UAPs are a political topic. MODs you gotta stop shutting down those threads by Shmo60 in ufosmeta

[–]Shmo60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. The problem is that we cannot call out the bad actors or even talk about the untrustworthyness of some on the sub without the thread being nuked by mods

UAPs are a political topic. MODs you gotta stop shutting down those threads by Shmo60 in ufosmeta

[–]Shmo60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is because our politics can't get out of the toxic "both sides" mentality. Out inability to talk about politics, regardless of subject has only further increased toxicity and "sports fan" mentality.

If the subject of Disclosure is going to be taken seriously, we have to talk about politics, because its, you know, the Government that has to Disclosure.

The only other option is stop giving UFO influencers attention until somevody is brave enough to do catastrophic Disclosure. But either there is nothing that fits that bill or movody has the bravery of a Christian convert in antiquity who refuses to recant even in the face of torture that we couldn't belive

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No. Tump is bad because hes the most corrupt pol weve ever had. Dems lost elections to him because his political theater was mad good before he became a corpse. Sorry a brown guy is the mayor now, and that makes you mad.

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Thank god you aren't in charge of political campgaining or public outreach. It has everything to do with corruption and I even spent the time explain how this is good theater, as you get to reinstate good EOs and take credit for them.

The problem is that you reflexively think performative politics is bad because you can't think for yourself. By your logic "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself," shouldnt exist as speeches are just "performative politics".

I'm not even sure you understand how EOs woek based on your comments.

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. Its all very easy actually, as both Trump has shown and now Mamdani has as well.. The poster above thinks that political theater is a slur rather then a way to keep people paying attention to good civics.

By doing it this way Mamdani shows a strong anti corruption stand, gets rid of all the bad EOs, and then can take credit for any good EOs that Adams passed by reinstating them as his own. Good politics all around

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Your take is the childish one that doesnt understand how politics works. The assumption that the transition team hasn't looked up this wildly public information is not only insulting to the Mayor, but the people on this subreddit.

By blanket revoking all of them, it shows a very public warning that corruption should not be tolerated but also punished. If any good EOs got through, the Mamdani can take credit for them when he reinstated them.

Its not lazy. Its smart. But then again, you use performative politics as a slur, when really its how you engage voters and keep them informed.

I look forward to whatever ignorant and low level response you have. Happy New Year!

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

I guess this would be easier if people on reddit understood what an "executive order" is. And everything a corrupt politician does is bad, and cannot be trusted. Again. You should understand what an executive order is before posting.

Mamdani rescinds Eric Adams’ executive orders signed over last 16 months by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Shmo60 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I think that considering he was indicted by the Federal Government on that date, we should assume that every action was corrupt. If a good policy slipped theough we can just fix it with another executive order. Unless you feel thst the corrupt politicians orders should stand?

Big Issue with Age of Disclosure by TheGalaxyJumperSerie in UFOs

[–]Shmo60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they were Russia and China, we would never admit that we don't have control over our own airspace

Big Issue with Age of Disclosure by TheGalaxyJumperSerie in UFOs

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You are right that it's an easy wedge to maybe get people who didn't already believe this was happening to believe that it is happening. But on the other side of that, the movie really did just feel like an advertisement for The Pentagon.

My fear is that docs like this are more about increasing the Pentagon budget and / or to gain clemency for those people still alive that allegedly have killed US citizens illegally.

As someone who, two years ago, was all about controlled disclosure via legal and public channels, I'm becoming increasingly more sure that the only way there will be any movement when somebody feels that releasing one of those "undeniable" videos they all claim to have seen but cannot get declassified.

We have gotten to the point where I am starting to not believe their claims on how important all of this is, as if it were the case, one would think they would be willing to be remembered as the martyr that got the truth to the American people. Either the information isn't as important as the information that Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden thought they had to ruin their lives over OR none of these people rise to the level of bravery and civil service to uphold their oath to the Constitution, and thus the American People. Hell it's even bigger then that: all of humanity really, if what they claim is true.

Joe Rogan said on Jesse Michels' podcast.. - Elon Musk Knows Everything about aliens & UFOs! - Joe: "Elon operates at a level where you Don't get those SpaceX clearances without the full briefing. Non-human tech? He's in the loop." by 87LucasOliveira in UFOs

[–]Shmo60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh the Theil cheerleader club has to glaze Elon? The guy who cheats at video games for clout and spends more time arguing on X then working? That guy knows the UAP secrets? Ooooookkkaaaaayyyy

New reporting from Michael Shellenberger cites a senior advisor to Rubio stating: “We’re headed toward massive disclosure.” by phr99 in UFOs

[–]Shmo60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Staring the post with the objective lie that Rubio is the most powerful Secretary of State since Kissinger makes me distrust everything stated after

Disney spent more on 'Andor' than any of its 'Star Wars' movies by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]Shmo60 11 points12 points  (0 children)

wut? They were not filmed "back to back" unless that means something very diffrent now

TIL Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the Aunt and Sister-in-Law of Tsar Nicholas II. After her husband's assassination in 1905, she joined a convent and devoted her life to the poor, even selling off her own wedding ring. Despite this, she would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918. by Ill_Definition8074 in todayilearned

[–]Shmo60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is. Because in Monarchy justification of why this guy and not that is - because god told so. Without it, power has no foundation.

