futuredaze

Between a criminal sociopath and a blabbering idiot I'll take the blabbering idiot.

Crony Capitalism serving the interests of Corporate Fascism who institute Cultural Marxism to divide and mislead the masses.

You said meditation is leaving you disconnected from others? I recommend switching to Tai Chi then, it is a better way to get energy moving and begin a practice of cultivation. Once you are more comfortable with Tai Chi, meditation can also be used, but I've heard from people who know way more than me that Tai Chi is better to start with. Honestly, this girl sounds crazy. You need to detach yourself at least emotionally and intellectually. If you can't do that, you might need to detach physically too. If you can switch to being a friend, it is possible that you can help her steer her life in a more positive direction. For this to work, most of the effort and intention must come from her, if she can't do that then she is probably not worth dealing with IMO. I was with a girl who was definitely less crazy than her, but still crazy, and that shit takes a toll on your well being. I think this girl, if we were only friends, could have worked out since we had similar interests and stuff. but when you become sexually involved with someone, you are sharing energy on a deeper level and it makes you vulnerable. You start lying to yourself to justify the relationship, but in reality it is doing more harm than good.

The "refugees" are hardly working though. I saw a statistic that less than 1% had jobs... which isn't surprising, since they don't speak the language or attempt to integrate. I'm pretty sure the powers at be must have had some foresight about this... but still wanted them in. I wonder why?

I'm not sure why people are so afraid of free speech. I think there is more to it then simply not wanting to hear dissenting opinions, although that is a part of it. It seems that people think that free speech will lead to violence and chaos. I'd argue that the opposite is more likely, that the suppression of free speech will lead to violence and chaos. If people cannot express themselves in a peaceful way, they might feel compelled to respond in a more violent way. Like somebody who is sexually repressed is more likely to develop deviant sexual habits, somebody who is repressed from voicing their opinion might end up acting instead of talking. I think there has to be a line drawn somewhere. If somebody says "I think people from Jibberalia are all stupid" it is offensive and rude, but I think it should be allowed. However, if someone says "I think people from Jibberalia should be killed" or "I want to hurt people from Jibberalia", then that seems worthy of some legal repercussion. People focus too much on words and often end up overlooking actions. It is a real shame.

Seriously though, her "alt right" speech was ridiculous. Basically, she tried to demonize Trump by association. And of course she wanted to associate him not with older, working class Americans, but the most vocal racists and haters. It is interesting how people say Trump is a fear monger (to be fair, he is, but a lot of it is appropriate to call out IMO), but this speech was the ultimate fear mongering. Trump never went so low to insult Hillary's fan base, he has plenty of material to work with already. Not only that, but she blamed Putin for the alt right. She also criticized Alex Jones for his conspiracies, while also mis-represented what Jones actually said. Very ironic, since her Putin accusation was a conspiracy theory with no evidence. I haven't watched it yet, but I have also heard the latest Hillary ad is an interview with a KKK member who talks about why he and "people like him" want to vote for Trump. I never thought I'd see such vicious propaganda in my lifetime, but here we are.

Those Goddamned Nazi frogs! I hate those green supremacists !

This upcoming film might be of interest: http://www.silencedmovie.com/ I am excited, there are a lot of insightful speakers from the names I recognize.

I like the song. I think it would go well on a sci-fi movie soundtrack.

True, but I don't think I'd call something like Fukushima a "nuclear weapon" although it has and is wrecking some serious damage to the Pacific ocean and the surrounding landmass. I am not in favor of building more nuclear plants, but I wouldn't equate them to nuclear bombs.

I saw recently she posted on Twitter something like "we need to shut down nuclear power plants because they are potential weapons!" Pretty funny. Regardless of who wins, I hope the third parties do well. I'm not going to vote for them personally, but it would be nice to just see the two-party system morph into something else. With everything that has happened this election, I am hopeful.

