating the economic growth {Go Deep}.

    One of the points emphasized in 2016 about Trump’s unique MAGAnomic policy, was how both Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed on the problem.  The difference between them was the solution.

    Think of it like economic football.

    Both Trump and Sanders identify the rigged game.  Bernie Sanders wanted to change the referees so that government controls the game. Donald Trump’s approach was different.  Trump wanted to change the rules of the game, not step in and try to play referee to a rigged game where the rules were flawed.

    One of the examples of economic “rule changing” is trade tariffs.  You don’t need govt to regulate the corporations directly (ie. raise corporate income taxes). Instead, you can change trade policy to make the better corporate decision a return of production back to the USA (a fundamental rules change).

    Both approaches involve a different govt policy, but Trump’s approach changes behavior.  That’s MAGAnomics.

    One of the reasons Trump’s approaches are much more effective, is that his rule changes extend beyond the American corporate game.  Trump’s approach changes the behavior of foreign governments and foreign corporations, a win/win/win.

    An example is the Japanese government investing in America to offset reciprocity tariffs; while Toyota, a corporation, invests in specific auto manufacturing expansion to avoid baseline tariffs.

    You don’t get that kind of result through Bernie’s approach changing the American referee in an all-American game and raising corporate income taxes. And don’t forget, the corporation can just move offshore and avoid income taxes entirely.  Apple used to have their company incorporated in Ireland.  Trump’s rule changes brought them back.

    The Promethean Action PAC is now highlighting the fundamentals of Trump’s MAGAnomics and how the policy is distinctly different from all U.S. economic policy before it.

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTMY0U5QeZs?feature=oembed

    link

    This short piece provides an excellent explanation of what MAGAnomics means to this administration and how that explains some of what the Promethean group is saying in its videos, which are models of video conciseness and appropriate brevity. Reposted this piece in full with the author’s permission. ABN

    #Americana #conservatism #economics #history #pragmatism
  27. Thinking aloud on a work in progress:

    John Dewey needs to be rescued from both his fans and his foes.

    If one thinks of philosophy as not separated by unbridgeable gaps from either the natural sciences nor the study of society and its needs, then one is an heir to Dewey.

    Paradoxically, his writings constitute not just a source but an obstacle for the best understanding of his thought.

    He wrote too much; his collected works fill 76 volumes. Navigating such a plenitude of writings is a challenge in itself. Worse, navigating his notoriously turgid prose makes reading Dewey less like a voyage of discovery than a punishment march. The contrast with the stylish wit of fellow pragmatist William James or the rigorous elegance of his contemporary Bertrand Russell is painful.

    Still, engage with Dewey one must if one is to understand both the problems, possibilities, and legacy of US progressive thought in the first half of the 20th century.

    More to follow on this topic over the coming months.

    Image: John Dewey -- Деветьяров Руслан -- creativecommons.org/licenses/b -- Wikimedia Commons

    #JohnDewey #USHistory #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory #Progressivism #Pragmatism

  28. Thinking aloud on a work in progress:

    John Dewey needs to be rescued from both his fans and his foes.

    If one thinks of philosophy as not separated by unbridgeable gaps from either the natural sciences nor the study of society and its needs, then one is an heir to Dewey.

    Paradoxically, his writings constitute not just a source but an obstacle for the best understanding of his thought.

    He wrote too much; his collected works fill 76 volumes. Navigating such a plenitude of writings is a challenge in itself. Worse, navigating his notoriously turgid prose makes reading Dewey less like a voyage of discovery than a punishment march. The contrast with the stylish wit of fellow pragmatist William James or the rigorous elegance of his contemporary Bertrand Russell is painful.

    Still, engage with Dewey one must if one is to understand both the problems, possibilities, and legacy of US progressive thought in the first half of the 20th century.

    More to follow on this topic over the coming months.

    Image: John Dewey -- Деветьяров Руслан -- creativecommons.org/licenses/b -- Wikimedia Commons

    #JohnDewey #USHistory #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory #Progressivism #Pragmatism

  29. Thinking aloud on a work in progress:

    John Dewey needs to be rescued from both his fans and his foes.

    If one thinks of philosophy as not separated by unbridgeable gaps from either the natural sciences nor the study of society and its needs, then one is an heir to Dewey.

    Paradoxically, his writings constitute not just a source but an obstacle for the best understanding of his thought.

    He wrote too much; his collected works fill 76 volumes. Navigating such a plenitude of writings is a challenge in itself. Worse, navigating his notoriously turgid prose makes reading Dewey less like a voyage of discovery than a punishment march. The contrast with the stylish wit of fellow pragmatist William James or the rigorous elegance of his contemporary Bertrand Russell is painful.

    Still, engage with Dewey one must if one is to understand both the problems, possibilities, and legacy of US progressive thought in the first half of the 20th century.

    More to follow on this topic over the coming months.

    Image: John Dewey -- Деветьяров Руслан -- creativecommons.org/licenses/b -- Wikimedia Commons

    #JohnDewey #USHistory #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory #Progressivism #Pragmatism

  30. Thinking aloud on a work in progress:

    John Dewey needs to be rescued from both his fans and his foes.

    If one thinks of philosophy as not separated by unbridgeable gaps from either the natural sciences nor the study of society and its needs, then one is an heir to Dewey.

    Paradoxically, his writings constitute not just a source but an obstacle for the best understanding of his thought.

    He wrote too much; his collected works fill 76 volumes. Navigating such a plenitude of writings is a challenge in itself. Worse, navigating his notoriously turgid prose makes reading Dewey less like a voyage of discovery than a punishment march. The contrast with the stylish wit of fellow pragmatist William James or the rigorous elegance of his contemporary Bertrand Russell is painful.

    Still, engage with Dewey one must if one is to understand both the problems, possibilities, and legacy of US progressive thought in the first half of the 20th century.

    More to follow on this topic over the coming months.

    Image: John Dewey -- Деветьяров Руслан -- creativecommons.org/licenses/b -- Wikimedia Commons

    #JohnDewey #USHistory #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory #Progressivism #Pragmatism

  31. Thinking aloud on a work in progress:

    John Dewey needs to be rescued from both his fans and his foes.

    If one thinks of philosophy as not separated by unbridgeable gaps from either the natural sciences nor the study of society and its needs, then one is an heir to Dewey.

    Paradoxically, his writings constitute not just a source but an obstacle for the best understanding of his thought.

    He wrote too much; his collected works fill 76 volumes. Navigating such a plenitude of writings is a challenge in itself. Worse, navigating his notoriously turgid prose makes reading Dewey less like a voyage of discovery than a punishment march. The contrast with the stylish wit of fellow pragmatist William James or the rigorous elegance of his contemporary Bertrand Russell is painful.

    Still, engage with Dewey one must if one is to understand both the problems, possibilities, and legacy of US progressive thought in the first half of the 20th century.

    More to follow on this topic over the coming months.

    Image: John Dewey -- Деветьяров Руслан -- creativecommons.org/licenses/b -- Wikimedia Commons

    #JohnDewey #USHistory #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory #Progressivism #Pragmatism

  32. Fresh off Hamvention with some shiny new toys! 🤩

    Let's dive into new hardware, Pragmatic discussions, and probably some cybersecurity rants. 😅 Expect gaming, chill vibes, and Linux tinkering.

    Come hang out and watch the chaos unfold! #Pragmatism #Cybersecurity #Linux

    twitch.tv/chiefgyk3d