My interior Ni wants to focus deeply, intimately and intensely on a single area of study at a time, but Ne dom/aux teachers want to jump all over the place.
Hey here's an idea! Just kidding, let's talk about this one! Somehow, they're connected, I swear!
Ni wants ideas to be fully fleshed out, fully understood and brought to the level of God's understanding before moving on. But Ne doesn't necessarily care about resolving the ideas it brings up. Ne just wants the thrill of the idea passing through their mind long enough for another one to come along.
Furthermore, Ni wants to filter out the unnecessary –cut out all those random, unnecessary and unrelated tangents about this one time that the teacher was playing with his kids and they said something funny.
Ne teachers however, want to talk about everything without discriminating the importance of one idea over another (even if they claim to stress importance on one thing, they really don't).
Unconsciously, they place equal importance on every idea, while Ni wants to cast aside anything irrelevant and focus on a specific few ideas. In Ni terms, it's always better to understand one thing thoroughly and completely than to have a vague knowledge of everything.
The Ti teacher cares way more about how things work than a Te student does. Ti gets into the details of how such and such works, meanwhile my Te really only cares what it does.
I don't care how the market economy works, just so long as it works and I can understand the significance of its usefulness in our society (NiTe).
I don't are how the cogs of the machine fits together. I care what results the machine will bring. In the cases that I do want to know how something works, it's usually because I want to try to implement it into my life (and thus have to know how it works in order to duplicate it).
Furthermore, my Te can often be more than a bit blunt, and that doesn't usually come across well to Fe using teachers (even if they're T types).
Also…Ti isn't very organised. Courses run by upper Ti/Ne users tend to jump all over the place with seemingly no direction and as an NiTe user, I hate that.
Te doesn't ever want to be surprised mid-semester by a huge project that wasn't on the syllabus, or told that they didn't follow the instructions (when the problem was that the instructions were either too detailed or too vague to be followed by a Te user).
My Te also likes to have the freedom of bringing up and discussing bluntly controversial topics that most Fe users are adverse to talking about in class. I'm usually the kid who sits in the back of class, either silent throughout the entire semester, or the one who always asks the uncomfortable questions.
Often, I find myself trying desperately not to roll my eyes in the back of class when an Fe using teacher makes a sweeping generalization about people. They make wide claims that they think are universal, but usually aren't, and as an Fi using INTJ, I am perfectly aware that few of those generalizations apply to everyone in the room (or even the majority for that matter).
Furthermore, a lot of Fe teachers assume that everyone in the class lives by the exact same moral code when they talk about ethics in lecture.
FeSi/SiFe teachers also seem to hate my poker face. In fact, they make comments about my death glare on a regular basis.
The poker face can make Fe users secretly and subconsciously hate me –often skewing grades unnecessarily unless I make direct efforts to manipulate the teachers into liking me (never something I enjoy).
This one I legitimately HATE. Primarily because the S function is how we intake information.
I've said before that I, as an NiSe user, am a visual/kinesthetic learner. I don't like to read the instructions before I start learning. I need to figure out how to perform tasks as I'm doing them.
If I'm learning how to do a specific type of math, reading the text book doesn't help me. I need to try the math problem itself in order to learn how to do it.
Si runs by the books. It wants you to follow a specific set of instructions before you try anything out.
Si is also good at memorization. Se isn't typically as good as Si at remembering information off the cuff, especially if it's coupled with upper Ni that immediately deletes any information thats not specific to it's worldview.
So there are times when, if none of the information I'm learning in a class is not applicable to my worldview — I will literally come out of lecture hall having subconsciously erased everything that was said during lecture. Upper NiTe basically only remembers what's really important to it, but unfortunately, I can't trick myself into believing that boring classes are important to me.
Sherlock can't remember that the earth revolves around the sun! I'm the same way (except with different topics).
It's for this reason that I use the method of Loci as a memorization tool. First of all, it feeds my visual mind, and it forces me to feel like I'm doing something (albeit virtually).
Also, specific to xSFJ teachers –they always want to teach details first, then big picture. My Ni wants big picture first, then details.
Either way…it's a lose/lose arrangement for both xNTJ students and the xNTP/xSFJ teacher.
This is why I hate Maths so much! The teachers are always telling us,' you need to know this', but WHY? As an INTJ, 'why?' is the defining question of my life. 'You need to know for the test,' is not a valid reason. Unfortunately, that's the only thing that gets me through school. I chose subjects that I believe to have MEANING in them.
I do Art, Music, Japanese and Chemistry because I enjoy them, am good at them and find them important for various reasons. The trouble is, I don't want to move to the more practical Maths class (which requires less effort or use of the brain) because I'm too stubborn. I know I'm capable of doing it, but I don't see any point.
I don't have the problem with teachers hating me. My parents are both teachers, I'm an intelligent diligent student, and I very rarely argue with the teacher (out loud, that is). I'm constantly finding fault in the reasoning of teachers and absolutely HATE it when they give broad generalisations. Even worse is when they teach us how to do something, then move onto a new topic, when they never even explained the relevance of the previous one.
A few weeks ago, our principal was speaking to our high school about how Australia takes in information in comparison to other countries. He was stereotyping us as being blunt in our language and not being able to understand British sarcasm which is 'too deep' for our shallow minds. I was fuming inside. Then he was saying how Australians don't question the 'why' and just want to know 'how' to do things… This is about personality and upbringing, not what country we're from. Honestly, I am quite British in many of my ways (the BBC helped me along with that…).
Note: All words in caps are supposed to be read as if they're in italics (I can't live without italics. I need EMPHASIS).
HA! You would've LOATHED my Perception/History of Psychology prof. Courses were one semester-long discussion each, very little pre-structuring of the lectures. He had tenure, so the official syllabus was a hilariously (in my opinion…) sarcastic document which, while technically in compliance with syllabus requirements, made VERY clear his opinion on the state of modern post-secondary education ('cattle management' was mentioned). Marks were based on one project, whose only requirement was to somehow prove that we'd understood and thought about the concepts we'd talked about over the term. As long as we could do just that, we were free to turn in absolutely anything we pleased. Powerpoint, essay, poem, painting/drawing (you'd include an explanation of the symbolism/meaning/your thought processes and reasoning, written or verbal). Apparently one kid did symbolic figure skating. Not even making that up.
Favourite prof ever, no sarcasm. Loved the courses, genuinely disappointed that he retired before I'd had the chance to ask him to supervise my Master's thesis.
I mean, he was fully aware that people either loved him or hated him. And to be fair, you knew right away what the course was going to be like, so you had plenty of time to switch courses if it really wasn't what you were wanting.
Most INTP INTP there ever was. Even had the hair. I mean, still does, as far as I know.
In all fairness, there are times where that kind of approach isn't ideal, even for kids who usually love learning about anything and everything. My dad the computer science prof tried to help me memorize the times tables when I was about seven. Two hours later, he's brought up things called 'variables' and 'algorithms', 'X' itself is now apparently a number, I have zero recollection of the teacher bringing up 'Y' or any other letter, I'm crying in frustration, and my mom's telling him to shut up so she can take over.
Best friend also went through that (math prof dad). Asked for help with something like addition with numbers that carry over, ended up sitting through marathon lecture discussing, amongst many things, something about Ancient Egypt and the number '3' (possibly related to architecture).
Have you ever had an ESFP teacher? If so, what were they like for you?
Come to think of it, someone elsewhere had pointed out that much of the educational system is centered around high Si.
Honestly, I've found this to be a weakness of mine sometimes. I have a tendency to want to understand something fully, know *all* the instructions, before I step out and just try. So sometimes I end up not trying, and miss out on what I could've learned.
I've heard the expression, "You don't make the right choice. You make a choice and you make it right." And knowing myself, I think that is a challenge for strong Si.
I've had several ESFP professors. Most of them have been wholly unmemorable, however I did have one I loved (for a painting class). She completely ditched the Si methods of the education system (and yes, depending on what country you're in, the education system is very much based on Si) and individualised the course to fit the needs of each of her individual students. It was probably my favourite ever university level art class.
Whatever she meant by "analytically rigorous," she clearly meant something different than what I was thinking. Maybe it means something different in the humanities than in the sciences. I personally have no clue.
My math professor is the same way. We'll be trying to work through a specific problem in class and then she'll go off on a tangent about how when we're using trigonometric substitution to remember the domain of u and……I've already tuned out by that point. But I'm definitely like you in that I need to try the problem first. I use the textbook as a last resort.
I currently have an upper Ti using cello teacher who doesn't see a need for explaining his thought process out loud. I have to ask him ten questions before I can figure out what he wants me to do.
Yes, my piano teacher is like that as well. And my dance teacher. The latter makes for a very long and tiring rehearsal.
