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But bro they could be vectors of the disease!!!1!1!1! I read the science. Think about the children! You’re a moron anti mask anti vaccine Nazi literal fascist racist white supremacist xenophobic homophobic transphobic bigoted misogynist. I hope you get covid and die while eaten by an alligator while you fall out of a plane and get hit by a bus.

On a real note, at this point I can’t even trust the word ‘science.’ If this is what science is, I don’t believe in science. I’m all set, thanks. I’ll stick to God and common sense.
Don’t worry.

They’re not following science whatsoever.

Just authoritarianism and groupthink.
 
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On a real note, at this point I can’t even trust the word ‘science.’ If this is what science is, I don’t believe in science. I’m all set, thanks. I’ll stick to God and common sense.
It's what happen when religion is replaced with "science". The world becomes devoid of any morality, and people cling to science as if it was humanity's only hope.

The difference is that religious central powers don't control you. Science can. When "scientists" say to lock down and vaccinate everyone they can do it. If the Vatican or other institutions proposed it we'd be giving them the middle finger.

I don't trust "science" when it's so politicised. Dissent is silenced. Scientific discourse is barred. That's now how progress is made. Progress is made by challenging ideas and dissecting them to their essence.

Nowadays there is "what's right" and every other idea is banned from the public. People label who disagrees as "no vax" (as if...) or "conspiracy theorist" and frame the discussion to make it impossible to have a real discussion. You can't even argue with these people, because their assumption is that you're stupid or uneducated.
 

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I think he’s legit. Sure, he’s loud, but he’s an operator too. He’s built up an agency of over 600 employees.

Plus this:
I think he's legit too, just a bit too loud sometimes. Although the advice he gives, I feel he follows them too. Unlike other gurus who sell $1000 courses and don't give a damn about what they're teaching and whom they're teaching to.
 

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But bro they could be vectors of the disease!!!1!1!1! I read the science. Think about the children! You’re a moron anti mask anti vaccine Nazi literal fascist racist white supremacist xenophobic homophobic transphobic bigoted misogynist. I hope you get covid and die while eaten by an alligator while you fall out of a plane and get hit by a bus.

On a real note, at this point I can’t even trust the word ‘science.’ If this is what science is, I don’t believe in science. I’m all set, thanks. I’ll stick to God and common sense.
Dude, the wife wanted to go to a store called home goods about a week ago.

Walking through there, I couldn’t help but think I was at the DNC. It looked like our Civil War 2 opposition. :rofl:

A bunch of dead inside, bootlicking, mask wearing, socialist, hippie, racists.
 
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Dude, the wife wanted to go to a store called home goods about a week ago.

Walking through there, I couldn’t help but think I was at the DNC. It looked like our Civil War 2 opposition. :rofl:

A bunch of dead inside, bootlicking, mask wearing, socialist, hippie, racists.

Did you encounter anyone giving you a pamphlet about changing the “American Flag”?

because you know… it’s racist.
 

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My right eye is bruised from getting punched in the face at sparring at an MMA gym - first time that I've done that in 3 years or so.

It feels good to be back.
 

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The difference is that religious central powers don't control you.
History begs to differ.

Massive central power of any kind can and will control you. Religious has had its time in the sun, right now for the moment it is "science".

Come to think of it it was not religion or "science" that has done either of the controlling, it has been government using both of those titles in the name of "the greater good".

Once again government control rears its ugly head and yet people think they are still there to help us.
 
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History begs to differ.

Massive central power of any kind can and will control you. Religious has had its time in the sun, right now for the moment it is "science".

Come to think of it it was not religion or "science" that has done either of the controlling, it has been government using both of those titles in the name of "the greater good".

Once again government control rears its ugly head and yet people think they are still there to help us.

Yes, I was referring to the current western world. I am aware of the Catholic church's past.

It's always governments that do the killing and the pillaging. Countries wage war between each other, causing misery and famine. The governants send their pawns to war in the name of religion—in the past—or democracy—now.

There's an excellent book by Hans-Hermann Hoppe titled "Democracy: the God that failed". It explains how democracy works, and how democratic governments keeps expanding their power.

It also explains how the whole government thing started. Tribes conquered other tribes. Instead stealing everything from the conquered, the winners subjugated the losers. Then, they made them pay periodic ransoms. It was more profitable this way. That's how governments operated since the dawn of time.

Is living without government an utopistic ideal? Yes. But spreading the ideas is a start. If enough people want to secede from the government it might happen in the future.
 

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Dude, the wife wanted to go to a store called home goods about a week ago.

Walking through there, I couldn’t help but think I was at the DNC. It looked like our Civil War 2 opposition. :rofl:

A bunch of dead inside, bootlicking, mask wearing, socialist, hippie, racists.
I wish the forum had a puke emoji. Preferably projectile.
 

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I drank 2 pounds of honey today
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Just got back from Utah and spent several hours in two different airports.

Boy 'o boy, Americans just get fatter and fatter and I see no end in sight, not to mention, most of them were stuffing their faces with Cokes, fast food, and other junk.

