“How is it,” I once asked him, “that people who are not possessed of a single other virtue should come out at times as patriots?”

“Exaggerated patriotism,” he answered, “is the most insincere form of self-conceit.” And at another time he said, “Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”

-Oscar Wilde, in conversation with Arthur Henry Cooper Prichard

Debit and credit systems are massively unresponsive in my area (central Vancouver Island, BC, Canada) sometimes they work, mostly they don't.. almost feels like an old school Low Orbit Ion Cannon attack.. anyone else seeing any issues? I'm winding if it's organic or intentional

The sheer vindication when I catch thieves on camera when the boss thinks checking the cameras the way I insisted would be a waste of time...these guys have been stealing hundreds of $$$ worth of nicorrette products a week and I finally caught them 🙌📣 might not be the best photo, but they have the most distinctive vehicle I think I've ever seen for thieves...what make and model do you guys think this is? That's gotta be a custom modification. The police probably know the vehicle

I say this because I constantly see this evasive dismissive attitude from them and it's terrifying. They're literally trying to gaslight history itself. Every political view is capable of extremism and horror...they need to acknowledge their insatiable greed for control is not only causing harm, but is capable of causing atrocities the likes of which no one ever wants to see again.

Why I can't stand modern conservatives:
Historically, we know Stalin was *basically* left-wing extremism at its worst. Most people on the left acknowledge this. We also know Hitler was *basically* right-wing extremism at its worst. Yes, the party was socialist in name and economic policy, but the actual foreign, social, domestic etc policies were far-right nationalism. Yet, today's conservatives fight this like toddlers, constantly saying "nuh-uh!". They think their shit don't stink. Horrifying.

@Render just subscribed to your website (albeit the free version since I'm poor) I didn't know you had one! I love reading your content!

Question for my tech savvy peeps!
Is there some kinda cellular signal booster I can buy as a normal person?
We live in a building with lots of concrete and metal, and also in the woods near the edge of town. I'm almost constantly at 0.5 of a bar or no bar at all and it doesn't seem safe to exist like that.

Trying to figure out who owns this website, where their funding is coming from etc,.. stuck at work right now but it appears to be another malicious right wing misinformation website?

Trying to find any relevant information because this is making the rounds in my area.

https://tnc.news/privacy-policy/

@Render you are the most knowledgeable person I've encountered when it comes to the military, what would be your take on it?

I am sincerely hoping it's not some underground abandoned mines with a gas leak or something

Any of the military knowledgeable people here know, do any Navy vessels emit loud, low, reverberating hums that can be heard and felt on shore?

My hometown had reports the other night, at midnight of this event happening, no one could quite figure out what it was, but the reports were coming in across the city. It's a port city with a navy base nearby, on Vancouver Island...with that recent comment by a Putin ally suggesting Russia to invade Alaska, I was thinking maybe our guys are on alert?