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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C.S. Lewis ( on government response to and other crises?)

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Thanks for the welcome, #@freemo Here's my .

I'm...
• a dad of a handful of kiddos, married, living in Colorado.
• a Christian in the Anglican tradition, and suppose I'm an unaffiliated conservatarian.
• a reader, working through the great novels as well as easier/fun books and nonfiction.
• a card and board game player and am happily teaching more to my kids as they get older.
• short on free time. I enjoy a philosophical pipe as I read and/or reflect, and occasionally get my guitar or bow/arrows out to learn new skills.
• a software developer... and have been for a very long time, now in the world of APIs and cloud development (CRM/SFDC).

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I think this is like the “oh no I made the antisemites mad” starter pack lol

RT: https://social.teci.world/objects/53980b0a-c9ad-49be-91d8-4580911d1528

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Not sure if this is a hot take or not but the current discourse surrounding #JeffreyEpstein and the #EpsteinFiles is a massive distraction. As was ...
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Whoah. Gallup poll showing Republicans are consistently "proud to be an American" whereas Democrats are always lower but swing about wildly and us independents tend to follow the Democrat pattern just without the wild swings.

‘No Kings’ Protests Result In No Kings

After the protests, there are no American kings. Shocking success.

dailywire.com/news/no-kings-pr

‘No Kings’ Protests Result In No Kings

Democrats and other misprints in the Book of Life are celebrating a rare victory after a weekend of “No Kings” protests resulted in there being no American kings.The Democrat comeback ended a frustrating period of months in which party officials sought for some way to convince the American electorate that they were not just hollow glove puppets being manipulated by the sinister unseen hands of Communists and jihadis, while still remaining true to their goal of being hollow glove puppets manipulated by the sinister unseen hands of Communists and jihadis.The turnaround came after Chairman of the Democrat National Committee, Abaddon Pazuzu, delivered a rousing and inspiring speech to the golden statue of a goat-headed god, saying, “Oh Lord of Darkness, come to our aid so that we may know we haven’t traded away our souls in vain. We have sought to win back the love of the American people by setting their cities on fire, interfering with their law enforcement officers in the rightful performance of their duties, mutilating their children, persecuting their politicians, silencing their opinions, dividing them into hostile camps according to their various races, and shutting their churches and synagogues while simultaneously cheering on acts of Islamist terror so horrifying in their apocalyptic evil we thought they’d be sure to win at least as loyal a following as Nancy Pelosi. And yet somehow, nothing we’ve done has managed to recapture the affection of the nation we’re trying so desperately to destroy. Guide our steps to success, oh unholy one, so that we might raise our approval ratings, which are in double digits only when expressed as fractions.”Shortly after this address, the DNC staged the nationwide “No Kings” protests, which were so successful even the protesters themselves were amazed. As one 80-year-old wearing the rags of what used to be a Woodstock t-shirt wrote in his leatherette-bound diary, “I was beginning to worry I had wasted my life supporting delusional policies that promised utopia but instead turned everything they touched to crap. But now, in a single weekend, our protests managed to reduce Donald Trump from a mighty king to nothing but the President of the United States, leader of the free world and commander-in-chief of the most lethal fighting force on earth. I feel my dreams have become a reality for the first time since we put an end to all wars by ushering in the Age of Aquarius.”WATCH: The Andrew Klavan ShowLeft-Wing Activist Bruce Flapjaw, president of the Enlightened Institute of Endemic Imaginary Outrages — or E-I-E-I-O — celebrated the victory with a jubilant press release, saying “With the geriatric Trump forming a far-right monarchy in network newscasts and other fantasies, we were able to mobilize thousands of know-nothing political quacks, geriatric white women in mu-mus, and ivy league educated dumb-clucks until, with a mu-mu here and a mu-mu there, here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a dumb-cluck, old man Donald’s far-right form was expelled by the E-I-E-I-O.”The Democrats mean to follow up their triumph later in the summer with a nationwide series of “No Alchemist” protests, pledging that they will not relent until they have rid the nation of every long-bearded man in a conical starry cap who is trying to turn lead into gold.Excited by the success of the Democrats in expelling the kings from the U.S., Right-Wing anti-semites plan to follow suit, staging their own protests against imaginary outrages by declaring they will not die for Israel. The Groypers say they plan to illustrate their protest signs with pictures of doughty Christian knights to show what a brave and noble thing it is not to do what no one is asking them to do but what they would eventually have to do if the Jews weren’t currently doing it for them. After the “I Will Not Die for Israel” marches, the Groypers plan to gather to celebrate the triumphant fact that not one of them has died for Israel, marking the accomplishment by unleashing a barrage of social media posts, spelling the word Jew with two o’s to proclaim to all the world that they don’t know how to spell the word Jew.* * *This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “The Andrew Klavan Show.”The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. Follow him on X: @andrewklavanKlavan is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “A Woman Underground.” His most recent nonfiction release is “The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness.” (May 2025, Zondervan/HarperCollins).

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Seek "not to be rid of disagreement, but to be undivided by our disagreements. " - Gregg A. Ten Elshof, from I Told Me So, Chapter 7

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Not to mention how tone deaf the "No Kings" protest is with the political motivated murder in Minnesota.

Seeing sign walkers chanting together, "This is what Democracy looks like!"

And I think that's where both sides can agree. This is what democracy looks like.

The president was democratically elected with an electoral college win, so he's the president, doing what he people voted for him to do.

And people who don't like the result of an election can chant phrases freely.

You know we have no king, because if we did these protests wouldn't be allowed.

lol, they're doing the meme. "mostly peaceful" once again.

I can't keep track. Are we at "no one is above the law" or "defund law enforcement"? The double think is hard to keep track of.

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Republicans: You should follow the law.

Democrats: What are you, racist?
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Did just cost the conservatives the election with his post re-igniting the goofy 51st State commentary that already cost them their easy lead?

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@karnage @cimarron @antonionpellegrini @Sven @Debradelai @DawnM @Eiualumni @masterblaster @Gmajv @saramangas @YoungBlood sorry but wrong. Did Jesus say Peter is a pope? Nope. Just like there is no Christmas or Easter in the Bible

Finished my paper nonfiction, The Heritage of Anglican Theology by J I Packer.

Started I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life by Gregg A. Ten Elshof

Finished my audio book, War in Heaven by Charles Williams, and started his next: Many Dimensions

Still in the midst of my paper fiction book...

1% increase over the previous day, for 90 days...

100 push ups daily becomes 245 push ups daily.

3 mile daily run becomes 7.35 miles daily.

10,000 daily steps becomes... wow, 24,486 daily steps.

All by just a daily increase of 1%.

I'm not measuring results, I'm not setting a specific goal, I'm trying to focus on establishing a system and a trajectory, with a few ideas from Atomic Habits. And I'm not beating myself up when I miss a run or a whole day for being too busy with work, relationships, or not feeling well. Just trying to keep moving forward.

I used to post regularly here. But the mastodon/federation feel of the good old days of BBS and the early internet seems to have been sufficiently quenched.

Gone are the days of friendly interaction with those of different perspectives, which is what I loved.

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