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10thyrsr
| Favorite team: | Texas A&M  |
| Location: | Texas |
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| Occupation: | Scientist |
| Number of Posts: | 1227 |
| Registered on: | 10/22/2020 |
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re: If you could require 5 books to be read (and tested) to graduate HS what would they be?
Posted by 10thyrsr on 7/3/26 at 8:04 pm to BigTigerJoe
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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
This is absolute GOLD, but it wouldn't resonate with high schoolers. Bradbury wrote it as a complaint against TV vs books, but in today's world we can extend that to devices and the internet. He highlighted how propaganda is used to subdue the populace as well as how someone who finds themselves outside of that system will be persecuted.
He also wrote "The Veldt" which tells the story of children raised by a computer because the parents were absent at work. The computer eventually guides the children to kill the parents because they want to keep playing with the computer. Very applicable today
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Right. Then these people would rather stab their own eyes out before ever reading another book again.
I had to read "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand for AP English in 11th grade. The book was totally wasted on me as a 17 year old because I did not have the life experience or depth of intellect to understand it at the time. All I could think of was "Architects are frigging bananas.
Many great books require life experiences before you can appreciate them for their full value.
High school should begin to teach you how to learn by reading. College should teach you how to question that knowledge and research further
With that, the books I would recommend:
1 - Anything from the "for dummies" books that matches your interest.
2 - Choose your own adventure books. (Teaches consequences for choices)
3 - How to win friends and influence people.
4 -Huckleberry Finn (as another poster said above) captures a unique moment in history without bias that shows honest interaction between races.
5 - Starship Troopers, a tale about citizenship and why that is important when making choices about how government operates.
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Not sure how you win arguments against the DSA types with this slop.
Your first mistake was assuming that facts win arguments.
Your second mistake was identifying yourself as GOP establishment.
Your third mistake was running to this board assuming you would find anyone receptive to your message.
How to go out in an ineffectual blaze of glory: set yourself on fire demanding others do something.
How to go out in an effective blaze of glory: arm yourself and kill a few of those who have wronged you.
This should be lesson one if you are intent on dying for a grievance.
How to go out in an effective blaze of glory: arm yourself and kill a few of those who have wronged you.
This should be lesson one if you are intent on dying for a grievance.
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So you're mad at them for doing their job?
I said they are doing their job. You are wishcasting if you thought I was mad. You can't get mad at something that is functional.
The USSC is acting like the nation is not at a precipice...
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/30/26 at 9:15 pm
They continue to operate as if all other branches of the government are functional with respect to the foundational establishment of the country.
They continue to pass responsibility to Congress, when they have been proven to abdicate their responsibilities to other branches/entities.
The supreme Court is doing their job, they just fail to realize they are not operating in the frame of reality that they were established under.
With an innefectual congress that hands off legislation to presidents to enact as executive orders subject to the judicial, how can ANY important measures be implemented?
They continue to pass responsibility to Congress, when they have been proven to abdicate their responsibilities to other branches/entities.
The supreme Court is doing their job, they just fail to realize they are not operating in the frame of reality that they were established under.
With an innefectual congress that hands off legislation to presidents to enact as executive orders subject to the judicial, how can ANY important measures be implemented?
re: Birthright citizenship- maybe ban pregnant women from entering US
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/30/26 at 8:54 pm to RollingwiththeTide
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Until something is done to make it to where you need just 50 votes in the Senate to pass anything then nothing can be done.
I'm not sure the founders envisioned the Senate making rules that would render them ineffective due to "tradition".
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I've never gotten the impression that the US Congress is going to help us out with this problem
Excellent post. In the presence of corporate funded politicians, the call of taxation without representation rings true. If the Congress does not represent the people's will, then only one option exists.
re: How much longer until the immigration takeover is complete?
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/26/26 at 9:06 pm to TexasTiger08
Well, they have placed these immigrants in places where whites normally would flee to (white flight) to escape urban decay. So, once you have nowhere to flee to, suddenly fight becomes an option. Not physically fighting necessarily, but confronting the reality before you. Younger people seem more than ready to cause a stink in these times. Maybe this will motivate them to take action. Who knows? Interesting times indeed.
I enjoyed it and actually laughed out loud at the weaknesses.
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Cannot distinguish between a debate and a hostage situation.
re: About 40% of all corn production in US is devoted to ethanol
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/26/26 at 11:47 am to weagle1999
How much of that is liquor industry?
There are three hot topics wanting disclosure. The Epstein files, JFK assassination, and UFOs. All releases have been severely disappointing.