I feel like I no longer belong on this planet.

things can always get more retarded

“Climate change.”

"Evil Capitalists"

Don't know what ya'll are talking about, I'm still on a news detox, and plan to be for the rest of my life.
 

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This is probably the third time in a row I'm complaining about my own country.
(from a usually so-so guy)

Today we are supposed to transition to partial lockdowns, but recent government plans said we can only do that IF cases go below 4000 daily.

How do you even get to below 4000 cases??? Even if you magically get everyone vaxinated, folks can still get infected. The key is to enable them to recover as fast as possible (hence the vaccine?) or die less- so tracking cases isn't going to be that meaningful.

Our neighbour Singapore just decided that 'well, it's here to stay', and started making plans to open up, stop tracking of cases, stop infection-tracing and focus on ensuring there's enough incubators for more severe cases. Treating COVID like a regular flu.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/heal...ore-preparing-live-endemic-C0VlD-19-residents

Which can be done- as much as I hate vaccines, they've already dished them out pretty well.

You don't see Fauci setting reopening goals based on number of daily cases, even with his lockdown-happy views. Is my country really out of health advisors to advise the leadership?!

I keep watching the show 1911, where it outlines the struggle of Sun Yat-Sen to free China from the Qing Dynasty. Although he kind of botched the final works to set up the Republic of China, I could understand why today's Chinese people stick with their Communist Party....was it not long ago that they had to endure DECADES of civil war and massive incompetence from the government?

Still, I have to give mad props to the Chinese people for taking up arms against the Qing or whatever that was sending the nation to the shitter.

I've no idea why here in Malaysia we aren't doing anything of the sort.

I hope that once the worst of the pandemic is over, the people of all nations can judge for themselves how their own leaders performed in such bad times. And if they didn't perform, they MUST be removed by all means...by ballot, bullets, economically, etc.

EDIT: Local stock market took a diver again and broke below 1560-support.
My current portfolio is still defensible, are quality picks, not too red- but I'm thinking of selling heavily to go to US markets. Better start punishing the country by voting with my money.

Thing is, I'm still learning options on TastyTrade, and I haven't practiced any strategies on ThinkorSwim simulator.
And I don't want to do rash things just because I'm angry.
 
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I keep watching the show 1911, where it outlines the struggle of Sun Yat-Sen to free China from the Qing Dynasty. Although he kind of botched the final works to set up the Republic of China
Sun Yat-Sen is what we called today as 'influencer'. The early Chinese settlers in the British colonial government were willing to send money to fund his activities. I guess some of them might be your earliest relatives. Would've been nostalgic to know. I did had a chat with a third-generation Chinese lady who married a native of East Malaysian. She told me how the Japanese Army during WWII tried to look for her grandfather in the deep jungle of Mount Kinabalu.

why today's Chinese people stick with their Communist Party....was it not long ago that they had to endure DECADES of civil war and massive incompetence from the government?
Maybe it's actually the opposite.

The Communist Party of China only managed to recover from the Great Chinese Famine, allowing free-market economy after millions starved to death.

Remember how silly Jack Ma is, when he met Elon Musk? I don't believe that's Jack Ma, the billionaire. He's a forced mouthpiece member of the government.

Isn't this is what we called a competent one?

Still, I have to give mad props to the Chinese people for taking up arms against the Qing or whatever that was sending the nation to the shitter.

I've no idea why here in Malaysia we aren't doing anything of the sort.

I hope that once the worst of the pandemic is over, the people of all nations can judge for themselves how their own leaders performed in such bad times. And if they didn't perform, they MUST be removed by all means...by ballot, bullets, economically, etc.
Are you implying an armed revolution? Or are you just using figures of speech? Because, it would be harder for entrepreneurs like us to start a business, and then achieve Fastlane in the midst of a full scale armed-conflict.

The way I looked at the present situation now in regards to the government handling of the pandemic, I tried to be optimistic by looking at the previous 22-months government. It could've been worse.
 

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Just got back from Utah and spent several hours in two different airports.

Boy 'o boy, Americans just get fatter and fatter and I see no end in sight, not to mention, most of them were stuffing their faces with Cokes, fast food, and other junk.

I feel like I no longer belong on this planet.







Don't know what ya'll are talking about, I'm still on a news detox, and plan to be for the rest of my life.

Lol I went on 2 month vacation back in 2017 in the states, dammit I was shocked when I saw how fat people are.
I'm from Israel and I've visited Europe few times, and no country is even comparable to Americans, LOL...

Almost everyone is fat and lots of people where HUGE (I'm talking 300-400+ lbs) and yet it seems normal because every one is either fat or extremely obese, pretty rare to see thin people, even more rare to see fit and muscular people.
I remember the portions were huge, even slushies from gas stops were huge, like 2L+ for one. The portions at the market or restaurants were huge too, unlimited soda from fastfood...
:rofl::(
 

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Just got back from Utah and spent several hours in two different airports.

Boy 'o boy, Americans just get fatter and fatter and I see no end in sight, not to mention, most of them were stuffing their faces with Cokes, fast food, and other junk.

