I think many of us here are over 60 and into their 70' and 80'. I, as you know my  life is in a foreign country and I'm really some what illiterate here, but I manage to get by.
My life now is that of one that lives by oneself. It's not a lifestyle I choose, but life is given to us and we shall abide and accept it. As the path of life leads us on a daily walk into the unknown thrill of just being alive, I've chose to say to myself, touch the ground with my souls of my feet and feel the vibrant life that awaits me every day. 
Thanks for reading.
MIM

Liberal Shitholes like San Francisco, Seattle, LA, DC, are like what you will see below.

A culture of being the biggest piece of shit possible with out much repercussion for doing so.

I say the world needs more Roof Koreans.

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Quote:He couldn’t get chopsticks out of his head — and we’re not talking about the piano tune.

A man in Vietnam who had experienced severe headaches for five months was flabbergasted after discovering that he had a pair of chopsticks lodged in his skull.

Quote:The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Dong Hoi Hospital in central Quang Binh province, a facility that Cuban leader Fidel Castro committed to help Vietnam during his historical trip to the liberated area in South Vietnam 45 years ago, is regarded as a ‘gem’ of the friendship between the two countries.

Quote:However, when he reported to the hospital following the incident, doctors didn’t find any chopsticks or any abnormalities with his nose.

One state, Two state, Red state, Blue state,
Black state, Blue state, Old state, New state.
This one has an electric car.
This one has a battle scar.
Say! What a lot of states there are.

There was a debate tonight.  I thought it was great watching. So I decided to score it, like my opinion matters. 

Anyway... Here is one random American's thoughts. 

Question 1: Migration

DeSantis went right for the birthday party.

Newsom, would you answer the damn question? What is your response to why people leave California? Just say it! It's too EXPENSIVE. People are moving because it's too expensive.

Politifact says: More Floridians move to California than vice versa. But Ron won the point.

DeSantis 1 - Newsom 0

Question 2: Taxes

This one is funny. Florida has a higher poverty rate by far, and greater wealth inequality.

Oh why did you have to go and pimp for Biden's Job Creation, which is a fallacy.

Debate-wise, you lost. I even agree with higher taxes and you lost pimping fallacy on this one, Gavin.

DeSantis 2 - Newsom 0

Question 3: Unemployment/Job Creation

And it's about covid... And who kept their Disney park open. Oh LOOK HOW WE BOTH DID ON OUR COVID DEATH RATES. But what about unemployment rates? Their really low. Lowest they've been in decades, right?

Ron was pro vaccine, pro lock down, pro everything until that became a party issue. All true.

This is funny. This covid back and forth. Lol.

If you're an economist, using standard metrics, Newsom is killing him on this one. And I prefer democrat economic policy (taxes)

DeSantis 2 - Newsom 1

Question 4: Immigration

Numbers dropped. 1.7 million gotaways.

Ron didnt support amnesty, Gavin. He voted against Security and Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 6136). You did lie.

But he did support a few that could be considered indirect support under Obama.

And again with the birthday party.

 And that is screwed up to lie to them for a political stunt and then eventually drop them at a Sacremento, California Home Depot parking lot.

But it worked.

And now, there really is a 14B dollar border plan. The aforementioned stunt may have something to do with that.

But that's a new thing for democrats so...

DeSantis 3 - Newsom 1

Question 5: Crime

We also have the most car accidents, Ron.

Homicide Rates in 2023:

Florida: 9.7/100k #19
California 8.8/100k #26

Actually California does have the better crime rate.

We're not leaving in droves anymore. That reversed in 2023 in several cities. We are not facing a crime ridden reality. People just don't like our politics. And LA murders are down 22% In 2023.

Highest murder rates are almost always red states. But we're leaving in droves! Favorite point he has. Crime is fine here.

DeSantis 3 - Newsom 2

Question 6: Parental Rights

Don't say gay!

What a fucking lead-in softball question to kiss Florida's policies ass, Hannity. Impartial my ass.

"Using education as a sword for your cultural purge"

Sorry but, ❤️❤️❤️! Exactly.

Wow, they didn't let Newsom defend that attack by DeSantis. I want to know what how he responds to minor sexchange tourism. Seems like a point he wants to defend... nevermind Fox is moving on...

BS. Fox. LGBT bias from me.