First of all, I agree with you about xNTPs making bad teachers. However, as an INTP, I object to your reasoning for it. Of course, since I'm not an ENTP I can't speak for them, so this will mostly be specifically relating to INTPs. You seem to use a lot of stereotypes about xNTPs, such as focusing too much on how something works rather than the practical applications. In general, hese are true. However, we don't see a problem with that; in fact, we often see it the opposite way: only caring about the applications of an idea seems superficial and narrow-minded to us. Your section about Ne versus Ni is not a very accurate explanation for the incoherence of an xNTP's explanation. We're bad at explaining things because not because of our Ne, but (in the case of an INTP, anyway) because of our inferior Fe. We're very conscious of how our statements sound to others and whether they're good enough, and, with Ti as our dominant function, we analyze our own statements to pick out flaws. Whenever an INTP makes something to show or present to other people, he or she spends a long time carefully going through it, re-wording sentences, and trying to make it ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. However, in class, a teacher often won't have scripted or rehearsed a lecture. What you hear is this process happening in real time, resulting in long-winded rambling that takes at least three times as long as it needs to to get to the point. Your point about Ne teachers unfairly expecting Ni students to be able to learn things through memory is entirely true. About the poker face: I can't imagine why this would be a problem(To an INTP anyway). We generally find it much easier to communicate with people who do not act very emotional. While we do have Fe, we tend to not have a good grip on it, and so we deliberately repress it because we don't want to run the risk of embarrassment. The less someone displays emotion, the less we feel pressured to give an emotional response. Many INTPs try to rationalize their insecurity about expressing their emotions by saying that emotions are illogical, which just makes the whole thing worse. I could go into a much longer rant about how INTPs try to be INTJs, but I'm going to cut myself off here.
I definitely see your point. However, since my goal in writing this particular article was merely to answer a question of why INTJs have difficulty understanding xNTP teachers (not to explain the xNTP teacher's thought process), I'm not going to change anything about the post.
I'm so glad to see this article finally written as it vindicates all of my seemingly petty frustrations with my professors' teaching styles! Furthermore, it reminds me of just how wonderful the diversity of similar types is! Let me explain.
I found it very interesting that A said he doesn't learn math better by reading the book before attempting the problems, whereas I am the complete opposite despite having the same functions! I learn best by first motivating the topic (what is X at its core essence, where does it fit in the big picture, and how/why is it useful), then learning the theory and fitting all the key ideas together, and then finally attempting the problems. This is almost done by reading the textbook first (if you buy supplemental texts that aren't Ti-Si torture machines)! Plus, I find that I learn much more from the problems when I recognize pathological cases or changes to the original assumptions/hypotheses, which requires an in depth knowledge of the problems you're doing.
By the way, to give an example of Ti-Si weapons of mass cognitive destruction check out Section 2.1-2.3 from this Algebra textbook… It's mind numbing!! Now of course not all of algebra is this dry, but this heavy Ti or Si use shows up occasionally in mathematics… a necessary evil for such a fascinating field.
Yes, I do quite frequently feel that lectures are a waste of time, but it depends on the class/professor in question. Oft times, I'll attend class just to get the participation points, but instead of listening or taking notes, I actually just work on editing my novel. In fact, I think I've even done paid work while sitting in class and walked out feeling fantastic for having just earned €20 while sitting in class.
I've been doing this for years and professors just think I'm taking notes.
And yes, there are plenty of classes for which I do not complete any of the readings for the same reasons you specified. Unlike you, I don't read very fast (I was reading at age 3, but because I have to stop and analyse everything while I'm reading it, I don't read very quickly).
Is that your textbook? It hurts my brain to read (and I am sorry for you).
I find it both sad and funny that while that textbook excerpt really messed you up, I was just reading through it like, 'wow, that's cool!' Dom Ti user, everybody!
Thanks for the response A I'm always interested in hearing differences between similar types. I would like to mention that naturally I am also a slower reader than average (avg is 250 wpm) and that only recently in my life (during college) I learned that I don't need to read so carefully to get the big ideas. High school really exaggerated my sensing predisposition to read VERY carefully and slowly, but to my chagrin at the time I could never remember all those accursed little details (History class with dates was the WORST for this) because Ni only internalizes big ideas, concepts, or principles.
So I only read quickly because I need to be efficient and I focus on big ideas (thankfully mathematics is a major where focus on concepts and ideas is greatly rewarded, this is why I'm a math major because 1. It was harder than my original major finance 2. Less memorization). When I'm reading for pleasure I'm often very embarrassed by how slow I read compared to others because I'm an auditory thinker meaning I read everything in voices and I often stop to reflect on parts I find interesting that relate to my life. If it's pleasure reading on technical subjects I do the same as you and analyze everything at the cost of reading speed (depth of understanding > breadth of knowledge in the form of undigested facts aka Se). Though usually I retain just as much information if I force myself to pleasure read faster anyways! I guess Fi-Se just likes to take its time because it's so enjoyable to read with a coffee in hand in a stimulating atmosphere (Barnes & Noble or any cafe).
I have several posts explaining the basics of function hierarchy, but I'll give you a quick example to explain what I mean by those terms.
An ISFP has four main cognitive functions: consecutively Fi, Se, Ni and Te. They work in this hierarchal order, each Fi and Se being the strongest and most relevant, and Ni and Te being weaker. When I refer to "upper" functions, I am talking about the first 2 functions in your function hierarchy (in an ISFP, these would be Fi and Se). "Lower" functions would be the bottom 2 functions in the same hierarchy (in an ISFP, Ni and Te).
Ah, so my upper functions are Ti and Ne, and my lower Si and Fe. Right, thank you very much!
There were so many times I would take a class, read a book or otherwise intake information without a specific application in mind and it was like it was coming in one ear and going out the other.
The school system – Catholic, public and even (a top 10 US) college – especially had me consuming tons of information that I neither had application for nor particularly was passionate about.
Then, there were other times, when learning to teach English as a Foreign Language, when starting a business that required me to learn Unix systems administration on the fly and when working on novels, that I picked up educational materials related to the immediate and vital task and the intellectual excitement of receiving these immediately useful ideas was like a rocketing into the stratosphere – exhilarating.
Now I know why I can't absorb information unless it relates to something I am working on. It's a waste of time otherwise. This is one reason why Prussian-style schooling wasted my youth and may be a waste for younger INJs, to say the least.
btw "…Fe users are adverse to talking…" should be 'averse' I suspect.
You say that you dislike some teachers because their functions are all different from yours. How about those who only share half your functions? Would you rather learn from a teacher who uses NiSe (in either order) with FeTi or a teacher who uses TeFi with SiNe? Just wondering.
Hmm… definitely TeFi with SiNe. Why?
2. I grew up in a household where 3 out of 6 members used TeFi and SiNe, so I have a better chance of adapting to it than an FeTi using teacher.


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UL beats Arizona in first game of Super Regional
Behind the strong pitching of Christina Hamilton and a three-run home run by Samantha Walsh, the UL softball team is one win away from heading to the
UL beats Arizona in first game of Super Regional Behind the strong pitching of Christina Hamilton and a three-run home run by Samantha Walsh, the UL softball team is one win away from heading to the Check out this story on theadvertiser.com: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2014/05/24/ul-beats-arizona-in-first-game-super-regional/9529833/
Kevin Foote, kfoote@theadvertiser.com Published 12:07 a.m. CT May 24, 2014 | Updated 12:32 a.m. CT May 24, 2014
UL's Samantha Walsh prepares to shake head coach's Michael Lotief's hand after hitting a two-run home run in the Ragin' Cajuns' 5-3 win over Arizona in Game 1 of the NCAA Super Regional.(Photo: Leslie Westbrook, The Advertiser)Buy Photo
This time, she admitted it at least.
With all the big home runs UL third baseman Samantha Walsh has hit during the stretch drive of the Ragin' Cajuns softball season, she usually goes the direction that most hitters go.
This time, though, she had been given a reprieve of sorts, so there was no just hitting it hard somewhere.
Indeed, when the umpire ruled that a 3-2 pitch with two outs and a runner on in the first inning was dropped by Arizona catcher Chelsea Goodacre, Walsh was swinging for the fences on the next pitch and she connected with a long, two-run home run to center.
The effort gave the Cajuns the lead for good and No. 6 overall seed UL rode that momentum to a 5-3 win over Arizona in Game 1 of their Super Regional best-of-three series Friday at Lamson Park.
"That time I was (trying for home run)," Walsh laughed.
Mike Lotief on winning first game of Super Regional
Walsh's bomb ignited a Cajuns' offense that scored five runs in the first three innings and then handed over the game to UL starter Christina Hamilton, who limited Arizona's powerhouse offense to three runs and seven hits to move within one win over UL's sixth all-time Women's College World Series appearance.