I feel like I no longer belong on this planet.







Don't know what ya'll are talking about, I'm still on a news detox, and plan to be for the rest of my life.

How fat does this country need to get before people realize that "health" authorities don't care about anyone's health (even their own!!!)?

The average online dating profile pic in 2050 (just kidding - we're already there):

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pretty rare to see thin people, even more rare to see fit and muscular people.
I remember the portions were huge,

Another perk of being in shape - you can shut down most obnoxious people with "shut up lardass."
 
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Sun Yat-Sen is what we called today as 'influencer'. The early Chinese settlers in the British colonial government were willing to send money to fund his activities. I guess some of them might be your earliest relatives. Would've been nostalgic to know. I did had a chat with a third-generation Chinese lady who married a native of East Malaysian. She told me how the Japanese Army during WWII tried to look for her grandfather in the deep jungle of Mount Kinabalu.
He actually spent some time in Penang.
We have a Sun Yat-Sen museum there today.


Are you implying an armed revolution? Or are you just using figures of speech? Because, it would be harder for entrepreneurs like us to start a business, and then achieve Fastlane in the midst of a full scale armed-conflict.

The way I looked at the present situation now in regards to the government handling of the pandemic, I tried to be optimistic by looking at the previous 22-months government. It could've been worse.
Armed revolution is impossible unless a part of the country’s armed forces side with you. For most modern revolutions, from the Russian Revolution to the Middle East, that has always been the case.

If you want a figure-of-speech thing, then yes, I’d mean taking your money, time and effort away from the country and going elsewhere to be better rewarded.

I already do that by working freelance online with overseas clients. I also accept less local jobs. I mean…what the F*ck for?

Something is telling me to start cutting ties to local friends and family so I can start migrating once pandemic is off. But would that make me happy? I consider that sometimes…

I wouldn’t know if the previous government would do any better. I’d expect them to excel with a few good parts of strategy like vaccines transparency, but maybe not with “bigly shit” like financial aid for businesses.

You won’t find them with totally inept ministers with policy confusions, or RM1000 fines though!
 
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PCR test cycles are different depending on vaccination status (from Livestream #85)

 

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Some good advice, some fluff. Overall an episode worth listening once. SPI never disappoints.
 

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One of the dumbest things about modern America is how we segregate the ages. If you spend all of your time only with people who are the same age as you, then you are an idiot.

Spend time with older people so that you can learn from their wisdom; and so that you understand early that you will age and eventually die, letting you prepare accordingly.

Spend time with younger people so that you can be invigorated by their vitality and idealism. Also, spending time with kids in particular will make a lot of adult behavior more clear (the volatility of the stock market / cryptocurrencies make much more sense when you watch children fight over toys which only become interesting when another child starts playing with it).
 
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the lingo made me laugh but he's right.

The best people to network with are going to be older - they've had decades more to build connections, experience, expertise, knowledge and wisdom.

You're probably not going to get a big investment or private loan from another 25 year old. More like from a 50 or 60 year old.
 
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One of the dumbest things about modern America is how we segregate the ages. If you spend all of your time only with people who are the same age as you, then you are an idiot.

Spend time with older people so that you can learn from their wisdom; and so that you understand early that you will age and eventually die, letting you prepare accordingly.

Spend time with younger people so that you can be invigorated by their vitality and idealism. Also, spending time with kids in particular will make a lot of adult behavior more clear (the volatility of the stock market / cryptocurrencies make much more sense when you watch children fight over toys which only become interesting when another child starts playing with it).
This is epic. Very well put.

Historically my friends have been much older than me. It just worked that way through my 20s. Most people in my age range were communist losers that just wanted to party or complain about their jobs.

I’m glad to be in my 30s, but the idiots just got older with me.

I have always hated “partying.”
 
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I have always hated “partying.”

Partying is fun when you're celebrating big wins with people who helped you get there. It's often empty otherwise.
 

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“Climate change.”
Now even climat change is a conspiracy? Sure, the fact that we build with no limits, waste everything and use resources like we live in paradise has no consequences at all.
And I’m curious, what’s the point of climat change conspiracy?
 
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Now even climat change is a conspiracy? Sure, the fact that we build with no limits, waste everything and use resources like we live in paradise has no consequences at all.
And I’m curious, what’s the point of climat change conspiracy?
There are solutions to everything.
Ever heard of recycling? It’s a huge industry. You could even start a business doing it.

Waste management is a massive company. They provide incredible value to the world.

The conspiracy part is more about ineffective solutions. Real solutions can come from entrepreneurs.

You can also develop products that pollute less, and see if people will buy them. Many of them will.
 

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There are solutions to everything.
Ever heard of recycling? It’s a huge industry. You could even start a business doing it.

Waste management is a massive company. They provide incredible value to the world.

The conspiracy part is more about ineffective solutions. Real solutions can come from entrepreneurs.

You can also develop products that pollute less, and see if people will buy them. Many of them will.
Of course there are solutions, I’m not saying climat change will end the world.

But climate change is real, the situation is critical, and the last thing to do is to minimize the problem.
 

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