DeSantis 3 - Newsom 3

Question 7: Education

California Kids are stupid as shit. Florida kids really are smarter. Except the Universities. Now Back to covid. Blaming Biden. Yes, we are a union state. But, DeSantis made the better point on that short question..

DeSantis 4 - Newsome 3

Oh, here we go.

Question 8: Abortion

Why are you afraid to say it, Gavin?

You can only affirm you support 3rd trimester abortion through euphemism of "I support the decision of the doctor and her mother in rare circumstances?"

I support that too, avoided answer nonetheless. Just say yes, and let them twist it.

Science says: Fetal heartbeats are involuntary nerve impulse (electrical signal) in the lump of cells that become the circulatory system.

And Newsom can use all my tax money he wants (265 million this year) to fund those wicked abortions.

6 weeks is BS anyway, 57% of Ohio agrees with Newsom too.

And abortions performed past 30 weeks account for 0.0 nationally. Not even enough to register a tenth of a percentage.

They put Newsom on blast to answer and he wouldn't play.

Another bias point awarded.

DeSantis 4 - Newsom 4

Lightning Round:

Those answers were all as expected. Better stop this, right Fox? Newsom is killing him again.

DeSantis 4 - Newsom 5

Question 9: Oil

I hate energy crap. What is greedy oil vs greedy green bullshit? I support a SELF-SUSTAINING AMERICAN ENERGY industry, and if that means drilling Alaska or switching to hydrogen, so be it.

But this is on the debate, trying to avoid  personal opinions. Though we will have Internal Combustion until 2035 for new vehicles. Misleading from Ron. 

And I hate EV's and climate crap so another bias point. 

DeSantis 5 - Newsome 5

Question 10: Homelessness

Yeah what about homelessness?

Those really are freedoms, he's got you there.

How many times is Ron gonna bring up people moving? 

You know birthrates are also way down. That doesn't get brought up, though.  From 110 per 1000 women aged 25-29 to 70 per 1000 in 2021. That keeps falling too. No one wants kids. Families move out. Young people move in and get dogs.

But that's not this issue.

The San Fransisco shit map was great. The counter "You're a bully" thing was also funny. Point Ron. Law and Order does better with homelessness.

DeSantis 6 - Newsom 5

Question 11: Israel

On the issue, they both said the right thing. And then bitched at each other... tie.

DeSantis 7 - Newsom 6

Question 12: China

Ron is right, they are our number one foe. All Gavin does kiss their ass. But gavin is right, Ron pandered for Chinese money too. And there they go again...

True, Newsom did call out China for drugs and the Uyghurs, diplomatically. But Newsom didn't say anything negative like they're not turning the world against us. He deflected again.

They both deflected a lot. Final point, Ron, because it appears China owns Newsom.

Final Score: DeSantis 8 - Newsom 6

I guess that's it. And the final score. I really am a libertarian...

DeSantis wins with the weaker debate kung-fu. He flailed and still won. Which is hilarious.

Newsom debates better. But Ron beat him on my arbitrary point awarding, all non conservatives would say Newsom slaughtered him, and vice versa. I do feel Newsom gave Trump and Haley a bump.

And pretty much just assured Trump the Republican nomination.

That was fun. I want to see Trump v. Newsom

The U.S. Navy will conduct its first submarine maintenance work in Australia next summer using the sub tender Emory S. Land, with 30 Australian sailors embarked to learn how to repair the Virginia class of submarine. 

Raven said Australian officers, sailors and government civilians are already in the nuclear training pipeline with the U.S. Navy and are learning attack sub maintenance procedures in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and at Barrow-in-Furness, England.

Story

I will spare the reader an outline of the massive obstacles and issues facing Australia's nuclear-powered submarine ambitions. But this might interest anyone interested in present USN and possible future RAN platforms. 

I note how maintenance on the Virginia class will be undertaken with or on submarine tenders. There probably isn't room for a dry dock at HMAS Stirling, and work on the RAN's Collins class submarines is done in Adelaide.

Got tired of fucking retards deleting my posts cause they a bitch.

So, I have posted this story before, it has become one of my favorite due to the Shadow Person isn't menacing, there is a photo involved, and the people who took the picture allowed me to use it and tell their story. My investigation notes are also include. The only difference is that I only included one photo since the other photo didn't seem interesting. 

 
Date of event: 16 Jun 2012
Location of Event: Seattle Science Center, Seattle WA.