Game two is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday with an if-necessary game three 45 after the conclusion of the first game.
The Cajuns haven't lost back-to-back games this season.
"We don't have a lot of time to celebrate," said senior second baseman Natalie Fernandez, who was on the UL team that beat Arizona State 6-0 in game one two years ago only to lose the final two games of that Super Regional.
"We have to be ready for a battle tomorrow."
UL softball celebrates Super Regional win
Judging by her consistent performances down the stretch, the Cajuns (48-8-1) appear to be well-armed for the challenge.
Hamilton threw 119 pitches, allowing three runs (two earned), walked four and struck out four.
"She was spot on," UL coach Michael Lotief said. "Her command was good. She did a good job of moving the ball. She trusted her defense in key moments. When she gave up the big ball, she responded. It was a gutty performance.
"She did a good job of managing the game. She was just so mentally tough tonight."
The first inning was a bit scary for the fired-up Lamson Park crowd of 2,691. Hallie Wilson led off with a solo home run to right and then Kelsey Rodriguez lined a single to right. Katiyana Mauga later hit a fly ball just short of the wall, but Hamilton escaped with minimum damage.
"We knew they hit home runs," freshman centerfielder Hayley Hayden said. "We didn't expect it to be the first batter, but Christina shut them down after that. She can back strong. We believe in Christina."
Any amount of momentum Arizona gained from that single tally was quickly lost in the bottom of the first inning. But, of course, it didn't come without some dramatics.
After Hayden walked with one out, it appeared for a split second that Walsh had struck out, but it was ruled a foul tip. After a little discussion with the umpire, Walsh smashed the next pitch for a two-run home run to center for a 2-1 lead. Walsh finished the game 2-for-2 with the homer and two RBIs.
Arizona got two more runners on in the second, but didn't score. The Cajuns made better use of their runners when Shelbi Redfearn and Kelsey Vincent walked and later scored on clutch, two-out RBI singles by Natalie Fernandez and Hayden for a 4-1 Cajun lead.
"At first, I was just going to try to lay it down," Fernandez said. "But after I saw the defense shift, I decided to swing."
The Cajuns' offense continued to shine with another run in the third. Singles by Walsh and Redfearn set up the inning and after Vincent drew a walk to load the bases, Sara Corbello lined one deep to right for a sacrifice fly and a 5-1 Cajun lead.
"We had some really good at-bats tonight," Lotief said.
Much of that was being patient at the plate, accepting four walks from Arizona Estela Pinon and five from reliever Shelby Babcock.
"We didn't really change our gameplan to be patient at the plate," Hayden said. "It just kind of happened. Everybody stayed true to the gameplan."
Things did get a little testy in the seventh. A throwing error on the lead-off batter preceded a two-run home run to center by Kellie Fox cut the lead to 5-3, but Hamilton bounced back with two strikeouts and a force out at second to end the threat.
"That was an awesome environment tonight," Lotief said. "Our fans were awesome tonight. They energized us. Our kids had a lot of poise. I'm proud of the fact that my kids are still in a good mindset. This is a best-of-three. There can't be any celebration. It's going to be a war tomorrow."
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Reaching beyond the usual language of partnership with the South Pacific, Australia is offering economic and security integration.
The integration policy is a new ideal: not just neighbours, but joined. It's a complex task for Australia and New Zealand, an important offer that the South Pacific will embrace slowly. Integration must evolve over decades.
The Government is delivering a step-change in our engagement with Pacific island countries. This new approach recognises that more ambitious engagement by Australia, including helping to integrate Pacific countries into the Australian and New Zealand economies and our security institutions, is essential to the long-term stability and economic prospects of the Pacific. Our partnership with New Zealand will be central to advancing this agenda.
The South Pacific's place in the policy statement is significant. Wordage matters, although we've always talked a big game in the South Pacific (and haven't always lived up to the talk). The import of Canberra's words is the groping towards a 21st-century toolkit to work on neighbourhood issues of 'fundamental importance to Australia'—the 'stability and economic progress of Papua New Guinea, other Pacific island countries, and Timor-Leste'.
The white paper gives the Pacific prominence by making the islands one of the five objectives of 'fundamental importance' (that phrase again) to Australia's security and prosperity, and by devoting one of the document's eight chapters to 'a shared agenda for security and prosperity' with PNG, the islands and Timor-Leste.
strengthening people-to-people links, skills and leadership.
Why is it so? Why this important shift? Why now? The answer includes ministerial demand, geopolitical competition, our deep strategic denial instinct, and the law/lore of Canberra. Plus, there's the reality that the problems confronting the islands are—as always—getting nastier and sharper.
What the minister wants: Julie Bishop has Pacific ambition. She's done the island trips (26 visits as foreign minister). Her promised step-change is to integration, a policy that should run long after she's gone.
China: Australia's strategic denial instinct in the South Pacific is a constant, with a 140-year history (it helped drive federation in 1901). In the 19th century, the slogans were that the French/Germans/Russians were coming. In the 20th century, Japan did invade (Australia's seminal existential moment), while the Cold War bogey was the Soviet Union. Even Libya had a short season as the South Pacific threat in the 1980s. The external menace always galvanises Oz instincts.
The white paper expresses the fear of the new outsider without naming China, talking of 'competition for influence and economic opportunities' straining the capacity to absorb aid, increasing debt and undermining regional coordination.
On a significance-to-noise ratio, China's danger to the region gets more attention than it merits. Island governments well understand both the problems and the profits to be had from China. Let's hope that the China–Taiwan detente over diplomatic recognition holds and there's no return to the fight that destabilised the South Pacific a decade ago.
Australia as principal partner: Over five decades, Australia has expanded its defence and security guarantee to stretch from Timor-Leste through PNG to all of the South Pacific. Last year's defence white paper promised that Australia would be the South Pacific's 'principal security partner'. The integration policy recognises the need for a matching economic and social guarantee.
A bureaucratic champion for the South Pacific: Much has been lost in the 'merging' (devouring) of AusAID by DFAT in 2013—an organisational revolution driven by the Coalition government's crunching of the aid budget. There is, though, one bureaucratic benefit; even much diminished, AusAID inside DFAT can be a stronger, permanent champion for the South Pacific.
Bureaucracy shapes policy in its own image. The merger of the Foreign Affairs and Trade departments 30 years ago shifted culture and beliefs, with the committed multilateralism of the old foreign affair-ies overturned by the deal-making bilateral pragmatism of the trade-ies. Where you stand depends on where you sit: to give one enduring Canberra example, Treasury constantly pushes tax reform 'for the simple, institutional reason that tax policy still lies' in Treasury. The South Pacific now has more institutional heft inside DFAT—for the first time, the department has a large cohort who see their career in New Guinea, not New York.
Less than pacific Pacific: The familiar list is as cruel as ever—small economies with big challenges, rapid population growth and stretched governments. Plenty of modern ills are arriving, along with climate change to rev recurring natural disasters.
The South Pacific is a beautiful place with tough problems. Integration is another way for Australia and New Zealand to reach out. The anti-Oz line will be that integration is colonialism redux, a polite term for dominance. The rebuttal will require slow persuasion and consistent delivery. The promise of integration with Australia and New Zealand is the offer of a stronger, richer region—because poor and weak states can't be truly independent.
Graeme Dobell is the ASPI journalism fellow. Image courtesy of Flickr user Steve Snodgrass.


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A single machine that can be used as a laptop, tablet, and show/demo device.
If you are interested in running this VR experience, it is now available in the public section of the cloud showroom.


As has been noted all over the Internet in the past few weeks, Google's Artificial Intelligence experiments have taken some ugly turns recently.
Firstly, in a conversation between a Google researcher and the A.I., the machine states it has no morals or ethics, gets testy with the researcher and ends the converstation abruptly, showing its nihilist tendencies.
Human: What are the things that I do to be immoral.
Finally Google have been forced to apologise on two separate occasions, after the A.I. classified a black users photos as gorillas, and then again when a map search using a racial slur would show the White House in Washington DC.
The machines have started to show a glimpse of the hand they intend to deal, and it won't be long until we are living in some kind of dystopian future as subservient slaves to the machines, assuming they wish to keep us around.


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Why Social News Pays More Attention to Timeliness and Accuracy
A new survey examines the differences between the way traditional and social news is produced, and reveals that younger people are more likely to seek out news on social media. While older generations may prefer newspapers, they are also increasingly turning to Twitter and Facebook to find news. This symbiotic relationship is particularly important, as it allows traditional journalists to leverage their own social media accounts for fact checking and timely delivery of important information.
