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@Invictus @truthbait In the Bible it usually means nations against Israel, as in Psalm 2 "Why do the goyim rage?"
But it can also mean a flight of locusts or troop of (destructive) animals.
https://gathman.org/music/ogg/Psalm2.ogg
https://gathman.org/music/ps2.pdf

@truthbait @elston_ @fkq1q2r2 Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."

But "despise" is not the right word. The KJV word "contemn" (hold in contempt in modern usage) is better. OT example is Psalm 15 "In whose eyes a vile person is contemned".
https://gathman.org/music/ogg/Psalm15.ogg
https://gathman.org/music/ps15.pdf

@HiroProtagonist @TechLibre The ancient polygamists found they could have multiple wives, but only one favorite. The other wives felt unloved. Western countries reflect this in divorce laws (divorce and remarriage is essentially serial polygamy).

So yes, DOJ can be working on both - but only one can be the current favorite/focus.

@tramtrist OTR (Off The Record) offers e2e encryption for such otherwise unencrypted protocols.

@rory @PNS They are one of the few trustworthy sources of real food, and have many customers from neighboring states. They do embrace new tech - but after many decades of observing the long term effect. E.g. they have their own telephones now, with Amish switchboard operators. (If any have embraced cell service, I think it is a mistake.)

Statistically, a van is safer than a horse drawn wagon (which the illegal driver would also cream).

@PNS I think he meant 1/2 sec per round - typical for semi-automatic.

Ancient longbow had 12 round magazine and 3 rounds per sec - plus silent operation.

@PNS What about snslavement of White People? There were many times more of them enslaved by Islam.

@Richard @PNS It's "Acquired Mental Deficiency" - AMD. It is caused by excessive consumption of "leasing" (Elizabethan for "lies") - e.g. by watching too much CNN.

This is why the Bible warns us to "not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds." Fill your mind with truth.

@PNS I doubt the drugs affect sharks - which are not mammals. Sea mammals are another story. Dophins, killer whales, sea lions, manatees, etc

@cjd I use Big Endian for external formats (over the wire, storage media, etc) and carefully write endian neutral code in C for in memory processing.

@PNS With all the pundits reading from the FACE act this week, I suddenly realized that it enshrines temples of Moloch (aka "abortion" "clinics") as places of religious worship. It justifies itself from the 1st ammendment, and also protects mosques, churches, hindu temples, etc

@greenzeta @PNS Is she really that mechanically inept, or just desperately trying to attract a man?

@PNS Can't remember the comedian, but there was a hysterical comedy skit about people coming into a "Build Your Own" religion shop (similar to fast food custom burritos).

No Hell? Check. Do you want magical superpowers (Word Faith) or no responsibility (Antinomianism)? Shared reality, or subjective reality? Etc.

@PNS Congress did authorize an official study. They estimated that a solar EMP would kill 90% of Americans (indirectly through infrastructure failure). Nothing was actually done, of course (like hardening power grid equipment).

Read up on faraday cage to store basic equipment. Try to get internet peers (NOT "ISP"s). I had three, but they all moved out of Mordor (NoVa).

While Solar EMP is a big threat, nuclear might be worse. We have no (unclassified) defense against a high altitude nuke. Detonated at high altitude, it generates an EMP that can blanket 1/2 the US. (Killing no one directly - except maybe people with pacemakers, etc.0

Nuclear EMP has far more high frequencies affecting micro-electronics than solar.

Available on Cjdns mesh: http://h.mesh.gathman.org/emp.html

I had a clearnet mirror somewhere, can't remember where atm.

@PNS I could go for this if servants ran the carpet through the wash daily.

@PNS@noauthority.social I could go for this if servants ran the carpet through the wash daily.