During the Egyptian history exhibit a Shadow Person was reported in the gold room by a married couple from Marysville WA. This event was witnessed by a few other people. Only one other person at the event was able to be contacted for a description of what they had seen. A member of the Set-up team had made a statement that they also spotted a Shadowy figure during the setup of the event. This eyewitness didn't witness the event in the gold exhibit room, so I will not include this testimony for this event.

The claim of the couple that did the reporting on this Shadow Person event stated that the shadowy figure seemed to be standing guard over some of the exhibited pieces. This claim was repeated by the other eyewitness to this event.

Added notes:
None of the people interviewed about this event claimed any feelings of malice or anger. Both the couple that did the reporting and the other contacted eyewitness both stated that the Shadow Person in question seemed to be standing guard but would fade out when looked at directly.

The member of the exhibit set up team had stated that there was a shadowy figure that would be reported as, "being seen out of the corner of your eye, but when looked at directly would simple vanish." This set up team member also added that the shadowy figure would stand out of the way but would seem to be keeping an eye on the people handling the pieces of the exhibit.

After seeing the pictures included, and interviewing the other eyewitnesses, I will have to conclude that this event has enough merit to place this event as a possible Shadow Person event.


Picture:
 

In alignment with the motto of this site "deny ignorance", I want to offer some insights into authentic German cooking.

Have you ever wanted to eat some special dish from a foreign country and searching for recipes? Only to discover that there are tons of variations and substitutions, sometimes even complete different dishes? Often when I search for famous recipes from different countries, there are a lot of self-made variations, that often do not represent the actual food I am looking for. Variations are nice but some dishes I have seen on English cooking boards that are allegedly German, could not be more far away from the actual experience.

That is why I start by offering easy to follow, step by step recipes with pictures and comments how to get there. For this I chose a few famous foods from my region and present them to you in the poll above. I will cook them and take photos so you don't miss any important steps. Even if you think you are bad at cooking but have not given up yet, you will be surprised how easy it can be. Without all the modern flashy riff-raff, "secret ingredients" or special techniques.

I hope to see similar threads from members that love to cook and are willing share their local recipes. Knowing this forum is just filling up, I will wait a few weeks and collect results, then start producing the recipes for you. 

My standards are to use no artificial flavoring or sauce-fix products, not even sauce-binder. You will learn to substitute all this with your skills, instead of chemicals that are bad for your health. Don't be afraid, if you can cut an onion, you can pull of some of these recipes with good results. 

The poll is multiple choice and I begin with the highest rated ones.

One of the accusations made against the Knights Templars was the issue of idolatry. In the case of the Templars the idol was a head or skull, depending on which source you read from. Now for a little bit of a disclaimer.
 
For the context of this thread, we will make a few assumptions:
 
(1) The human body and the soul are two separate things in which the body is a physical vessel for the metaphysical soul to inhabit.
 
(2) The body and soul can be operated without each other.
 
(3) The soul can be encased in other objects.
 
There is this device called an “Oracles’ Head”. The most famous of these is the supposed existence of Roger Bacon’s Brazen Head which he used to divine events and outcomes of choices he postulated to it. Other people who reportedly had one of these heads were; Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Johann Georg Faust (yes that same Faust, but the real historical person no the character in the play) and Albertus Magnus.
 
The notion that the Knights Templar could have had one of these Oracles’ Heads would explain many of the odd stories of how they were able to escape with their treasure ships during the French Kings persecutions and how they were able to flee their castle along the French/Spanish boarder at the time.
 
Sure, some of the Templars were captured, but most went underground. It can be speculated that those captured (even Molay the head of the organization) didn’t have the head in their possession at the time.
 
This head was both defined as being the head of John the Baptist and/or Baphomet, and even charges of it being the Jewish god Moloch. What if it wasn’t any of these but instead it was a head shaped idol or even the real skull of a Templar founder, French knight Hugues de Payens. Necromancy has, throughout history, was a way to learn about events from both the past and the future. It was believed that the dead lived outside of time and could give these points of view as advisories to the living.
 
Now this wouldn’t excuse the Templars from the accusations of idol worship, but it would possibly excuse them for having use of it. One wouldn’t have to worship the head only have accessible position of it in order to benefit from its creation.
 