Cannabis legalization is such a minor thing compared to everything else going on, most notably with the economy, national security, and immigration. The scariest thing isn't necessarily Trump or Clinton's position on these things- but the lack of honest media coverage and dialogue. I think this is partially because of the PC atmosphere where it is "racist" to criticize immigration, and partially because the media purposefully frames the discussions. Clinton is ahead of the polls, but people are losing faith in the polls. I live in a pretty liberal area and this is the first election that it is hard to tell who people are voting for. People don't want to be associated with "Hitler on steroids, Trump", but I suspect a lot more people support him than claim to. Same with Clinton supporters, they know she is a lying sociopath, but the media has got them to vote against "literally Hitler." Very few people have "come out," but that doesn't mean I think many people are undecided. Many people have decided, they just want to appear undecided so to not possibly offend someone.

Is there any instance that comes to mind? I mean with all the smear going on, it is understandable that he will get upset and defensive, but is there any times you think he did anything extreme after being accused of something? Ultimately, it is about weighing the pros and the cons. As far as I am concerned, Trump has some definite cons but at least he has some pros, unlike Hillary. Hillary is the textbook definition of an establishment politician, who takes lots of donations both personal and to the Clinton Foundation, in exchange for some service. Look at her deal with Russia where we sell to them 20% of our Uranium, a deal which many millions of dollars went to the Clintons. And people think Trump is working with the Russians because Putin complemented him once, whereas there is actually evidence of the Clinton's working with Russia and Putin for personal gain. Hillary might say good stuff about the environment, but her actions don't show that, and that is more important than her words.

Yeah it is kind of over-the-top, and a bit douchey. but still, if a Trump supporter went to a Sanders rally, stirred up shit, and got beat up, I would think "yeah, maybe they don't deserve it, but they had it coming." It isn't like Trump is encouraging people to beat up supporters of Hillary or Sanders at their rallys. In many ways, by Democrats attacking Trump supporters, they look a lot worse, but the media tries to spin it in a way that makes Trump look like the instigator, even though it is the media that is making people hate Trump because they think he is "literally Hitler." Personally, I think there are worse things. Supporting the War in Iraq, for instance, seems a lot more harmful to many more people than what Trump is doing at these rallys. I can see why people don't like Trump's personality, but is that really more important than policy and past record? Clinton's record is horrible - check out the film Clinton Cash: http://www.breitbart.com/clinton-cash-movie/ If you think Trump was "inciting violence," look at recent acts by Obama - censoring/making excuses for ISIS-inspired murder in Orlando, trying to justify BLM violence b/c of "systemic racism." Much worse than saying some mean things at a rally, don't you think? Divider in chief, indeed.

What do you mean by "incites violence?" Do you have any evidence? It seems to me that he is only telling people to respond with violence when others are inciting it. Trump only talked about his penis size because Marco Rubio was being so classy and witty and brought up Trump's hand and penis size to begin with. So again, you are getting upset at Donald Trump for something he did not start, but merely responded to. Your psychological hypothesis is interesting, but misses the point, in my opinion. Yes, he is playing to the "shadow" or Id, but any skillful persuader would try to appeal to Id on some level. Likewise, they would be wise to appeal to superego and ego too. Think what you want to think, but I know that my Id was repulsed by Trump at first, when I was not paying attention to the GOP primaries and more following Clinton/Sanders. I only heard the mainstream news, and thought he was not a serious candidate. Then Sanders got screwed, and I looked into Trump, and using the sum of my rationality and intuition, I came to the realization that I thought Trump to be the better choice than Clinton.

I just had some good organic coffee. I've run out of L-Theanine (supplement which is found in green tea), which I used to take with coffee. It seems to make the coffee buzz more focused, mitigating side effects some folks feel. It's really nice combination, I recommend it for people who like using coffee with things like studying, practicing an instrument, writing, whatever - you get so focused for hours! Oh well, I still like coffee without it though. One thing cool about these "power plants" as I like to think of them is they have a physical and spiritual component. Things like coffee, cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, etc. have places in the brain they can activate, leading to an altered consciousness. We are all different and need to find our own harmony, which is why I find it funny how people try to make generalizations like "coffee is good/bad" or "cannabis is good/bad" - there are a lot of factors at play.