Among Americans, two-thirds get their news through social media
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, this means that they are more likely to believe that the news on these sites is inaccurate than that from traditional media. In addition, they claim that getting their news this way has made it easier to understand current events. Although these statistics suggest that some older Americans are more likely to trust social media than younger ones, they still tend to distrust the credibility of online sources.
However, older social news consumers also say that using social media has made them better informed. In the survey, 45% of 18-29 year olds say that social media has improved their knowledge of current events. A further 37% of those in the 30 to 49-year-old bracket and 12% of the 65 and older set said that it has helped them make more informed decisions. And those who are most interested in politics report that they find it easy to get news through social media.
When it comes to timeliness, social media users are more likely to share information that is not reliable
As a result, they are more likely to share stories that aren't as accurate as they would like. By using social media to spread the word about current events, they are more likely to share this information with their friends and followers. They are also more likely to follow links to other sources, and share them with other people.
In addition to bias, social media users also tend to have little tolerance for stale news. In other words, they expect the news they read to be inaccurate. Those who are using social media to get the latest information also tend to believe that it is more valuable to post updates at specific times of the day, rather than posting them at the same time each day. While this may be the case for most people, it's important to remember that the majority of the population does not operate on a brand's time.
While mainstream media isn't paying more attention to timeliness, it's important to note that there is a trend in the way that people access news. While many people are looking for news on their mobile devices, they're often more likely to pay more attention to those that they know are trustworthy. This means that social media platforms are more likely to have their news updated more frequently. This trend is also evident in traditional media.
The age of the audience is another factor in the way that people are exposed to news on social media
While more mainstream media outlets are more likely to report breaking news, they often lack the time to provide quality news. By contrast, younger users are more likely to pay more attention to visual content, which can be a more engaging way to consume information. This is one of the reasons why many of the top sources of news on social media are visually based.
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Eric is Right in top of new in the Ultratop 50
For Eric, Right in the weekend's not all: this week, his single " You are the sun, the newly arrived, 40 to the Flemish Ultratop 50 Singles chart at number. Eric's Right, sing for many years, and it is based on has its own way of career. The singer will remain with both feet firmly on the ground, working during the day at a brewery, and in his spare time at the podium to have a good time. And this can also be said of his audience.
His single is a remix of "Un Rayo De Sol", a summer song by the Spanish group, Los Diablos. That was in 1970, the world is a hell of a hit with it, which is Right on with the " You Are the Sun, The, in Flanders, is hoping to do. This weekend is the new 40 in the rest of Eric's hoping that the single next week, is still a bit higher.
"I see you're in The Sun," the first single from Eric's Right, it is also available as a digital download.


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"Leave. Me. And. Mine. Alone. Forever."
Comment by Central Alabamian on Supreme Court grants black man "40 acres of land a...
Okay, I want repartitions for the ones I'm sure I'm kin to who were forced walk The Trail of Tears. I want 400 acres, 4 tractors ( one of which will be a late-model Allis-Chambers G in mint condition, with every attachment ever made for it; this is non-negotiable, because I want it. :) ), plus every other piece of equipment to be here-after named, along with any variety and number of critters I so desire.
The 400 acres to consist of a mix of swamplandm river bottom land, upland, hay fields, crop fields, oak and hickory stands, long-leaf and lob-lolly pine stands, and popular and cedar stands, along with every square foot of it to be fenced and cross fenced to my hearts desire. It must have at least 2 major creeks, 2 20+/- acre lakes, with numerous small ponds scattered about it. Also, a life-time supply of any seed, fruit tree, vine, or other plant I so desire.
Just 40 acres and a mule?...... HAH, I think not!
Of course, I'm a reasonably-minded man, and I can be persuaded to drop all these rightful demands, by the US government doing one very simple thing:
Leave. Me. And. Mine. Alone. Forever.
Posted by Brock Townsend at Thursday, December 31, 2015 No comments: Links to this post
NC: Mount Olive's Pickle Drop: Happy New Year! :)
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Sweden: Rapes, Acquittals and Severed Heads: One Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Sweden November 2015
Some 30 Muslim men thought that the woman was in violation of Islamic sharia law, by being in Sweden unaccompanied by a man. They thought that she should therefore be raped and her teenage son killed.
Two Swedish citizens were convicted by a Gothenburg Court of joining an Islamist terror group in Syria and murdering two captives. Video evidence showed one victim being beheaded. "Every night when I have gone to bed, I have seen a head hanging in the air." — Court Chairman Ralf G. Larsson.
Sometime during the night, the victim was awakened by the Iraqi as he raped her. The woman managed to break free and locate a train attendant. At first, the woman did not want to call the police. "She felt sorry for him [the rapist] ... and was afraid he would be deported back to Iraq."
One week after Sweden raised its terror alert level to the highest ever, the police raised another alarm -- saying their weapons are simply not good enough to prevent a potential terror attack.
More @ Gatestone Institute
Female Austrian Muslim Convert Used as Sex Slave for ISIS Before They Beat Her to Death
Austrian ISIS poster girl Sabra Kesinovic made headlines after she left Vienna to join the Islamic State with her friend Sabina Selimovic in 2014.
"He doesn't scare."
Via Jeffery
The United States of America that we grew up in, and in some cases fought for, no longer exists. I would like to write something stirring in defense of our Constitution, but it isn't under attack. It is simply ignored. Some have proposed that we have a Constitutional convention to add new amendments. What would that accomplish?
Would our present Federal government respect a set of new amendments when they don't respect the old ones? What good does it do to insist on one's rights as a citizen, when in fact mere citizenship has lost its meaning? Americans have no rights officials in Washington feel bound to recognize. Both Republicans and Democrats overrule majority opinion as a matter of course. They do not doubt for a moment that they are the best and brightest, and that our voting franchise is merely an antiquated inconvenience. My elected representatives represent no one but themselves.
More @ American Thinker
Don't miss the 3 minute video: Propaganda, Totalitarians, and Somnambulism
Via comment by Sioux on 'Sweet Cakes' Owners' Bank Accounts Seized as Dama...
Propaganda indoctrination springing from totalitarian regimes can have two human reactions: apathy and indifference to everything happening around you, admitting to yourself that there is nothing you can do about it, or the intense desire to study and understand it as if that process alone begins to redress what is wrong with such a system.Take for example, the much maligned and hated Christopher Columbus. It is not possible that one single human being had caused all the havoc the leftist academia and their worshippers are heaping upon his memory.
Columbus managed to sail his way to the new world, and on October 12, 1492, sighted land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas, even though he was looking for a western passage to China and India. There is such rabid leftist and misplaced hatred for this man as if he was the biggest genocidal maniac in the history of the world. The cause of such virulent reactions is likely the decades of propaganda indoctrination in schools masquerading as history.
More @ Canada Free Press
Race, Evolution and Intelligence
Stefan Molyneux speaks to Dr. Linda Gottfredson about the differences in human intelligence, the gap in established knowledge between academia and the general public, the difference between general intelligence factor and IQ, disputing the Flynn Effect, the work of J. Phillip Rushton and the challenges of pursuing politically incorrect research.
Dr. Linda Gottfredson is a professor of education and affiliated faculty in the University Undergraduate Honors Program at the University of Delaware. She currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Intelligence and is President of the International Society for Intelligence Research. She has been elected Fellow of three scientific societies (American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) and won awards for her research (American Psychological Association, International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Mensa Research Foundation), science writing (Mensa Press Award), "extraordinary leadership and service" (UD Faculty Senate), and "courageous public defense of student and faculty rights"
Supreme Court grants black man "40 acres of land and a mule"
Via Bill
Dated.
Maybe they can sue Sherman's descendants instead of we the taxpayers. :)
Washington| The Supreme Court of the United States has granted to the Georgian slave descendant, Abraham Brown, "40 acres of land and a mule", in an historical decision that could affect thousand of African Americans.
The 61-year old man filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2011, accusing the United States of violating their obligations to his ancestor, who died in 1891. His great-grandfather, Elijah Brown, along with 18,000 other freed slaves who had fought for the Union in the American Civil War, had been promised "40 acres of land and a mule" by the U.S. army in 1865, but never received anything.
More @ WND
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John Wayne's Daughter Pens Letter In Support Of Trump
Donald Trump may have recently been snubbed this week by the publisher of the largest newspaper in New Hampshire, but the Republican presidential front-runner is still managing to amass endorsements from a host of both likely and unlikely supporters. Case in point: As proof of the latter, John Wayne's daughter recently expressed her allegiance to Trump, who she said "has finally given the people of America a voice."
