by lepton | Jul 30, 2016 | Semantics
So now even millennial suicide bombers are too narcissistic: Mustafa Hamid, a former high-ranking Egyptian volunteer with the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s, described his own frustration with many of the later waves of volunteers arriving to that conflict. “One of...
by lepton | Jul 27, 2016 | Faith
There is little Christians, particularly Christians that prescribe to the prosperity gospel, hate more then people with disabilities. The stench of unanswered prayer precedes us. We make prayer look bad but since Christians aren’t allowed to attack God they...
by lepton | Jul 25, 2016 | Faith, Personal
I think I have a poor capacity to process negative emotions. For example most of my life my radar has been jammed by shame (for looking/being different, not having a job, a place, and SO, etc..). This has drowned out the guilt I’m supposed to feel that would...
by lepton | Jul 23, 2016 | Music
This Godspeed You Black Emperor! song was written in 1998 but it feels like it was written for 2016.
by lepton | Jul 18, 2016 | Economy
There is a chart from a Pew Survey that asked the question, “is today a good day?”. Richer countries scored lower than poorer ones, by large margins. A lot of countries that scored high had very high unemployment. I think people might be happiest where...