Oh, how could have been created? When the first Knights took to a encampment on the Temple Mount in the captured Al-Aqsa Mosque and started doing treasure digs at the site. They might have come across scrolls/documents about esoteric matters such as magic and relic crafting. Then when their leadership was near death, they might have removed the Knights soul and encased it in an idol or skull of a fallen Knight.
 
So, I’ll end this thread opener with the notion that could these talking heads that the Templars have been accused of worshipping had just been Oracles’ Heads, and if so, where did they end up? The Vatican, The French Monarchy, Switzerland where some of the French Templars fled from, or somewhere else?

I am just speechless.
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Quote:Really useful application helping Us to boycott Israeli products.

A bucket of hot water will not freeze faster than a bucket of cold water.  However, a bucket of water that been heated or boiled, then allowed to cool to  the same temperature as the bucket  of cold  water , may breeze faster. Heating or boiling drives out some  of the air bubbles in water; because air bubbles cut down thermal conductivity, they can inhibit freezing. For the same reason, previously heated water forms denser ice than unheated water, which is why hot-water pipes tend to burst before cold-water pipes.

Quote:You who dress Yourself in such a way as to increase Lord Damodara's love and attachment for You! O queen of Vrndavana, which is the pleasure grove of Lord Hari! O new moon that has arisen from the ocean of King Vrsabhanu! O friend of Lalita! O You who make Visakha loyal to You due to Your wonderful qualities of friendliness, kindness, and faithfulness to Krsna! O You who are filled with compassion! O You whose divine characteristics are described by the great sages Sanaka and Sanatana! O Radha, please be merciful to me!

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My  friend lives in Russia and I don't know what is the update, but here is a video. Pretty bad situation it is. 

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I've always thought America had good checks and balances with the wider teachings of our universities with whatever dogma was generally absorbed before "higher education" at home secondary schools etc. We know the MSM isn't exactly unbiased either

Now however we have lost or are losing the balance.

Not going to lie the mashup of everybody thinking they must go to college, with 86% stating they learn about the conflict on social media, is the most concerning trend I hear about America's future. There is very little fact-checking, or reading learning from other sources, hell even on legit sites the comments are chock full of propagandized BS. Still, see posts about Israeli copters firing at the Nova music festival which is a known complete falsehood. No doubt an organized foreign effort mixed with the domestic ill-informed is a dangerous mix.

The internet initially was fantastic for reading and learning about current events and history, now every headline article or comment needs to be vetted and researched for accuracy as all social media contributors aren't concerned about being factually correct, or concise but the clicks views, and likes.


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A new survey reveals that 22% of college students sympathize with Hamas. Roughly a quarter of U.S. college students are confident in their knowledge about the war between Israel and Hamas, with 6% saying they’re extremely knowledgeable, and 19% saying they’re very knowledgeable.

Social media is the most common source of information about these issues for students. Eighty-six percent of college students say they’ve learned about the conflict and/or current war on social media.

Among the 99% of respondents who say they’ve used social media in the past three weeks, 32% say they see information about these issues all the time on social media, while 41% say they do often. Additionally, 19% say they see information about these issues some of the time, while 6% say not very often. Only 1% of social media users say they never see related information on their channels.

Students also have learned about the Israel-Palestine conflict and Israel-Hamas war through news articles (62%), talking directly to others (58%), televised news (56%), and podcasts (17%).

Nearly half of students, 48%, say they’re somewhat knowledgeable on the most recent conflict, while 23% are not very knowledgeable. Only 4% of students say they’re not knowledgeable at all.

“College students often feel compelled to stay informed about global events and to engage in meaningful discourse, both in and out of the classroom,” says Eric Eng, a college admission expert and the founder and CEO of AdmissionSight. “This sense of responsibility, particularly in our information age, could account for the number of students who claim to be ‘very knowledgeable’ about the situation. Yet, it’s worth noting that being informed doesn’t necessarily equate to a comprehensive understanding of such complex issues.”

Referred to this site so I'm checking it out.  I'm so happy that I recognize some of you who kept the same or similar handles.  Looking forward to good content and I hope to contribute worthy posts.

Right, this may read as fiction, but it actually happened to me this morning...

At work, my office has a small balcony. I saw a small honey bee not so much landed as flopped onto it. I noticed she was struggling to walk… stumbling and rolling over. Either she was exhausted or it was too cold, either way, she was on her last legs, literally.