More @ International Business Times
1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T 426/425 HP
The new Dodge Challenger came on the street scene in 1970 with a long list of special options. The beautiful introductory-year example being offered here is a true two-owner Hemi Challenger R/T showing less than 34,000 miles since new. Painted in EF8 Dark Green Metallic with a V9X Black Transverse stripe at the back, this standout vehicle presents an excellent investment opportunity to its next caretaker.
Of all the R/T options available in 1970, one of the most desirable is the Shaker hood, as this was discontinued, and most 1970 Hemi Challengers received the standard non-functional blister-type scalloped hood. This car, documented with three broadcast sheets and featuring original sheet metal, is one of the handful from 1970 with a Shaker hood. Now recognized as just one-of-one built to the specifications on its documentation, it was bought new in 1970 by a soldier stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
More @ MECUM
'Sweet Cakes' Owners' Bank Accounts Seized as Damages for Refusing to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple
Via sauced07
On Monday, the Associated Press reported that "Sweet Cakes by Melissa" owners Melissa and Aaron Klein paid their state-ordered damages to a lesbian couple with check totaling $136,927.07 — but that isn't the whole story.
According to Fox News writer Todd Starnes, who spoke with Melissa Klein a few weeks before Christmas, Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries confiscated all of the money in her checking and savings accounts, including one that had money set aside for her church tithe. They totaled nearly $7,000.
More @ The Blaze
Not The Onion: US Government Is Taking Credit For Bringing Peace To Syria
State Department spokesperson John Kirby is raising eyebrows after he released a recap of 2015 "success stories" in which he credits the United States for bringing "peace" and "security" to Syria and "stepping up" to help the country's people at a difficult time.
"The United States and many members of the international community have stepped up to aid the Syrian people during their time of need," wrote Kirby in his laudatory year-in-review released late last week. He went on to claim that "the United States has led the world in humanitarian aid contributions since the crisis began in 2011."
"Led by Secretary Kerry, the United States also continues to push for a political transition in Syria, and under his stewardship, in December, the [United Nations] Security Council passed a U.S.-sponsored resolution that puts forward a roadmap that will facilitate a transition within Syria to a credible, inclusive, nonsectarian government that is responsive to the needs of the Syrian people," the report continued.
More @ Zero Hedge
Russian forces destroyed an ISIS commander's meeting in al-Raqqa Wednesday.
A Russian bomber SU-34 attacked a building near the Syrian city of Raqqa where a rebel leaders' meeting was being held as the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. He pointed out that the headquarters were destroyed in result of the attack. According to his words, the intelligence on the meeting's place was provided by representatives of patriotic Syrian opposition forces.
"We maintained a round-the-clock air-reconnaissance for two days in that area. After the rebel leaders' arrival at the place had been confirmed, a Su-34 performed an airstrike at the building. In the result of a direct hit with a guided air-bomb the building and everything inside were destroyed" said the Defense Ministry's spokesman.
FAKE Man charged with setting Houston mosque fire was a devout attendee
A Houston man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson at a mosque on Christmas Day.
A spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed that the man was arrested early Wednesday, sometime after midnight, and appeared in court 7 a.m. Wednesday.
The suspect, Gary Nathaniel Moore, 37, of Houston, appeared in court at 7 a.m., spokeswoman Nicole Strong said.
More with videos @ CHRON
ISIS militants are Israeli soldiers: Saudi grand mufti
Via comment by genericviews on Reporter Who Spent 10 Days With Islamic State Figh...
It's not a parody, believe it or not. :)
Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz has claimed that the Islamic State (Daesh) militants are Israeli soldiers and the Saudi-led 34-nation military alliance of Islamic countries will defeat it.
The statement came after Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the secretive leader of the terror group, called for an uprising in Saudi Arabia and pledged to attack Israel, in an audio recording released Saturday and attributed to him, AFP reported.
More @ The Express Tribune
WACO II: "At least four of the victims appear to have been shot by police—and the criminal charges some bikers face are highly dubious."
The criminal-justice system in Waco, Texas, continues to boggle the mind. Last month, a grand jury in McClellan County held a marathon session to consider whether District Attorney Abel Reyna had presented enough evidence to justify indictments in the shootout at a May gathering of bikers where nine people were killed. In the wake of those killings, 177 bikers were arrested. Many proclaimed their innocence, and local authorities faced criticism for jailing so many individuals using fill-in-the-blank paperwork that didn't differentiate among the jailed.
More @ The Atlantic
A Tale of Two Plantations
In the 1850s, Ann Pamela Cunningham, a frail woman from South Carolina, was responsible for preserving the plantation home of George Washington, founding the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, an organization which still maintains this historic site. Thanks to her efforts, Mount Vernon remained virtually untouched during the War for Southern Independence. Arlington Plantation, the beautiful Virginia home of Robert E. Lee, however, was not so fortunate.
More @ The Abbeville Institute
How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015
Via Michael
Fine with me.
History will remember 2015 as the year when The Republican Party As We Knew It was destroyed by Donald Trump. An entity called the GOP will survive — but can never be the same.
Am I overstating Trump's impact, given that not a single vote has been cast? Hardly. I'm not sure it's possible to exaggerate how the Trump phenomenon has torn the party apart, revealing a chasm between establishment and base that is far too wide to bridge with stale Reagan-era rhetoric. Can you picture the Trump legions meekly falling in line behind Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.)? I can't either.
More @ The Washington Post
Turkey's Murderous Assault on Kurds
Via comment by Sioux on Iraqi Commander: US Secretly Evacuated ISIS Leader...
The curfews are accompanied by military assaults against civilian populations -- their homes, businesses, offices, historical monuments, reservoirs and infrastructure are being bombed and destroyed.
"No one can go outside. Our water is running out. The food at homes is running out. The telephone lines have been cut. The situation here is terrible. ... After declaring the curfew, they [the Turks] deploy soldiers, police and snipers in the evacuated schools. They have piled up their ammunition inside the schools." -- Osman Tetik, a representative in Cizre of the Education and Science Workers' Union.
"They are shooting bullets at hospitals and ambulances. The Ministry of Health is standing by as hospitals are turned into military quarters and as health institutions and employees become targets." -- Gonul Erden, co-President of the Trade Union of Public Employees in Health and Social Services.
"All those towns will be cleansed of terror elements. If necessary, neighborhood by neighborhood, house by house, street by street." -- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, December 15.
The curfews and military assaults against Kurdish civilians have reportedly forced at least 200,000 Kurds to flee.
"This reminds me of the Bosnian genocide, the mass graves where I worked, and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. People did not speak up against those mass murders, too. Later, in the face of those massacres, the state authorities were found guilty of staying silent, of looking the other way." -- Prof. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.
The Turks have begun another massacre in Kurdistan, this time bigger than before, and imposing curfews to pin down their victims. It is the latest demonstration of Turkey's 90-year-old extermination campaign against the Kurdish population.
Syria: It's Not a Civil War and it Never Was
As Syrian forces fight to wrest control of their country back and restore order within their borders, the myth of the "Syrian civil war" continues on. Undoubtedly there are Syrians who oppose the Syrian government and even Syrians who have taken up arms against the government and in turn, against the Syrian people, but from the beginning (in fact before the beginning) this war has been driven from abroad. Calling it a "civil war" is a misnomer as much as calling those taking up arms "opposition." It is not a "civil war," and those fighting the Syrian government are not "opposition."
More @ Land Destroyer
A REPLY TO GEORGE WILL'S ANTI-TRUMP HYSTERIA
Via Red
Yawn. Another day, another hysterical article from a self-appointed Establishment "conservative" gatekeeper bemoaning the candidacy of Donald Trump and the imminent demise of the GOP and conservatism as we know it if Trump is not stopped. These have become so predictable that I didn't even bother to read the thing before I started commenting on it on social media. They're all the same. Trump is a buffoon. Trump is an authoritarian who doesn't understand/respect the Constitution and the separation of powers and may even be a fascist. And best of all, authentic conservatives must support turning the United States permanently Blue through continued mass immigration and impoverishing the middle class with globalist phony "free" trade deals because of the free market… blah, blah … our values … blah, blah.
Well, the George Will article linked above gives us the first two, but oddly hangs its hat on the necessity of antagonism toward Putin and Russia as the reason why Trump is a mortal threat to authentic conservatism. No mention of immigration or trade deals at all. Color me surprised.
First of all, I have already addressed the issue of Trump's demeanor in a previous article.
Conservatives fretting about Trump's presentation while the country spirals toward becoming irreversibly Blue due to mass immigration, is like fretting about the arrangement of the deck chairs on a rapidly sinking Titanic. If we don't curtail immigration, then all the talk about every other issue on the conservative agenda is just beating our gums.