We know that the government has more on all of the topics.
Remember the book full of DVDs that was seized from the Epstein raid. We haven't heard anything about that. Not even an internal memo that said what they found. Prosecutions are OVER. There is no reason to hide the evidence.
UFOs, same thing. We know there are records held that indicate what happened at Roswell. Give us the records. Not to mention everything else, which is a wide wide scope.
JFK files, another release of bullshite documents.
There is no good faith at all. Their refusal to release everything only fuels the outrage.
They don't care and never have. Just take a look at the SAVE act. They don't want to do it because that would break their system.
We are never going to get anything unless there is a gigantic upheaval to the system
We know that the government has more on all of the topics.
Remember the book full of DVDs that was seized from the Epstein raid. We haven't heard anything about that. Not even an internal memo that said what they found. Prosecutions are OVER. There is no reason to hide the evidence.
UFOs, same thing. We know there are records held that indicate what happened at Roswell. Give us the records. Not to mention everything else, which is a wide wide scope.
JFK files, another release of bullshite documents.
There is no good faith at all. Their refusal to release everything only fuels the outrage.
They don't care and never have. Just take a look at the SAVE act. They don't want to do it because that would break their system.
We are never going to get anything unless there is a gigantic upheaval to the system
re: Jews must destroy white supremacy, says the Rabbi.
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/25/26 at 9:15 pm to Bunk Moreland
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A rabbi is drawing a hard line between Judaism and Zionism.
Rabbi Elhanan Beck, citing Maimonides and core Jewish texts, says Judaism is a religion, not a nationality, not a race, not a geopolitical project.
"Judaism is a religion. Have nothing to do with a nationality. Nothing with a race."
I sat with Rabbi Beck to understand the 2 concepts, Judaism and Zionism, and how religious identity is being turned into a foreign policy weapon by Netanyahu and others.
I thought it was important to include the full text as Jews have always benefitted from the ambiguous nature of their existence. Is it a racial thing, subject to those protections, or is it a religious belief, subject to those protections. They have been enjoying the protections of both.
This man says definitively that it is a religion, which is a big deal. This means that they should enjoy no other protections that religious groups do.
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Dual groups like Sikh and Jews access the union of protections, which is greater than either alone. They can plead alternative or intersectional theories, increasing litigation strength, settlement leverage, and enforcement options. Agency guidance actively uses the ancestry/ethnic lens for groups like Jews to address blended animus (e.g., antisemitism that mixes racial tropes with religious targeting).
Wouldn't this be discrimination?
I mean OF COURSE it is discrimination, but how are they framing it as legal?
I mean OF COURSE it is discrimination, but how are they framing it as legal?
re: Detroit archbishop lauds opening of new mosque
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/16/26 at 9:36 pm to Mellow Drama
Didn't I see this in a movie? Little Nicky where the bad brothers took over the priest...
If it is a county road, the company cannot build over it unless the county chooses it is in the public interest to vacate it. Even then, the company would need to provide alternative access to your property.
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Personally I am quite surprised how many “conservatives” here have no knowledge of Biblical history and our ties to Israel.
You don't see the Jews saying how much they owe to the Canaanites just because their religion has ties to them do you? It's a one way street and a retarded outdated way to think about the whole relationship.
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I don't know why ground troops do not use some sort of portable jamming device.
Drones can be flown via fiber optic cable, so signal jamming doesn't do much.
re: The White House is Establishing a "UAP Science Advisory Council"
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/14/26 at 11:02 pm to TigerFanatic99
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I actually track with your more otherworldly shite, but the idea that our government is just loaded with consummate professionals who are on the ball is a joke.
Our government is a shitshow. It was a shitshow 3 years ago, 7 years ago, and has been since at least when I was old enough to really follow government in the last 90s/early 00's.
All government is not the same. The government employees you interact with are morons. These are not "government employees". They are individuals acting under the authority of the government without oversight. Think Milton from office space. They draw a paycheck, but they have no accountability or oversight.
re: The White House is Establishing a "UAP Science Advisory Council"
Posted by 10thyrsr on 6/14/26 at 10:53 pm to Philzilla2k
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He is on tv any chance he gets to promote this nonsense, almost like he’s selling a book.
You know what other scientist wrote a book? Charles Darwin. I don't see you bitching about his arguments because he wrote a book.
This is selective bias. Nobody ever argued that Darwin was wrong because he wanted to sell a book.
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The same guy that went against the entire scientific community and said 3I Atlas was a spaceship
Wrong! He said that science should question everything and NOT try to fit into the box of understood phenomenon. He is right!
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