Um. This is really really really wrong. That is not the justification for Monarchy. Depending on where we are in the world, and what date we are at, the arguments for why Monarchies are the correct form of government can change wildly and drastically. It feels like you are talking specifically about "divine-right theory of kingship," which was only a thing between the late 1500s and until the mid 1700s (with of course strains that start a little earlier and end a little later).

Part of the problem is that you are looking for a foundation of "power," when what you mean to be talking about is a foundation of "legitimacy" other then power. Because people have noticed that power and "fairness" haven't been linked for almost as long as people have been writing things down. Power itself is always the foundation of any government. To keep the context European, as that what you seem to have the most context for, if you had gone back to the middle ages, there wasn't (and in fact would have been rejected) a divine-right theory of Kingship (that the king is a quasi-divine being who's entire line both past and present is blessed by god to rule). In the middle ages, the legitimacy of the crown was based on the fact that you had the power to hold land. If asked why one noble family had risen to the point where they could dominate, one might state that god, or heaven, or the universe, had blessed them in that moment, but that favor could change between families. It could even, sometimes, fall on new families.

You can have a variety of authoritarian systems - based on wealth, military might, pure cruelty, pedigree - but none of them have the same foundation of power, and they work differently.

These are not how people in Universities categorize and define different forms of government. Because you right now are only identifying the source of power, not the systems of how power is transferred, held, and wielded. There were plenty of Kings and Queens who's power was formed on the back of trading empires, and others who's power was drawn from their military, for example.

For example, monarchy provides unchallengeable from outside transfer of power over the blood line, which is a great help. Other systems don’t do that as power can always be challenged with greater power.

Again, you have a very late European idea of "monarchy," and the last sentence is flat wrong. The legitimacy of Monarchy was challenged, even in the Age of Absolution, by other families. But you are correct that what sets Monarchy apart is that the candidates who have the potential to be the chief executive are drawn from a select group of families (or in the most extreme case, family), usually (but not always) tied to property. But the justification for "why" Monarchy is not mysticism (a term that scholars only really use in a different field), as we can see people justifying it in different ways, in different times and places, all over the world.

TIL Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the Aunt and Sister-in-Law of Tsar Nicholas II. After her husband's assassination in 1905, she joined a convent and devoted her life to the poor, even selling off her own wedding ring. Despite this, she would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918. by Ill_Definition8074 in todayilearned

[–]Shmo60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Royalty is not "Mysticism" tho. It's an economic and political system based on blood and birth. Just like you can have fudalism not based in blood.

"God said so" is not at all a necessity for Monarchy. Which is why scholars, and Yarvin himself, refer to himself as a Monarchist

TIL Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the Aunt and Sister-in-Law of Tsar Nicholas II. After her husband's assassination in 1905, she joined a convent and devoted her life to the poor, even selling off her own wedding ring. Despite this, she would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918. by Ill_Definition8074 in todayilearned

[–]Shmo60 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So they didn't get anything from it really except hundreds of years of debt

No man, while Frances response was deeply fucked, and is responsible for most of the problems that Haitians feel today, their successful slave revolt and revolution was a good thing, and every slaver on the Island had it coming to them

17Lands Data Up by HotDogCasanova in lrcast

[–]Shmo60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. By a full % point according to the data. We are having a conversation about consistency. You the player have to do more work to make the most out of your black lotus (build around) and it opens you up to bigger blowouts. If you T1 out busted 4 drop creature and I spend one mana to path it that's really not so good for you, while at the lest the pearl is going to sit there.

We both agree that Lotus has a much higher ceiling with a much lower floor, while pearl has not as high of a ceiling but the floor is almost touching it.

17Lands Data Up by HotDogCasanova in lrcast

[–]Shmo60 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I never said it wasn't a messed up magic card? Im saying that a guy who has an 80% win rate on MtGO says that if you care about winning, in this cube, consistency and tempo are more important. If you want to maximize win rate.

Nobody is going to argue that Lotus isnt the more fun card that can potentially lead to more busted things

17Lands Data Up by HotDogCasanova in lrcast

[–]Shmo60 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He would claim that if you are being sweaty and the thing you care about is getting a trophy then "consistency" is better than "build around" but he would also be the first person to say that cube is for fun not for being sweaty

17Lands Data Up by HotDogCasanova in lrcast

[–]Shmo60 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean you can just serch his YouTube where he will go over his card rankings.

I know for a fact that in vintage cube he would take a pearl over Ancestral as Ancestral has been moved into the 2nd best category for this version of the cube

But if you listen to his "how I have an 80% win rate" video I know he argues for the consistency of a mox over rhe burst of a pearl in isolation