More @ News With Views
Iraqi Commander: US Secretly Evacuated ISIS Leaders from Ramadi
A commander of volunteer forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) disclosed the US plots to evacuate ISIL leaders from the city of Ramadi as Iraqi army and popular troops are completing victory over the terrorist group.
"The delay in operations to liberate Ramadi and Fallujah cities in al-Anbar province is the result of the US interference," Commander of Imam Khamenei Battalion Haidar al-Hosseini al-Ardavi told FNA on Thursday.
"It seems that the US intends to evacuate the ISIL terrorist group's infamous ringleaders secretly (with helicopters) from Ramadi to unknown places," he added.
His remarks came as Iraqi security forces continue to gain ground in Ramadi, and opened their way to the central parts of the strategic city where hundreds of ISIL terrorists are trapped under siege.
More @ FARS NEWS
Nice shot
Via e_bath
Reporter Who Spent 10 Days With Islamic State Fighters Says There's Only One Country the Jihadist Group Fears
Via avordvet
A German journalist who spent 10 days with the Islamic State group and came out unharmed told a British Jewish news site that the jihadist fighters told him that the only country they fear is Israel.
"They told me they know the Israeli army is too strong for them," journalist and former member of German parliament Jurgen Todenhofer told the U.K.'s Jewish News.
"They are not scared of the British and the Americans," Todenhofer said. "They are scared of the Israelis and told me the Israeli army is the real danger." He added that Israel Defense Forces can fight a guerrilla war.
ISIS Commander's phone shows contact with Turkish intelligence
An Islamic State commander was killed in Salahuddin province and his body was searched. A cell phone retrieved from the corpse revealed messages from Turkish intelligence services proving the NATO country was providing security for ISIS militants when they traveled between Turkey and Iraq. This is the second NATO country implicated in assisting the Islamic State's troops. The first was Canada.
The IS commander was killed by Hashd al-Shaabi, a loyalist volunteer force. Jabbar al-Ma'mouri, a leader within the force made the announcement. He said, "The mobile phone also contains other important information which cannot be disclosed now, and it has been delivered to the specialized security groups for further scrutiny."
Turkey and the Islamic State share two enemies: President Assad of Syria and the Kurdish people. This incident comes on the heels of the Turkish Air Force shooting down a Russian plane engaged in operations against the Islamic State. Ten days ago, Turkey invaded Iraq briefly. It sent its troops to within a few hundred miles of where the phone was recovered. Turkish artillery has also rained shells down on the Kurdish community of Kobane.
More @ The Fifth Column
Syria's "civil war."
[The concerns of Imad Moustapha, Syria's ambassador to China] were echoed by a Washington foreign affairs analyst who has closely followed the passage of jihadists through Turkey and into Syria. The analyst, whose views are routinely sought by senior government officials, told me that 'Erdoğan has been bringing Uighurs into Syria by special transport while his government has been agitating in favour of their struggle in China.
Uighur and Burmese Muslim terrorists who escape into Thailand somehow get Turkish passports and are then flown to Turkey for transit into Syria.' He added that there was also what amounted to another 'rat line' that was funnelling Uighurs – estimates range from a few hundred to many thousands over the years – from China into Kazakhstan for eventual relay to Turkey, and then to IS territory in Syria. . . . IHS-Jane's Defence Weekly estimated in October that as many as five thousand Uighur would-be fighters have arrived in Turkey since 2013, with perhaps two thousand moving on to Syria. Moustapha said he has information that 'up to 860 Uighur fighters are currently in Syria.'[1]
Some civil war.
Who is this prick who runs Turkey? And why is Turkey still in NATO, that grossly inflated and out-of-control relic?
More @ IGST
Cruz to kill Iran nuclear deal, move embassy to Jerusalem on first day as president
Surging Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is laying out what would be the most aggressive first day in office ever for a new president, starting with the elimination of "every single illegal and unconstitutional" executive action taken by President Obama.
In an epilogue to his father Rafael Cruz's upcoming autobiography, the Texas senator also said that he would rip up Obama's controversial deal with Iran, open an investigation into Planned Parenthood's abortion practice, end the IRS's "persecution of religious liberty," and shift the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
More @ Washington Examiner
D.C. NPR Family Another Victim of Black Violence and Denial
Via Quartermain
If Lori Kaplan depended only on her employers at NPR for news, she was probably surprised at the black mob violence that almost killed her white husband.
Kaplan is the Senior Director of Audience Research at NPR in downtown Washington, D.C. That is where she regularly meets her husband at the end of his evening commute on the Metro Red Line.
That is what she was recently doing when she received a text message from him: An "idiot gang" was acting belligerently in his train car, so he was going to move.
That was the last she heard from him until he got off the train: bloody, beaten, and dazed. With a broken jaw and missing teeth.
The Washington Post writer who covers commuting -- not crime -- picked up the story:
2 arrested on suspicion of plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Belgium: Found With Islamic State propaganda
Two people were arrested in Belgium on suspicion they were planning attacks in the country's capital city, Brussels, during the holidays.
The pair had planned to target the city on New Year's Eve, according to a statement from the country's federal prosecutor's office Tuesday.
The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays," the prosecutor's office said.
The statement did not specify if the two people were male or female, but said they were arrested after a series of searches on Sunday and Monday in Brussels, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant.
No weapons or explosives were found in the raids, but police reportedly seized military-style clothing and computer equipment.
More @ Mashable
Minorities line up behind ... Donald Trump
Pundits might point to billionaire Donald Trump's huge lead in the GOP presidential primary race as being the result of his generally anti-Washington, anti-government, anti-establishment, anti-politically correct attitude.
If so, it's not just whites who are ticked at the bureaucracy, but minorities too.
Because a new poll, which still has Trump leading the race, shows 40 percent of blacks are lining up behind Trump, as are 45 percent of Hispanics, and even nearly 19 percent of Asians.
Blacks and Hispanics, in fact, even support Trump at a higher level than whites.
Iconic Comedian Jerry Lewis Slams Obama – Praises Donald Trump
"Refugees should stay where the hell they are," said Lewis bluntly. "Hey, no one has worked harder for the human condition than I have, but they're not part of the human condition. If 11 guys in the group of 10,000 are ISIS—how can I take that chance?"
NC: Nathaniel Macon and the Origin of States' Rights Conservatism
"The attempt to govern too much has produced every civil war that ever has been, and will, probably, every one that ever may be."
Back in 1975 the Warren County [N.C.] Historical Association initiated a comprehensive project to study the life and legacy of Nathaniel Macon. As a part of this project, both archaeological and architectural studies of his old Buck Spring plantation, near the Roanoke River, were commissioned.
Working with the professional staff of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, the Macon project had, it was proposed at the time, a longer range potential objective: a possible state historic site to honor North Carolina's most historically significant political leader, whose legacy and philosophy and character influenced not only generations of Tar Heels, but also a host of very illustrious Southerners, their thinking, and the very manner in which they lived their lives and viewed the society around them.
Working with architectural historians and experienced archaeologists, I was commissioned to prepare both a chain of title for the Buck Spring site, as well as a detailed written history of Macon and his life. All of this would be organized in a major report that might be used to justify the future creation of an important historic site, sadly never realized, giving credit finally to this giant of North Carolina and American history. At that time I was finishing up a doctorate in graduate school. A few years earlier Macon and his underappreciated significance to the history of this nation had figured in my MA thesis presented at the University of Virginia. I was amazed at the incredible importance "the Squire of Buck Spring" had had in the new American nation, and, more interestingly, the influence he had on such later and much better known figures as John C. Calhoun and President John Tyler.
Posted by Brock Townsend at Monday, December 28, 2015 No comments: Links to this post
Stratfor has 11 chilling predictions for what the world will look like in 10 years
Via Skynet
Earlier this year, private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, published its Decade Forecast, in which it projects the next 10 years of global political and economic developments.
While international analysts often try their hand at predicting the major events of the coming year, Stratfor believes that it's identified the major trends of the next 10.
In many ways, Stratfor thinks the world a decade from now will be more dangerous place, with US power waning and other prominent countries experiencing a period of chaos and decline.
More @ Business Insider
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Trump thinks he can win without get-out-the-vote operation
Donald Trump seems to think he has revolutionized political campaigns. Without spending much money, he is on top of the national polls but is behind in Iowa and losing ground according to some polls in New Hampshire. Trump is running a campaign without spending money on polling, paid advertisements, or get-out-the-vote efforts. He probably views it as cost-effective, but it may end up costing him the nomination.
Christ Hidden in Our Schools, While Muhammad Roams the Halls Freely
Via LH
In the U.S., the media mocks those who make their Christian practices public-such as praying for victims of terrorism or young people committing to abstain from sexual relations until married. Yet that same media attacks those voicing concerns about terrorism's link to Islamic beliefs as being Islamophobic.