I don't know anything about Dr. Drew, I hope he is more credible than Dr. Oz... but I like what he said here (on very liberal CNN of all places) about Trump and narcissism:

I initially thought Trump seemed "ridiculous" because I wasn't paying attention to the GOP primaries and just reading/watching mainstream news (mostly online sources). I've changed my mind completely, since I started watching Trump speeches directly and ignoring mainstream leftist news. Even if you don't end up supporting Trump, that is fine, but at least educate yourself to see through the mainstream media lies. Check out this video, breaks down the media lies, which are usually exaggerations from quotes taken out of context. You can make virtually anybody look bad if you take their quotes out of context and attach a hyperbolic sensational title over them: It is long, but watch at least 30 minutes to get the gist. If you think Trump is "like an 8 year old" I recommend watching Trump's rallys and press conference, not just the highlights with John Oliver.

My grandmother was watching TV earlier and I noticed a pro-Hillary commercial playing (I forget the channel, sorry). Instead of talking about Hillary's strengths (Zen paradox - you can't talk about the void), they were talking about "scary, dark, evil" Donald Trump, quoting some talking heads who said something like "I wouldn't want him to have the nuclear codes." but the media doesn't like context. They like taking things out of context and then focusing more on the commentators of the context. It is all a persuasion tool.

That isn't really what I meant by rugged individualism. It seems like you are thinking of people who claim to be independent to make some sort of fashion statement. But I did not mean people like that, those are the "individualists" in name only. Sometimes the biggest conformists are the non-conformists, after all. What I meant is just somebody who has some degree of introspection, self-awareness, self-actualization, and navigates reality in their own way without trying to imitate others. Just like some people only pretend to be members of a group to get some sort of feel-good benefits, some people pretend to be unique individuals to get those good feelies. Rugged is similar to raw, rough - which is in contrast to how many people become refined by social pressure and fear of standing out.

Just to clarity, when Kierkegaard talks of "leveling" he talks about reducing to the lowest common denominator. This parallels Nietzsche and his more well-known idea of "herd mentality." By placing the "phantom of the public" -- embodied in his age as newspapers (the new and popular media of the time) -- at the center of human consciousness, individuals are less likely to embrace their rugged individualism and are more likely to be "sensible, reflecting... devoid of passion," they are members of the herd first and foremost. All actions and thoughts then become a relationship to this imaginary notion of "the public," preventing people from thinking independently.

From Kierkegaard's book "Two Ages,"

Media will try to sway us using emotions. Therefore, some media would be in advantage to exaggerate the threat since it 1) gets them more views, and 2) persuades people to hold a certain opinion. Some media would be an advantage to downplay the threat, usually just by not talking about it, since it persuades people to hold a certain opinion that is advantageous.

There seems to be a double-standard in tolerance and diversity. To advocates of tolerance and diversity, they are very tolerant of people regardless of race and gender. However, many of these people are actually quite intolerant of different opinions, to the point of acting like children who prefer name-calling to open discussion. As someone who considers himself a seeker of truth, I find intellectual and creative diversity to be the most important thing. I think 5 people of the same ethnicity and gender, but with very different opinions, is more stimulating than hearing 5 people of mixed races and gender echoing the same opinion. Diversity for the sake of diversity seems just as bad as any other dogma or absolutism.

What makes you think that? Wouldn't an Islamist Turkey attract people from Europe who are disillusioned with the way of life there while at the same time encouraging secular Turkish to migrate out of Turkey? btw this is relevant: https://www.rt.com/business/352507-boe-no-brexit-slump/