A few minutes later I saw that she wasn’t struggling anymore and just laid there on her back with her legs curled inwards; the typical posture of a dead insect. I didn’t photograph her, but here is how it looked. The only difference is that her wings were out swept like an F-14 when landing.




I don’t know why, but I felt a strong urge to bring her indoors. So, I put her in a paper cup and examined her better. She was completely listless, however, I felt compelled to try to warm her up. I began to huff on her gently. After a few seconds I noticed her hind legs unfurl and stretch out. At first I thought it was some kind of stimulus response, but I wasn’t blowing at her directly, more like heavy breathing into the cup.

I continued for about a minute and lo and behold, her other four legs started moving, then her wings started up. Seeing her wings buzzing was an awesome sight. Shortly after, she was completely back to normal and took flight. I had to recapture her as she buzzed against the patio doors and eventually, let her go on her merry way. She flew straight up into the wild blue yonder.

I hope she lives long and prospers; perhaps one day I’ll enjoy her honey. One thing is sure, at least she didn’t perish on my watch.

I’m not sure why I felt the need to post this, but the feel-good factor I just felt made up for a pretty crappy few days I’ve been having.

Sounds more realistic. But what are points actually for?

Just a note of hello... The site looks great and very clean; hopefully it will grow into something all members can be proud of..

In the world of The History Channel, The Inca said the sky gods built their empire.

They must have forgot Viracocha came from Lake Titicaca.

I know I share this OFTEN, but in the name of adding content to this new site, and denying ignorance, I feel this is a good addition for the aliens section.

I would like to help Michael Heiser posthumously call out the deception of the Ancient Aliens Theory promoted by Sitchin and Von Daniken.

They are both pseudo-intellectual charlatans that use deception to promote alternative theories without base in logic.

False Dilemna abound. 

[Video: https://youtu.be/j9w-i5oZqaQ?si=TyK14LGyKJ_RAeOs]

It's a bit long but you can skip around to all the sections. They debunk almost every claim of the 1st Season.  

I can only criticize this movie for the Pyramid Section. They debunked The Ancient Aliens claim by offering an answer to their false dilemma with the internal ramp construction theory. 

Other than that 4.5 stars.

I also really like the poll feature.

Just a quick hello and letting everyone Know I'm in the new house .      Love that New Car Smell.

A slight preface, the quote and source for this thread are from a book written by John Michael Greer. 
The book is titled “The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies” (ISBN: 978-0-00-861625-0).

Quote:On December 14,1825 a group of officers led 3000 fully armed soldiers into the Senate Square near the center of the imperial capital, St Petersburg, hoping to spark a rising in the Russian army. The attempt failed, and later that afternoon troops loyal to the Tsar opened fire on the would-be revolutionaries, killing many and scattering the rest. Another rising a few days later in the Ukraine met a similar fate. Members of both risings were called “Decemberists” after the date of their attempted revolts. When the government commission investigated, however, it discovered that the rising was the product of secret societies who had been busy for most of a decade.

For a long time, my normal home on ATS has been the "Recent Posts" page, which seems to give the best "feel" for the current topics of conversation.

I explored this site looking for an equivalent page, and it looks as though "Today's Posts" is doing much the same job. (Rather than "New Posts", which dosen't seem to go back very far)

My only question, then, is when "Today" begins for the purposs of that page? Midnight in which time-zone? Or does it go back exactly twenty-four hours?

To all the gear heads, what is your favorite motor sport if you had to choose between the two? What would you choose if you had the chance to drive in any of the two classes?

Remember, it's less about what sport has the better drivers, as they can't be really compared. Rallye has no safety net, cars are easier to handle, but F1 has a lot more G-forces and precision necessary during those G-forces. So it can not be compared directly.

I would choose Rallye. For the simple reason that it's raw, dirty and build on a car with a normal chassis. It's competitive but the drama around the drivers is way less. Less glory and more about the sport itself. More room for innovations and in terms of driving awareness, a lot harder than F1, where you know the track has 15 curves you drove through a couple hundred times already. Rallye you drove the curves 2-3 times a week or longer ago. You might be relying on a team mate telling you what's up next. Since then, rain, snow, drought. Never know what's behind the corner. No one to help you if something breaks down. That's raw motorsport for me. This whole package is what would lead me to Rallye instead of F1.

What's your choice and why?