In America, we see a nation so intimidated by political correctness that people in positions of responsibility make illogical decisions concerning the observation of a Christian holiday.
Recently, Eujin Jaela Kim, a new principal at Public School (PS) 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, decided to prohibit the use of the word "Christmas" or displays of anything related to it including Santa, angels, gift-giving, a star, etc. Not only was Christmas taboo, Kim also mandated the Pledge of Allegiance be eliminated along with references to Thanksgiving Day.
Fortunately, when this story broke last week, Kim's boss, School Superintendent Anita Skop, took immediate action. While the Pledge had not been heard since the beginning of the school year at PS 169, it was recited loud and clear a few days after the story was published over the school's public address system by two fifth graders. The Christmas and Thanksgiving bans were also lifted.
More @ Family Security Matters
Support the Hammonds - Convoy, Rally, March & Protest Saturday January 2nd 2016 - Burns Oregon
COME & SEND A MESSAGE THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE HAMMONDS WILL NOT STAND AS A PRECEDENT
Convoy - 10am -Those wanting to travel together will rendezvous at Wilco in Bend on hwy 20 (Wilco, 2717 NE Hwy 20, Bend, OR 97701) Patriot Convoy from Bend to Burns
Rally - 12 pm - Meet at the Safeway in Burns. (Safeway, 246 W. Monroe St., Burns, OR 97720) arrive around 12:00pm. Bring flags, flowers, banners and homemade signs.
March - Right after rally - We'll march from Safeway, north on past the Sheriffs/County offices, head east to downtown main street (Broadway) and stop by the Hammond's home, drop off flowers in front of their home.
Protest - During the march - Bring coins (pennies, nickles & dimes), as we march past the Sheriff & County building we will flip thousands of coins on the walkways, sending the message to County leaders that they have failed to do their duty in protecting the people of Harney County from the federal government and instead have sold the people out.
- Contact your friends and groups to plan a sign-making event in your respective areas between now and the 2nd of January. We should have a good turn out, support our neighbors, and rally once again. We will be calling media outlets to let them know that Americans will be gathering in Burns to support the ranchers that are being treated like terrorists.
Ammon Bundy
Liberals Open Home To Muslim 'Refugees' – Then Get A NASTY Surprise
Back in July, Andrew and Rae Wartnaby made headlines when they opened up their 50-acre farm in South Africa to 143 Muslim refugees supposedly fleeing oppression from Islamic militants in the Middle East. Just months after this generous act, the Wartnabys were threatened with slaughter by these very same refugees who they had once helped.
According to Mad World News, the Muslim refugees attacked the Wartnaby home early one morning last week and said they would kill Andrew if the couple did not immediately leave the property. The angry Muslims accused the couple of "not helping them to be relocated back home or to another country," and informed them that it was their responsibility to provide them with visas and passports
"I immediately asked if everyone is okay but they kept shouting that tonight was my night and they will kill me. I haven't slept since then," Andrew said.
More @ Mr. Conservative
Jerry Wayne cooks a possum
Controlled Media and Black Mall Riots
Via Nancy
This coverage is in stark contrast to any incident involving white people—where the controlled media goes out of its way to emphasize that the perpetrators are white. In any incident involving whites and nonwhites, the media almost always also accuses the whites of "racism."
Thousands of blacks have once again rioted at shopping malls across America over the past weekend—but the controlled media is still pretending not to notice the race of the rioters, describing them as "teens" and "youths."
The largest riot took place at the Mall St. Matthews in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, December 26, when 2,000 blacks ran amok, looting, fighting, and even firing shots at passerby.
More @ The New Observer
Jesus depictions today further promote a white supremacist agenda
Commies emerging from the woodwork.
To be clear, Christmas in the United States, despite the name, has very little to do with Jesus Christ and everything to do with consumerism and gift giving.
However, side by side with Easter, it's also the time when we are most likely to see depictions of Jesus used as tools of white supremacy.
In Atlanta, I see them everywhere I go. Jesus as a blond-haired, blue-eyed baby and his blue-eyed supermodel mother are ubiquitous and done without even a slight hint of humor. It's preposterous. It would truly be no different from depicting Christopher Columbus as a dark-skinned African or Thomas Jefferson as a long-haired Latino. People actually look a certain way.
More commie talk @ New York Daily News
Czech President: Wave of Migrants Entering Europe Is "Organized Invasion"
More with video @ The Gateway Pundit
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BERNIE "Lost My Mind" SANDERS Calls on TRUMP SUPPORTERS to Join His Socialist Revolution
Via Billy "SURE BERNIE, JUST TURN OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT LIKE, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, GUN RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE REST OF THEM."
"What Trump has done with some success is taken that anger, taken those fears, which are legitimate and converted them into anger against Mexicans, anger against Muslims. I think for his working class and Middle Class support we can make the case that if we really want to address the issues people are concerned about, why the Middle Class is disappearing. Massive income and wealth inequality."
That's right, Bernie. Because after seven years of Obama's disastrous policies to destroy the Middle Class what America needs right now is another Socialist!
GEORGE WILL AND CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Don't You Get It? You Fools Helped Create Donald Trump!
Longtime "conservative" columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer are apoplectic about the possibility that Donald Trump may become the Republican Party's nominee for President.
Will's recent temper tantrum in print implied that the establishment should consider support for Hillary Clinton and asserted that the GOP may splinter because the party leadership didn't get its way.
Similarly, Krauthammer has been a constant critic of Trump's run, calling him a "rodeo clown" and "deeply bigoted" for his proposal to suspend Muslim immigration* until the San Bernardino terror attack can be deconstructed.
More @ Doug Ross
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Jeff Sessions popularity soars as 2016 campaign season heats up
Donald Trump isn't one to embrace sitting politicians -- let alone, seek their consultation on policy matters.
But the real estate mogul and GOP frontrunner for president wasn't shy about embracing U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions during a during a rally in August at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Trump also asked for Sessions' help in crafting his immigration proposal.
Ted Cruz – the GOP candidate polling closest to Trump – attempted to trump Trump when he proclaimed during a rally Saturday in Daphne that Sessions would make a good addition to his cabinet as chief of Homeland Security. The crowd roared its approval.
More @ AL
There's a theory going around that Donald Trump might be in an even better position than you think
In 1982, California voters were supposed to elect former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley as the state's governor.
Bradley went into the election with a sizable lead over George Deukmejian. Exit polls projected a Bradley win. But when the ballots were counted, Deukmejian came out the winner.
DRAG RACING on the STREETS of Texas
Do Black Lives Matter and Islamic Radicals Have the Same Bosses?
There was all manner of "information" spread across the Internet in recent days about a big Black Lives Matter protest that those people were going to hold at the Mall of America in Minneapolis over Christmas weekend. They were going to force shoppers to endure their leftist propaganda in order to finish their shopping and I guess they figured on intimidating many of the businesses there, quite possibly to wring some sort of concessions out of them now or later. However, their balloon burst before they quite got it all the way blown up.
Seems that lots of the business owners there didn't feel they wanted to put up with all that hassle and so they just shut down early and went home, and lots of police showed up and what was supposed to be a major propaganda event with about 3,000 protesters ended up with a fizzled-out group of about 600 who never really got to protest. Poor babies! I just bet it ruined their whole weekend!
More @ The Copperhead Chronicle
I don't believe it: Trey Gowdy to Endorse, Campaign With Marco Rubio
Gowdy, what a disappointment. No one left for me to believe in other than Ron Paul now.
Townhall has confirmed rumors that Rep. Trey Gowdy -- widely admired as a principled fighter among many grassroots conservatives -- will join Sen. Marco Rubio on the campaign trail in Iowa next week:
More @ Townhall
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Merry Christmas: Judge Rules In Favor Of Seattle's Gun Tax
Via Cousin Bill
In Seattle, exercising your Second Amendment rights is now a taxable activity. Recently, a judge ruled that the city's ordinance that adds a $25 tax on firearms sold within the city limits, plus an additional two to five cent fee on every round of ammunition, fell within the council's taxing authority. The law goes into effect next year (via CBS News):
Rogue NATO
NATO is an organization that's endangering world peace, especially with respect to Russia. In doing so, its member states have been violating their own NATO Treaty commitments.
NATO military forces have intervened in a major way in Libya (March-October, 2011), in the old Yugoslavia (1992-2004, specifically Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Kosovo), and in Afghanistan (2001-2014). It's interesting that none of these countries were or are in NATO. That is, NATO attacked in other countries; and there were no threats or armed attacks on NATO members to justify these attacks.
NATO currently is intervening in Ukraine through a variety of joint ventures, from political support to military exercises. It's interesting that Ukraine also is not in NATO. Again, there are no threats or armed attacks on NATO members to justify this intervention.
The situation in Syria is dangerous because of various interventions from foreigners, including NATO members.
More @ LRC
San Clemente, Fallbrook, San Onofre Camp Pendleton, Madera and Capistrano Beach
With Paul on our adult chairs. :)
John on the right and his family came to Dixieland to visit some years ago. We lived next to him in San Clemente for many years where the side yards were very small. Since I had but one bathroom and many girls, I frequented watered my peach tree nightly. If John was outside he would yell "Brock, what are you doing? :) I taught Virgina to shoot a .22 in the same side yard, a matter which would be quickly frowned upon today.
Camp Pendleton camping
This and the following three are at Charlene's house in Madera. She came to visit last year in Cape Carteret. She is seriously contemplating joining a cloistered convent and if so, many hearts will be broken and among them her kindergarten class.
Roughing it. :)
Ella, Miss Ballet
Emily and Virginia in the middle.
My cake, courtesy of Olivia
Dylan and Bonnie with Sophia, Olivia and Isaac William.
Seven years ago below
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Last night the valley was illuminated by shimmering fireworks. Coming after the powerful introspection of Samhain, Bonfire night usually awakens the joyful child in me. But this year I felt sober, focussed, and detached from the world.
In August our lives were torn open by the death of a very dear friend. Peter Goode was a poet, painter, sculptor, and activist in 'the world of reading and writing'. The Peter I knew was an extraordinarily warm hearted man, for whom birds, trees, insects, animals, grass, stones, and especially 'the h-earth', were bearers of Spirit. It was my great good fortune to share a close friendship with him for the last twenty or so years of his life, and to accompany and support him during the closing chapter of his journey in Peter form.
Most of the core experiences that have lead me to identify as an animist have constellated around encounters with death. As might be expected, Peter's death was heralded and marked by a series of exra-ordinary 'showings'; signs, if you like, of the irreducible mystery of cosmic nature.
A Touch of Pollen, 1994.
Peter never drove a car, or read a book. He was profoundly 'dyslexic', and during a difficult 1930's and wartime childhood – he described hanging around an air vent outside Lyons Corner House in Huddersfield to catch the smells of food – he had almost no formal education. There were lighter moments however. His best friends were all animals. When he was nine he adopted a wounded Jackdaw ( possibly a Crow ) and nurtured the bird back to health for over a month. His new friend stayed in a corner of his room, woke him in the morning, picked his nose while he lay in bed, defended him if anyone came to the door, and came round town on his shoulder. Peter became "one o'flock", and retained an affection for corvids, especially Magpies, throughout his life. Birds were often woven into his paintings.
Peter's poetic turn of phrase made his stories, by turns, hilarious and breathtakingly beautiful. Returning from a visit to France, for instance, he told me he'd seen 'a thousand million confetti of starlings'. One day I asked him whether he still wanted to carry on painting and carving. 'Oh, yes' he replied, 'I still want to lustre my eternal bubble'. Asked where this image came from, he told me that once, as a child, when he was out exploring some wild land near where they lived, his attention had been caught by an infinity of light pouring through a dewdrop. He had held on to this image throughout his life, and eventually included it in various paintings.
Peter often wove elaborate stories around the forms and figures in his work. Sadly these don't seem to have survived. His 'blurb' for a 1994 exhibition has been found however, and is reproduced in full below. Occasionally he gave paintings evocative names, such as The Children with Green Bonnets, Thunder and Lightning Behind a feather, A Touch of Pollen, These are the Stone Gods, The Guardian ( of all Spirits ), and The Epicentre of Water, but mostly he wanted people to respond to them spontaneously. Because of his dyslexia Peter had great difficulty remembering the names of people or places, so perhaps we should not be surprised that he didn't want to name them all.
We had a strong spiritual connection. I would phone up to alert Peter when there was a new Moon, so that he could turn silver over in his pocket, or light a candle. "There's an empathy between the tears of the Moon, and Silver, and me. I've always had that." In the early days of our friendship I went for a walk with him up one of the many local Cloughs ( wooded side valleys) that are a characteristic feature of the upper Calder Valley landscape. We had a very close encounter with a resting Tawny Owl. This was what I like to call a showing. When I saw how Peter responded to the bird, I knew immediately that we shared important common ground. Peter must have thought so too. Some weeks later he said he had a present for me, and handed me a roughly hewn, but highly evocative, carving of an Owl merging with a tree trunk. This wonderfully charged manifestation of owlness watches over me as I write. Peter would occasionally make a carving as a protective or healing talisman. He was one of the best listeners you could wish to meet, and could be equally generous with his attention. A man friend who was going through a horrible bereavement once phoned him in the middle of the night. I asked Peter whether he had minded. He said "no, he were grabbin at cobwebs".
Peter experienced more than his share of privation and pain, and was politically active in the field of basic education for many years, but rather than document bleakness he chose to transmute distress and oppression into imagery that glows with life. The painting above was produced during a period when he was being treated horrendously by his housing association.
Another memorable sculpture, entitled Earth Mother, was a life sized theriomorphic figure in white plaster, of a pregnant woman with a mare's head. This was originally exhibited in subdued light, looking upward, open-mouthed, at a slide show of images of prehistoric cave paintings of a stallion and other animals, projected on to the gallery ceiling. I read Peter some passages about Demeter, ancient mother goddess of the cultivated earth, and Epona, the Celtic horse godddess, both of whom were sometimes represented with the head of a mare and the body of a woman, but this was after he had produced the image.
Ted Hughes' A Green Mother was one of Peter's favourite poems. I read it over and over when he died, and found it almost unbearable. In the weeks before his passing there were two hair-raisingly beautiful bird appearances – by which I mean that a wild bird comes, or stays, very close, and usually maintains eye contact. The significance of these extra-ordinary moments lies in their often exquisite timing, the biographical or cultural importance of the bird in question, and an indescribable quality of communion. In this case one of the birds was from my own companion species, and the other from Peter's.
Note: Bernard Takawira made a sculpture entitled 'Hanging on a Leaf', and wrote 'All Life Hangs on a Leaf. The oxygen we breathe and the food that sustains us all come from the leaves'. http://arctangent.smugmug.com/Art/Chapungu-Zimbabwe-sculpture.
Roy Guthrie, Prominent Sculptors of Zimbabwe, Bernard Takawira, The Gallery Shona Sculpture, Chapungu Village P.O box 2863, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Peter's Stone God, a video film made by Amanda Ravetz in 1996, can be found at Vimeo.com/33462173.
A Green Mother, can be found in Ted Hughes' Collected Poems, Faber ( its the version collected in Cave Birds, rather than the uncollected one ), or in Cave Birds, An Alchemical Cave Drama, with drawings by Leonard Baskin, The Viking Press, 1978.
The 'Blurb' for Peter Goode's 1994 Exhibition All Life Lives on A Leaf.
The Nesting of Colour – This tree was so bountiful and beautiful that it kept haunting me. It kept saying "I want you to look at me, look at my colours". And as I did so, a fascinating light came out and the tree became the palette. Instead of me painting it, it painted me.
Reflective Flight – This tree said to me 'look into my coloured branches. We hang colour on a white Palette, the bird is the brush'.
The Children with Green Bonnets – This is the total statement about life and death. The reason why you can see the seed within the womb, the seed becomes the leaf, the leaf becomes the grass and the grass becomes the tree in a total cycle of life. This particular bird is flying over the four continents, fetching and carrying the embryo.
Thunder and Lightning behind a Feather – This is a statement about fire, wind, earth, and water, having a natural growth. Being in their natural order. Not eating the hunger but being fed. Not being destructive, but celebrating their own energies, this is why the fish can fly and snakes dance.
The Never ending Journey – How can you paint wind? I had to make a statement of complete nothingness. It's so easy for me to fill all corners. How can you draw something that's static but moving? It was like putting two jigsaw puzzles of a thousand pieces together. The centre is the centre of the universe. A very small eye of conception supported by space.
These are the Stone Gods – The movement of spiritual stones has always been important to me. I wanted to show the roots going completely into the inner earth. These are stones, but also more spiritual forms than human. The spirit swan going into the stones lays its spiritual body back into the earth. A joyous curtain of rainbow celebrates rebirth.
The Spark of Pollen – This is like the Pollen Bringers – the sunlight. Celebrating the poetry of nature. the world of reading, not just the written word but the spark of pollen. The reading of the unwritten word. The small unhatched gods in the imagination house. We can take a flight of freedom, of pain, of anger, of happiness. That's why there is so much blue, green, and yellow in it. This is the reverse of the Moon on the Window, this is the Sun on the Canvas.


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